On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:09:52 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Greg Postma wrote:
My Mother in law has been under the weather the past couple of weeks, so
SWMBO and I have been spending a lot of time with her in the hospital
and her husband (at home). The FIL is starting to lose his faculties, so
we have to check up on him daily, make sure he gets enough nourishment
and generally make sure he takes his meds and bathes once in a while. I
often sit with him and "relive" his past. This past weekend, he told me
that he wants me to "get those dam tools outa the basement..."I'll never
use them so please get them to a good home".....

Damn!

All I ever got from my FIL were a lot of requests to fix broken stuff
for him.

Never had a FiL - he died when SWMBO was a year old; but I did rent a
room from an older couple for 12 years when I refused to move my
family to regional office. Before the husband passed away he passed on
a few favoured items as something I might be interested in, latter,
the wife passed on more things including several coins from a great
aunt who had taken a fancy to her "young man". Two weeks ago, my
youngest son was married and into the brides shoe went an 1893 silver
sixpence from this collection. The elderly lady (87) attended the
wedding and was pleased about the sixpence. I just talked to her and
will be visiting Saturday to install a ceiling fan in her kitchen. She
has now been a member of our family for 23 years and hopefully many
more.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada