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DENNIS KELLY <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Mr. Hojnowski,  

I don't know the situation, but I am aggrieved for you and angst this all must have caused you. 

Dennis Kelly



> On Jul 2, 2017, at 10:56 AM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Sorry this is off the topic, but I am not an orphan.
> 
> My terrible mother died 2 days before Christmas last year and I was not tol=
> d until Jan 11
> 
> My father had cancer and died at 3 this past Fri, I did not find out until =
> sat. With this:
> 
> 
> So this is what I found out about my father's "wishes"
> 
> Jules, im sorry to say but your fathers wishes were that you were not notif=
> ied and same as your mother wishes and your father does not want any servic=
> es.. He is being cremated and put in the wall. You will be getting a copy a=
> the will. And it states your fathers wishes.
> 
> So I am happy no longer under either of their control. I mark this past Fri=
> day as my total and complete freedom day!
> 
> No more abuse, no more control.
> 
> Thank you. :)
> 
> Jules
> 
> 
> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.symantec.com)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Seybold [[log in to unmask]]
> Received: Saturday, 01 Jul 2017, 2:43PM
> To: [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]]
> Subject: Re: Golf is a good walk spoiled.
> 
> I plan to do an Apocryphal Twain on this in the near future, but for now =
> =3D
> I would point you here:
> 
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/ =3D
> <http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/>
> 
> I will add, QI has the earliest attribution to William Gladstone in =3D
> 1924, but I have seen him quoted at least ten years earlier.
> 
> ***************
> Matt Seybold
> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
> Elmira College
> (607) 735-1957
> [log in to unmask]
> 
>> On Jul 1, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> =3D
> wrote:
>> =3D20
>> This "quotation" has apparently shown up in the Calgary Herald, so I
>> decided to ask Barbara Schmidt about it.  Twainquotes notes:- This
>> quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but until the attribution can
>> be verified, the quote should not be regarded as authentic.
>> =3D20
>> I know that Barbara is probably quite busy and might not have caught
>> any newer discoveries about the quote, so I'm asking if anyone has
>> discovered this quote in Twain's (or anyone elses) works.
>> =3D20
>> --=3D20
>> There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
>>                         in your philosophy.
>>                       http://bscottholmes.com

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