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Death and Taxes

#1 User is offline   mike777 

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Posted 2007-March-26, 23:37

:) Ok this post is not really about taxes, just trying for some humor.

WinstonM may know this best of all, but amazing Grace shown by loved ones as Death seems near.
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Posted 2007-March-28, 00:36

I conclude that since no one replied I am not the only one not getting it.
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Posted 2007-March-28, 08:16

Yes, I gather that Texas does have the death penalty....
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Posted 2007-March-28, 12:07

"Nothing is certain but death and taxes" is a quote by Benjamin Franklin, but I don't understand this thread either...
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Posted 2007-March-28, 12:26

Close only counts in atom bombs and dancing...
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Posted 2007-March-28, 12:27

Sigh, simple easy post, guys. I really wonder about you guys sometimes. :) God Bless

WinstonM works in Hospice I believe. Just a personal post by me.
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Posted 2007-March-28, 14:15

You are correct, Mike, in that I am a hospice nurse, so am constantly reminded of the finite nature of this world. In the end, it is one person dying, one life ended, and it is a personal journey for the dying.

It reinforces the concept that there are no good causes worth dying for, no ideologies worth trading for a life. And each one of us in the end is exactly alike.
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Posted 2007-March-28, 14:36

Winstonm, on Mar 28 2007, 03:15 PM, said:

You are correct, Mike, in that I am a hospice nurse, so am constantly reminded of the finite nature of this world.  In the end, it is one person dying, one life ended, and it is a personal journey for the dying. 

It reinforces the concept that there are no good causes worth dying for, no ideologies worth trading for a life.  And each one of us in the end is exactly alike.

I have no idea how you can do such a stressful job. Came to use those services more than several decades ago and may again soon for someone in family. You guys/gals do a wonderful impossible job. God Bless you.
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Posted 2007-March-28, 17:59

Mike, the one thing my work constantly reminds me of is that "we all share this same small planet, breath the same air...." and no one is unique but is simply a part of greater body - all in all just another brick in the wall.

To me, this concept has been the most liberating of all - that belief in my uniqueness, my supriority, is illusion, that all I am truly is another grain of sand no different than all the others and thus, to hate, to disparage, to kill others is to hate, to disparage, and to kill myself.
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Posted 2007-March-29, 04:54

This topic makes me wonder how I can make my own funeral expenes tax deductable. Somehow my death must be argued to be a professional activity.....
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Posted 2007-March-30, 01:03

Funny... I think you should pay tax when you die. After all, you're gonna be a nuisance for those who bury you :)
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Posted 2007-March-30, 08:04

Is death the greatest test, or the greatest insult? Or both? Now that is a taxing question... ;)
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