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Default On-Topic (Cookbooks, Kitchenware)-slightly morbid

On 24/06/2010 12:38 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyway, I am putting this out to you all...to see if you have ideas.
>> Mind you, I want to live as long as I can...hopefully into my mid 80s
>> or longer... The people that I know would love these things, either
>> have a ton of cookbooks themselves, or are about my age...and it
>> probably wouldn't do them much good for me to leave them this stuff.
>>
>> As I said, slightly morbid, I know.
>>

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>
> Not at all. We're all gonna die. (Some of us are in denial.)
>
> Think about having an estate auction advertised to foodies and
> cookbook fans and leave the proceeds to your favorite charity
> unless you have family you would like to reward.
>
> Actually that would be a good project for your 80th birthday,
> keep your 10 favorite cookbooks and sell the rest. By that time
> your collection will probably feel like a millstone around your neck.
>
> gloria p


Only 8 years to go! ;-)

Krypsis