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Steve Hoffman <[log in to unmask]>
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I second Dennis' sentiment.

-Steve Hoffman, Takoma Park MD


On 7/2/2017 2:27 PM, DENNIS KELLY wrote:
> Dear Mr. Hojnowski, =20
>
> I don't know the situation, but I am aggrieved for you and angst this all mu=
> st have caused you.=20
>
> Dennis Kelly
>
>
>
>> On Jul 2, 2017, at 10:56 AM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]> wr=
> ote:
>> =20
>> Hi!
>> =20
>> Sorry this is off the topic, but I am not an orphan.
>> =20
>> My terrible mother died 2 days before Christmas last year and I was not to=
> l=3D
>> d until Jan 11
>> =20
>> My father had cancer and died at 3 this past Fri, I did not find out until=
>   =3D
>> sat. With this:
>> =20
>> =20
>> So this is what I found out about my father's "wishes"
>> =20
>> Jules, im sorry to say but your fathers wishes were that you were not noti=
> f=3D
>> ied and same as your mother wishes and your father does not want any servi=
> c=3D
>> es.. He is being cremated and put in the wall. You will be getting a copy a=
> =3D
>> the will. And it states your fathers wishes.
>> =20
>> So I am happy no longer under either of their control. I mark this past Fri=
> =3D
>> day as my total and complete freedom day!
>> =20
>> No more abuse, no more control.
>> =20
>> Thank you. :)
>> =20
>> Jules
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.symantec.com)
>> =20
>> -----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.
>> =20
>> I plan to do an Apocryphal Twain on this in the near future, but for now =3D=
>> =3D3D
>> I would point you here:
>> =20
>> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/ =3D3D
>> <http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/>
>> =20
>> I will add, QI has the earliest attribution to William Gladstone in =3D3D
>> 1924, but I have seen him quoted at least ten years earlier.
>> =20
>> ***************
>> Matt Seybold
>> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>> Elmira College
>> (607) 735-1957
>> [log in to unmask]
>> =20
>>> On Jul 1, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> =3D3D
>> wrote:
>>> =3D3D20
>>> 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.
>>> =3D3D20
>>> 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.
>>> =3D3D20
>>> --=3D3D20
>>> There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
>>>                          in your philosophy.
>>>                        http://bscottholmes.com

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