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[UPDATE] Favors for the Dead
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ThaJinx
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krystyn wrote:
Heh. Then I wanna know how all these other people submitted using existing Bierce definitions, and got approval. I understand where you're coming from, but that is not showing to be the case with others. I do not think that that is the defining factor.

I think the epitaph had to have a Biercian quality.
I'm going to have to agree. Lucky specifically mentioned that he found mine wry and was sold on it, which wouldn't make sense if I'd done it wrong.

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konamouse
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krystyn wrote:

Heh. Then I wanna know how all these other people submitted using existing Bierce definitions, and got approval. I understand where you're coming from, but that is not showing to be the case with others. I do not think that that is the defining factor.


They were not all approved per many reports above. Lucky states:
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In honor of the old curmudgeon, find an epitaph that would have fit right into Mr. Bierce's famous book of definitions.


My interpretation was he wanted a new definition that fit into the book, so I gave him that and it was accepted with out any negative comment. So I figured I did the right thing.
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 		I was going by the approvals I have observed!
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 		Guess Lucky makes his own rules Cool and we just have to guess. Sounds like you've done him proud in many ways. Maybe he likes stressing us out (he's getting picky about my AJones proof of something left behind). Keep trying.
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 		Good thing he approved mine. Smile Heh. Cantankerous dead dude that he is.
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mapmaker
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 		I'd just like to say that he was nice to me. Very Happy

Mapmaker wrote:
Lucky,

This isn't quite perfect, but here goes:

So you might remember that I previously went down to Mt. Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy to do some small favors for you. Well, I live in downtown Boston. Why, you may ask, did I go so far to do small favors I could have done closer? Well, I had come across a Renee Heenan who was born on October 19, 1945, that was buried there. So I thought I might try and find her. No dice - the place was huge, and it was cold, wet, and windy.

So I try again - searching the Social Security Death Index (http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi) I found one Ralph T. Ford (SSN: 022-34-7224) born on 10/19/1945, died on 1/9/2001. I head over to Lexis-Nexis, search Massachusetts Newspapers, and find the following obituary from The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA - 1/11/01):

The Patriot Ledger wrote:

HULL - Ralph T. Ford Jr. of Hull, formerly of Wakefield, died Tuesday.
Mr. Ford was a member of the Sgt. Harold O. Young Veterans of Foreign War Post and the Saugus Elks Lodge.
He is survived by a brother, Joseph W. Ford of Hull; a niece, Kerri Ann Ford of Hull; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday in the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Wakefield. Burial will be in Forest Glade Cemetery in Wakefield.
Visiting is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Philip X. Carr Funeral Home, 1159 Main St., Melrose.

I look up Wakefield and find it is only a subway transfer and a bus ride away. All in all, an hour-long trip, but I wasn't doing anything today anyway, so I went out.

I get to the cemetery, and figure that my luck is good today. Everything's in neat rows, large, clear, and clean headstones - I should be able to find Mr. Ford. And so I start looking.

I ended up being there for more than three hours. Not all looking for Mr. Ford, mind you; you'll be getting some other small favors from me soon. But a large chunk of my time was spent looking for Mr. Ford.

Well, I found him. I think. Below this paragraph are links to two pictures of the same headstone. The front says "Ford" - a good start. Admittedly, I did find two other headstones with Ford on them, but the names did not pan out. I looked at the back of the headstone, and was delighted to see the name "Ralph T. Ford". Excellent!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69206063@N00/65224952/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69206063@N00/65224953/

But then I noticed the dates. They're hard to read in the picture, but they're wrong. I realize that this is Ralph T. Ford, Sr., not Jr., and my heart sinks. But this is only an hour or 1.5 into my experience there, so I figure he must be around somewhere.

Lucky, I went up and down every row, every bit of that cemetery. I just could not find Mr. Ford's stone. I considered trying to pass the stone I found off as his, but I didn't think that was right. Or fair. To you, me, or the other people helping you and Lucy out.

