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  • richardfinegold
    Full Member
    • Sep 2012
    • 7654

    #31
    Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post

    Did you attend Richard?
    Yes. My patient was being a jovial master of ceremonies but he was also pretty medicated. I remember trying to figure out how long I needed to stay to seem respectful but it was awkward

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    • Mandryka
      Full Member
      • Feb 2021
      • 1531

      #32
      The thing I've always wanted to do is described in Mathias Enard's excellent book Boussole (Compass in English -- READ IT NOW!)

      The girlfriend of the main protagonist is a researcher in anthropology. She is studying a tribe who, instead of burying their dead, put the body in a barrel with lots of delicious herbs and spices and leave it to ferment for a few months. When the wine is ready, they all have a fabulous party drinking it.

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      • kernelbogey
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 5736

        #33
        Originally posted by Mandryka View Post
        ....[they] put the body in a barrel with lots of delicious herbs and spices and leave it to ferment for a few months. When the wine is ready, they all have a fabulous party drinking it.
        The legend is that the sailors bringing back Nelson's body from Trafalgar drank the brandy from the barrel in which his remains had been immersed for the journey back: hence the Navy toast Nelson's Blood.

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        • kernelbogey
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 5736

          #34
          Originally posted by Mandryka View Post
          The thing I've always wanted to do is described in Mathias Enard's excellent book Boussole (Compass in English -- READ IT NOW!)
          Will do!

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          • Serial_Apologist
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 37602

            #35
            Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
            The legend is that the sailors bringing back Nelson's body from Trafalgar drank the brandy from the barrel in which his remains had been immersed for the journey back: hence the Navy toast Nelson's Blood.
            If I'd been present, I would have turned a blind eye.

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            • LMcD
              Full Member
              • Sep 2017
              • 8410

              #36
              [QUOTE=kernelbogey;n1319997]Any opinions or recent experiences of Power of Attorney?
              /QUOTE]

              We have the 'full set' and have sent the first 2 pages (which contain all the basic information you're likely to be asked for) of each to our GP, our local hospital, the care home, our children and everybody involved in our financial affairs and end-of-life arrangements. They have already proved useful - and in some cases essential.
              Last edited by LMcD; 06-10-24, 21:55.

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