This man is weighing a baby giraffe by standing on the scale and HOLDING IT!
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 02, 2011 5:21:20 am PDT #18952 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
brenda m - Aug 02, 2011 5:27:50 am PDT #18953 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
When my sibs and I were of an age where it was relevant, I saw in my parents' will that in the event our custody was directed to my "uncles" Roy and Lawrence. I've wondered a bit at how that would have gone over in a late 70s/early 80s context.
OTOH, there wasn't much if any blood family left by that point - my bad grandma, and my uncle Jimmy, who now is fine but at the time was kind of a screw-up and unlikely to make waves.
Sparky1 - Aug 02, 2011 5:34:19 am PDT #18954 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Getting my husband to make a will and a guardianship plan was not fun. He hates thinking about end of life stuff, whereas I remind him every 6 months (whenever I see the dentist) to make sure he asks the undertaker for the gold out of my mouth.
See also life insurance discussions.
Stephanie - Aug 02, 2011 5:37:37 am PDT #18955 of 30001
Trust my rage
And I just now realized that I put my post in the wrong thread. Oops.
msbelle - Aug 02, 2011 5:38:38 am PDT #18956 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I really really need to get a will done.
The Knight costume is for me, not mac, just in case anyone does have one, or even a helmet.
Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2011 5:40:38 am PDT #18957 of 30001
hwæt
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2011 6:09:29 am PDT #18958 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
For folks living in Virginia, my sister says that Virginia courts accept handwritten wills as binding.
msbelle - Aug 02, 2011 6:19:16 am PDT #18959 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
time suck: [link]
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 6:21:01 am PDT #18960 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why would handwriting make a document unbinding?
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2011 6:33:10 am PDT #18961 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's not that handwriting makes it unbinding, it's -- eh. As I understand it (not a lawyer), some states require wills to be done formally, with a lawyer, or a notary, or a legal form. In Virginia, a handwritten will is good enough. Whether this is true in other states, I don't know; it may be. My sister told me this when she was encouraging me to write a will, which I still haven't done.