Have you wrtten a will? I did so tonight, for the first time.

Makes sense. I wonder who would want my record and CD collections!

What is meant by "dispose of 1/4"? I don't know that terminology.

Do you mean that even if you make a will, you can only decide what happens to 1/4 of your assets and the rest goes to your next of kin?

@DaddyEvil

I agree... we don't expect our teenage children to have a will here, either.

Good attitude. But a meteor can land on anyone's head at any time!

@TheHorse How drawings of electrical cables with electrons moving might make kids think that electrons are huge and blue. We did the shaking first. Shake a thermos with water in and check if it gets warmer.

Oh goody! What aspects of electronics are you discussing?

@Torunn OMG! Interesting! My guess is that it does. Shaking it uses up energy. My guess is that some energy is transferred to the water. Is it heat energy generated by friction with the side of the container? That "begs" the question: What if we shake water in a frictionless "container"?

@TheHorse I have done some part ... like what to write to my little sis. I also have a couple of properties in dispute. :( Until those get cleared, who should get how much is hard to figure out. I will have to ask advocate if I can draft a will with if conditions. LOL I sincerely sincerely hope nobody writes anything to me. I have a bunch of relatives who will end up taking all that. I would in process lose goodwill at their end (the ones who write anything to me). I have more than enough by Sai baba's grace. It would be enough for my lifetime. It would be enough to repay all my dues. It would be enough for some charity. It would be enough to give to people I care about. The good will is needed ..kinda ..if relatives deny me everything I have, the good will will sustain me some. So yes, I have told a couple of friends who would have written something to me, not to do so, instead tell their families to check on me in my old age, and help me as and when needed.

I didn't finish mine. I have to figure out what to do with my random "stuff" if a puddle jumper goes down in Montana.

Living will is what I need. Can you tell me exactly what can be given in it?

What does a living will mean? Did you tattoo it on a friend's body?

Do you mean Lewistown Montana? Or Lewiston Idaho? People often confuse the two.

I need some new socks. I'll send you my information in a PM.

@TheHorse i shall bequeath my socks to you. do you wish the holey ones?

@DocAndersen Will they get me into heaven?

He is flirting...imagine...they say myLot is a decent site.

@vandana7 I don't know if I still know how to flirt...or blush.

Only if you assure me that you'll still be looking pretty "hot" in 2717.

@TheHorse Wow... I would like my kidneys, heart, skin, eyes, etc., whatever is functional and not useless to be SOLD. The proceeds to be given to some charity. The skin to be donated to acid attack or burns victims. The reason I say sold is, when we donate here, I am not sure, doctors and hospitals are not selling it to other parties effectively making monies from my donation.

@TheHorse I thought to donate to the University, but I know that my husband could not stand to do something like that should he be still alive. So I decided to get cremated and have my ashes dispersed, no urns.

My step-mother donated her body to science. The "rest of it" is buried in the town in which she grew up.

@TheHorse Why did you not ask me for help instead of your brother? You have already labeled me as pest ... I would do that pest work for ya..LOL. You my friend are always welcome to come to India. As I said, bring your Guitar along...play music till I doze off.

@TheHorse that is good for you!

I've always seen myself as "too young" for that sort of thing. But yesterday's events, and the fact that I might be flying in a puddle jumper soon, changed my tune.

You can "make your wishes known" in a will if there are minor children, but the court can disregard your wishes, at the judge's discretion.

@TheHorse Yes, exactly. In that case, it doesn't matter what the deceased parent wrote in the will, the judge will override it.

@DaddyEvil Why would they do such a thing?

Is the living will about what to do if one of you becomes a veggie?

@DianneN Got it. I hope we all get to drink a Friday (or other--I'm not that discriminating) Martini (or should I have a Gibson?) together before we're all veggies

@TheHorse Yep! Both of us.

Have you had to revise it over time?

@Deepizzaguy Understood. How did you become a cowgirl?

@TheHorse Nor really since that is no special event for me to revise it as of now.

Yeppers. It's kind of sad that my brother's selfishness led me to start it (I haven't finished it), but we get our motivation from diverse sources. Most of my short stories, songs, and poems have been written after I experienced something troubling. If I gen run over by a truck today, he would get everything I've saved for my retirement.

@TheHorse I'm glad that you will designate where everything will go.

@TheHorse Long ago, I advised you to keep record of your property taxes. Have you? Back then, I got ulcers thinking did I shake up a hornet's nest, did I do something wrong, did I create a rift between brothers, have I worried you too much that you are not getting any sleep. All such fearsome thoughts plagued me.

Heh. My brother has always been selfish. I am somewhat "self-absorbed" (listen to my music! read my short stories!), but I tend to be giving to the point of being taken advantage of.

Yeah, it's something that needs to be done at some point.

I suppose it's ever too early.

I am a plugger. I have accumulated...assets...slowly but steadily. Should I depart early, I want "the right people" to benefit from my hard work.

@Hanbinandaeyo Thank you.

@TheHorse I do hope you get the right people for it