I think it is possible that Mr. Ford, Jr., could be buried there with his father, and for some reason never got his name carved on the stone. The obituary doesn't mention a wife or children - that doesn't mean he didn't have them, but it could be that he was buried with his father in lieu of having a new familial plot.

It's also possible that his headstone was buried under the brightly-colored fallen leaves that were strewn across the cemetery - I brushed many aside to read the names of the deceased, but I may have missed them. Or, perhaps, I may have just missed his name. I don't know.

I'll understand if you don't count this as a small favor, Lucky. I just wanted to let you know that I tried.

MapMaker

His response:
Lucky wrote:
Well, kid, I don't think anyone can fault you for trying. I admire your determination and your honesty. And that's good enough for me. I guess you caught me in a good mood. <wink>

The living forget, but the dead remember. I will remember what you've done for me.

You'll be getting a little something from me, a mark of my appreciation for everyone to see.

Thanks again. It means a lot to me.

Lucky

Edit: Moved the pics to my flickr.

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 		Good job, Mapmaker! You're as stubborn as mule!
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thunderclap8
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 		Yay! Lucky approved the last two I submitted here:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=203125#203125

Response to Bierce, in which I defined "Nursing Home":
Lucky wrote:
Thank god I died before Robert and Millie tried to put me in a Nursing Home.


Response to the letter between graves:
Lucky wrote:
Thanks for giving an old man a good laugh. As you'll miss the cemetery treks, I'll miss your notes.

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konamouse
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 		More of our photos have been added to the Favors for the Dead missions!
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hidamari
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 		Re: Gettysburg National Cemetery - burial info
CoffeeJedi wrote:
i might be able to get out to Gettysburg next week


that would be cool, though i can see that there might be less of an incentive now :-)

grumble. i feel like it must have something to do with don's reverie about grouard and falling snow:

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He thought about that for a moment. "I can use the saving, that's the honest truth."
She came forward and put her arms around him. She kissed him. It wasn't something that Indians do, but she did it well.
* * * * *
When I was in college, this was my favorite moment in the book. I had read the battle scenes so many times I knew them by heart. I had sucked the juices from them. But this moment, in its simplicity, was all I thought we could dare to ask of life. The iron truths of this world are written in bullets and disease and slow decay. To make a stand against those things, even for a moment, is to light a fire against the night.
"I can use the saving, that's the honest truth."
But in the real world, when we say those words we are always alone. Nobody comes to put their arms around us, and in the end, the very, bitter end, none of us are saved.


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 		Re: Gettysburg National Cemetery - burial info
hidamari wrote:
CoffeeJedi wrote:
i might be able to get out to Gettysburg next week


that would be cool, though i can see that there might be less of an incentive now Smile


as long as the site's up, we can all play together, and for that, we'll need chips

besides, i'd hate to have one of the cemetery favors go undone

is there anyone else near Gettysburg PA? (Autumn and I are about 1 hour east) can we coordinate something?
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Favors for the Dead
Yay! Lucky's still around! Favorite non-standard response, following a picture of a very strange-looking monument:

Shadow wrote:
Subject: Major Damon
Date: Mon, November 14, 2005 4:10 pm
To: smallfavorsSPLATlastcallpoker.com

I have absolutely no idea what this is actually supposed to be. It bears no name, no date, no recognizable signs of any kind. My best guess is that it is intended to represent a tree, but it could have been equally intended to be a boot or a beating heart or a clenched fist or a bust wearing a wig. I hadn't a clue...

...until I noticed that, viewed from a particular angle, it looked almost exactly like a number 2.

Good old Johnny Deuces. Still sending signs from the beyond.

Lucky wrote:
Ok, you got me. That is just about the oddest stone I've seen. And let me tell you, just in the past few weeks, I've seen a lifetime's worth. Your speculations were good for a chuckle, however. Thanks again for all your hard work on my behalf.

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 		I don't suppose we'll get small favors from 1965, Sad

I'm gonna miss this part of the game.


This gravesite was so old, it was almost impossible to make out the name of the gentleman buried (he name was carved into the cross). James Avelle was born in 1839 and died Nov 1, 1910. He now knows one of my secrets and I hope he is good at keeping it.

