[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

well....

http://tinyurl.com/qc3y5da

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:39 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> A method of removing bodies, the predecessor of the body bag. I've
> seen photos of them from the Civil War era.
>
> If you and your family were too poor for a casket, or if you didn't have a
> family member or friend with wood and simple hand tools, the whole
> outfit was dumped into a grave.
>
> One of my friends' brothers was a finish carpenter and he hand-made their
> father's casket, Took him forty-eight hours and, I'm told, helped him
> through the grieving process.
> -M
>
>
> On Friday, November 21, 2014, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Our Listbrother James has opined "This thread is gone to hades in a
> > handbasket, so...."  and I wonder about the origin of this saying.  Is
> > "handbasket" somehow significant (I've never heard the word except in
> this
> > 'gone to' context)?  Or has it survived because of the /h/-/h/
> > alliteration? There are times, this morning being one, when I enjoy
> > contemplating such trivialities as this.
> >
> > Don in Austin
> >
> >
> >
> >
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