"The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> pfoley > wrote in message
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> > The Irish American Wakes are the only way to go.
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> Murphy's in one hand, Guinness in t'other!
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> The Ranger
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My father remarried 10 years before his death and my stepmom is
Irish/American. My father did NOT want folks coming back to the house or
any "fuss". Yeap, that was my dad. On the other hand my stepmom did want a
kinda wake. She started talking about getting it catered and I looked at
her funny and told her that I'd do it. Her words to me? "Make it nice". I
think I made her happy. We had lamb chops, shrimp, antipasta, all kinds of
stuff. And booze. Lots of booze. Those old Floridians that dad knew can
DRINK!!!! We had two 1.75 bottles of vodka and had to go break into the
stash that hub and I were taking back to AL with us. Damn, those folks can
DRINK!!

Stepmom was happy, dad was no the wiser that folks were at the house,
talking about him and making a fuss. It was actually a very nice time.

helen