Lucky wrote:
And something to symbolize your secret? Or did you forget that part...?
-L.


konamouse wrote:

did you see the small blue bracelet around the secret note?


Lucky wrote:
It wasn't clear the first time around. Glad we got this cleared up. You've done a lot of work for me and I really do appreciate it. I'll miss your notes and photos.
-L.

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 		Hey guys, just to let y'all know, i did the London favour today, I was in a massive rush when I emailed though, so i think i kinda missed the tone a bit, and then i forgot to attach the photo - d'oh!. Anyways, here's the text of what i sent. Still waiting for any kind of response :

Quote:
I'm Hawk, but i'm not an LCP player, you can talk to rose if you
want - she's the one responsible for getting me involved!

Here's the proof (attached) sorry for such a large file, but the cards
aren't very clear as it is. You should be able to make them out though.
Respect was paid to our dearly departed giong by the names of:
1) William Gladstone
2) Muzio Clemetini (his grave is a couple of feet to the left of
the photo)
3) Sir Henry Irving
4) George Freidric Handel
5) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
6) Joseph Addison
7) Edward Elgar
Cool Thomas Hardy

If you can't make out the cards fro the photo, they're laid out something
like this:
1
7 6

8
4 5
3


2


All the best.

Paul / Hawk


I've sent a chattier follow-up explaining that i was rushed off my feet earlier, so hopefully he won't get upset by the tone of the first one! Smile

Oh yeah, you can see the pic here: www.srcf.ucam.org/~ppw21/LCP-Abbey.jpg

updates coming soon on the details of my daytrip Smile
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 		I just realized that although I talked to quite a few people about my small favors, I never posted them here (at least I couldn't find them in this thread or elsewhere using search). Excuse me for being late Embarassed

Kink Coover

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At first I thought to myself, what kind of curse is "A slug will daunt you"? I mean, really, what kind of slug could cause any sort of harm? Who would be scared of a slug? Then I decided that this may be a perfect curse for a man like Kink. Not only would he have to spend eternity being fearful, but he'd also have the shame of being daunted by a mere slug.


Robert Brown

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I visited my local cemetery honestly expecting to find no gravestones that were being ignored or mistreated. From the main road it looks as if every single grave has a flower arrangement or a flag. People driving by must think "Oh my, what a wonderful town this is. Everyone respects the dead by taking such good care of the town cemetery." Ok, well maybe most people wouldn't actually say that, but I think that's the image that may subconsciously be put forth.

I decided to make the trip anyway. My daughter and I drove back into the oldest part of the cemetery and noticed that the further back you drove, the worse the condition of the graves. We found several gravestones that were strewn about with no indication where they belonged. I would have put them back to their original resting places, but sadly didn't know where those places were. I wish I could have done something concrete for them. Instead I showed them to my 3-year-old daughter. We talked about how sad it was that the gravestones had been neglected. She looked up at me and said "Mommy, don't they have a Mommy to take care of them?" It was heartbreaking.

So my daughter and I spent the next hour or so cleaning off some of the neglected gravestones, replacing fallen flags and flowers and talking about some of the people buried there. I didn't expect this small favor to have a major effect on me. But I guess we get inspiration from the most unexpected places.


victorsimkoaldridge

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I noticed this gravestone because of the circular scar on the embedded photograph. I sat for awhile and wondered what would cause such an unfortunate blemish. Most likely, on this gravestone is the only permanent vision of what the Ferguesons looked like. Did someone shoot at it? Was this the mark of a hammer? The more I looked at the picture, the more it seemed that Rebecca was trying to lean closer to her husband away from this ugly scar. I was determined to make this impurity that caught my eye have a purpose. I was going to find a blessing hidden somewhere in this gravestone. And with that I wish Victor a "gorgeous green few". A few of what, exactly? Well, hopefully Victor can define how best this blessing should be applied. A few gorgeous green trees to lie under for eternity? A few gorgeous green blades of grass to keep in his pocket to rub between his fingers whenever he has the urge to be reminded of the living world?

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