Just got the following e-mail:
"Dearest one.
I received a letter today that your unclaimed approved payment of $1.6 million USD by this Ministry for the past one year should now be paid to Mr. John Wheeler, 1101 West 18th Avenue, Emporia, Kansas 66801 U.S.A. In the said letter which is change of beneficiary/ownership, it is said that you are dead and that he is your next of kin, it went further to say you signed a deed and agreement with Mr. John Wheeler to become your beneficiary before your untimely death."
I feel about the same, so I guess being dead isn't all that big a deal...
Dick
Rest in Peace
Steven
Don't be RIP-ed off.
Well then could I have your T? .........just sayin...
Another candidate for the dead letter department
Dick,
I am very sorry to hear of your passing.....
Thankfully, Dick, the news of your death is premature.
I don't get a bit of spam anymore, since switching to Verizero FIOS.
Dick
When is the funeral? Will you be attending in person or as the corpse?
Cause of death: Severe case of forditis that did not respond to antibiotics or life saving measures?
The news of your recent passing is greatly exaggerated.
Now, you can Vote twice!
Have you crossed Abbey road barefoot?
Dick, your not listed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch yet. It is definitely not official unless you make the obituaries there.
August 8, 1969 just before Noon. The crosswalk at Abbey Road once again claimed the life of several local entertainers. So maybe Dick tried to cross barefoot afterall.
Sometimes i wish i got spam emails... i never get any.
Dick -
So you didn't get the memo!
We will have to start a congressional investigation to determine who is at fault for the oversight.
A few of the possible causes are:
1. The problem was caused by a video on You Tube.
2. The envelope didn't have the correct zip code
3. You are really an illegal and can only collect unemployment, food stamp, and medicare but can't be officially dead by the US government standards.
OK - I don't have enough time to add more - I have to do some work today.
So that explains the Beetle Bug being up on the curb at a funny angle,several strange looking "beetles" hit it's windshield causeing the operator to loose control.
Dick,,, Im so sorry to hear of your passing,,,, As long as your not using then anymore,,, can I have all your Model T's please?
Uh,you know,that is 1 dumb spammer.IF someone has kicked the bucket,went toes up in a box or whatever,just how the 0000 are they to read the letter???DUH!
Dick, when I heard of your untimely death, I had to take a moment of silence to contemplate our loss. I'm assuming you will try to contact us from the spirit world, as you have on this posting. Would you let me know how my dad and brother are doing up there. Also, we expect you will be able to talk to old Henry and some of the original design folks and ask them some of our more pointed questions about their fabulous flivver. They haven't been as fortunate as you to be able to communicate back. They didn't have computers or forums like this one back when they died.
Noel, why do you assume he's up there?
OH I missed the part where Dick could get answers for us.
We need to know what Henry thinks about water pumps on a model T.
Ask JR who shot him and Al where the money is hidden!
Dick!
You cannot be dead, yet!
I haven't had a chance to meet you and shake your hand!
Do drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
You had better check out the beneficiary of all insurance, investments, all properties, and your will and trust to be sure that someone has not pulled a prank on you that could strip you and your estate of all funds and property! Notify all of them that John Wheeler is not your beneficiary, and that you have not yet died.
Norm
At least you can avoid the problem noted by Garrison Keillor who, upon hearing all the great stuff people said about a dead guy at his funeral, lamented that he was going to miss his own funeral by just a few days.
Also, I want to know if there are model Ts in heaven?
Thanks Dick, your the best.....or used to be...or....
Dick:
Well if you contact the Mansfield Masonic Lodge and you are in good standing they will have a good Masonic Funeral and even plant an evergreen or maybe an acasia(spelling) tree at the head of your grave.
Keep me posted to the outcome
Bill d
Redding Ca
So if the first car I see after passing is a Chebby and playing this song, I went where?
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=jQ5tKh0aBDc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjQ5tKh0aBDc
Dick,
Since nobody else (because of an over abundance of etiquette) hasn't asked the obvious question that was on their minds, allow me to be the first. Can I have your Model T stuff?
Seriously, I hope it's a long long time before any vultures start circling your garage.
A few years ago a gentleman, in my area, died who owned a very coveted piece of land. A helicopter literally circled overhead as the funeral was conducted. A seven figure offer for the property was given to the grieving family literally minutes after the closing prayer. The family declined.
And then Mr Trump took his helicopter back to New York. I wish someone other than the National Guard was circling my house with their dang heicopters. I'm about 30 miles South of Camp Ripley and in line with the Minneapolis/St Paul area. And probably along the route to Camp McCoy Wisconsin. I have Huey's, Chinooks and every once in a while a flock of C-130's that'll fly over. The C-130's fly in packs of 3 about 500 ft off the ground and are really noisy. I flew in C-130's several times while in the millitary. I remember they were loud and shook lake crazy. But the Chinooks were worse. I really didn't like them at all. I didn't pay much attention to the Hueys. I flew in them so much I quit paying attention. I was always to damn worried about having to go into a hot LZ. But if I could get someone to fly over my house that wanted to buy it I sure as heck wouldn't turn them down. Especially if they made me a 7 figure offer.
Mike, I realize that an aircraft discussion may seem out of place on such a solemn occasion as this, but since I am the deceased, it seems to me that I may be excused. Your mention of aircraft noise flashed me back to my USAF days at Little Rock AFB. We had a WAF Senior Master Sergeant who was a pistol - could be hard as nails, but a real sweetheart. She was going to fly one day to another base in 2AF in a C-123, and she had never flown in one. She asked the Crew Chief to tell her about the aircraft. He looked at her and said, "Ma'am, the slowness of the bastard is exceeded only by the noise the son of a bitch makes."
Pretty much summed up the C-123....
Mike,
Your post brought back memories for me too, not of flying, but of some "unauthorized" trips to Brainerd MN while "camping" at Camp Ripley.
However, this thread is about the dearly departed, I digress.....
Rob
What kind of a medium are you using? Do they have computers and e-mail in the hear after? Boooooo
Mike, I was a Door Gunner and Crew Chief on Chinooks, 271st ASHC (Innkeepers), Can Tho RVN, '70-'71. They do shake a bit, but they did do a hell of a job, and they still are. I've never had a job that was as rewarding as when I was flying then. Dave
Dave, I was in Northern I Corp, 70/71. Use to take the hueys out to different LZ's and do maintenance on Quad 50's. Loved the door gunners. Especially when I dropped into a hot LZ. My biggest problem was having to un-ass the darn things from about 10 ft up with a 50 lb toolbox. After 3 months they put me in a truck doing resupply for the ARVN's when they went into Laos during Lam Son 719 Iran up and down QL9 between Quang Tri and Khe Sanh. Lot of chopper activity out of Khe Sanh into Laos. A heck of a lot of medivacs to pull th ARVN,s out of that mess. They sent 16000 ARVN's to shut down the HO Chi Minh Trail. There were 60000 NVA waiting for them. It was a horrible beating for the ARVN's but Nixon said it was. complete success. It was his whole big deal he called Viet Namization or something like that. Nixon was responsible for a lot of deaths.
Ok, so back to Dick. Mr Lodge, will you be attending the memorial? We're thinking of carrying the ashes from the funeral home to the church on the back of a TT.
Talk about aircraft noise -
A few days ago a bit after 7 PM I was certain an aircraft or big truck was going to hit our house in NH.
The noise was terrible and the whole house shook for about 20 seconds.
It was close to the noise and shaking we get when a big helicopter passes overhead but lots worse.
I actually looked out side to see what was happening.
Then my wife informed me that it was an earthquake.
THIS IS NEW ENGLAND NOT CALIFUNNY!!!!
Once if figured out she was correct - as usual!
I was began hoping the seacoast area had slipping into the sea and we now had waterfront property.