Date:  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:25:24 -0400
From:  "Jeutonne P. Brewer" <jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>
Subject: Re: Henrickson's "revised" ENCYCLOPEDIA review; P.O.T.U.S. or P.U.S.?

On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Barry A. Popik wrote:

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> ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, BIZARRE, INSANE HAPPENING OF THE WEEK
>
>   My father died last March. Before that he'd been in a nursing home for
> five years. He'd been ill for twenty years.
>   This week, John Hancock sent a letter that he's been approved for life
> insurance.

I hate to tell you, but this type of mail is not unusual, even years
later. Magazine subscriptions/renewals will be next. After my mother
moved to a nursing home, she received a letter that she should report for
jury duty.



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Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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