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Is Reading a Lost Art? person had a legal written contract with the
funeral home, and fortunately, had saved a
copy for 15 years. A competitor honored the
contract and got the person's business instead.
My Dad made arrangements and paid for a
beautiful gravesite on a hill overlooking some
ponds 10 years prior to his passing. When the
funeral procession arrived for his burial, it
went to a swampy site at the lowest part of the
cemetery. The funeral director had
"conveniently" changed the sites without my
Dad's knowledge. As you can imagine, my Mom
was beside herself with grief. Fortunately, we
had a copy of the contract and had the situa-
tion corrected, but it required re-burial and
some legal pressures. What about warranties?
Do we file them away or toss them, hoping the
manufacturer will keep accurate records? If
you don't register the item, good luck trying to
get a warranty replacement. The original
sales receipt or warranty is an impor-
S ince when has reading be-
come a lost art? Warning
signs are there for just one rea-
Where is the responsibility
here? With the parents?
With law enforcement? Are
tant document. Consider a fireproof
safe, scanning the document into a
computer to be saved on a CD or DVD,
son—TO WARN YOU! The photo we giving the attorneys more
or putting those documents in a safe
above, taken on Friday, July 2nd ammunition? If you want to
deposit box. Save yourself some time,
illustrates the point. Is that your swim in a potential toilet, stay
money, and grief by keeping important
child in the polluted water? There at home, and you can avoid
documents in a safe place and let
were about 25 adults and their the sunburn and the sand in
someone know where they are in an
children swimming and playing in your shorts. emergency.
the water at the time. The MSM
local news web site also carried
R.I.P.?
the story. Do we care so little for
our children’s health, much less
ours, that we swim and play in
K eep contracts and important
documents in a safe place!
They could come in handy at a
infected water? Don’t forget that later date. Consider the recently
in some cases, serious illness and publicized case of a funeral home
death can result from E-coli expo- who "lost" the contract and plans
sure. Why should we worry? Our for a woman's burial. They initially
children never get water in their refused to honor the contract be-
mouths or in cuts on their skin cause they couldn't find any re-
when they play in the water. cord of the arrangements. The
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