tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post4428960782448573328..comments2024-03-12T00:53:33.194-07:00Comments on THE DUST WILL WAIT: Dime Store Glasses, Final ChapterPamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-62655400887368275222007-10-07T23:09:00.000-07:002007-10-07T23:09:00.000-07:00LOL What a great story! Of course he had to take t...LOL What a great story! Of course he had to take those glasses, the dead guy didn't need them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-7930287053983629802007-10-07T22:00:00.000-07:002007-10-07T22:00:00.000-07:00Take them back to the drugstore.Get my money back....Take them back to the drugstore.<BR/>Get my money back.<BR/>Get a different pair.<BR/>Let someone else buy the dead man glasses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-30978612287821058582007-10-07T19:15:00.000-07:002007-10-07T19:15:00.000-07:00I don't know but for some reason I don't think I c...I don't know but for some reason I don't think I could wear them again....my4kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877891733197763535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-69616652072692996962007-10-07T16:09:00.000-07:002007-10-07T16:09:00.000-07:00I would taken the glasses and thanked the patient ...I would taken the glasses and thanked the patient for having such a good sense of humor. I'm sure he would have heard on 'the other side'!Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563150483422859462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-88353299448257744762007-10-07T15:54:00.000-07:002007-10-07T15:54:00.000-07:00I'd feel more comfortable taking them off the dead...I'd feel more comfortable taking them off the dead guy than if he'd been alive. No awkward conversation like "Er... excuse me, I think those glasses might be mine..." etc.theotherbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592106243268321644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-22159177332290824082007-10-07T14:45:00.000-07:002007-10-07T14:45:00.000-07:00He did the right (and funny) thing.He did the right (and funny) thing.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-59315557241436148232007-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:002007-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:00Myanderings: it was mind over matter, I guess. A...Myanderings: it was mind over matter, I guess. <BR/>Amanda. Yeah Mike tells it better<BR/>Her indoors: It's a strange sensation to see someone else wearing your lost item - but even stranger if that person is deceased<BR/>Susie; Common Sense - or is that common $.00 (:<BR/>I always think about how it will effect my non existent budget<BR/><BR/>Pea. That was my first thought when he told me this story a few years ago. Fortunately I've had time to review the thought process and I would take them. <BR/><BR/>Rose: You are to down to earth to be squeamish about it. I know you would probably even cover the guy with a sheet... <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>willowtree<BR/> yes. I have, too. I believe our process of saying goodbye to loved ones is to sanitary now. Years ago the family washed and prepared the decased. Now some stranger does it.<BR/>When my nephew died two years ago of a rare form of cancer, my sisn-law and her sister prepared his body. Some of these things are being proven to be a healthy part of grieving.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-40551945267383825352007-10-07T09:10:00.000-07:002007-10-07T09:10:00.000-07:00what a weird story!I am w/ Amanda.....Im not sure ...what a weird story!<BR/><BR/>I am w/ Amanda.....Im not sure Id wear them again either.<BR/><BR/>of course, they were his favorite and more expensive so I can see his pointBarnGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261723771424005816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-24164392963833138452007-10-06T23:21:00.000-07:002007-10-06T23:21:00.000-07:00I would have taken them, I've touched both my pare...I would have taken them, I've touched both my parents after they expired and it's no big deal.<BR/><BR/>This sounds like the makings of a good movie. I'd cast Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment and call it "Dead people don't see me, (glasses or not)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-51483796385672540482007-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:002007-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:00Pam Whoops I meant to say your brother. He did ...Pam Whoops I meant to say your brother. He did the right thing. Bravo for Mike. Alas I don't know how to edit these things once they're said. RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-49132007556592104682007-10-06T11:21:00.000-07:002007-10-06T11:21:00.000-07:00Pam I would probably have taken the glasses. Wh...Pam I would probably have taken the glasses. What's to be afraid of. Everybody has to die sometime. That Fellow certainly didnot need them. Why buy another pair if ya don't have to. Bravo for your husband. RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-90906738862505334762007-10-06T10:49:00.000-07:002007-10-06T10:49:00.000-07:00Lol loved this story! Gosh, I really don't know wh...Lol loved this story! Gosh, I really don't know what I would do in such a situation...probably would just leave them where they were because I'd be too chicken to take them off a dead body!! lol xoxCarole Buranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497329055251626140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-48360152502965066942007-10-06T09:31:00.000-07:002007-10-06T09:31:00.000-07:00Great story!My husband would have probably done ju...Great story!<BR/>My husband would have probably done just what Mike did. He got attached to certain dime store pairs as well!<BR/> If it were me, I couldn't have seen enough to even find the glasses unless I was already wearing glasses!<BR/>xoSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024132046092264711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-86728393636926611282007-10-06T09:03:00.000-07:002007-10-06T09:03:00.000-07:00nope not me i would have left them on him, mind yo...nope not me i would have left them on him, mind you he wouldn't need them would he, but no couldn't ahve worn them after that, very funnykatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12771905454120068595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-8774966680376552362007-10-06T08:35:00.000-07:002007-10-06T08:35:00.000-07:00Ooh. I don't know if I could have lifted the glas...Ooh. I don't know if I could have lifted the glasses. Worn them after they had been removed, maybe. That's a funny story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-26584611296419043992007-10-06T03:51:00.000-07:002007-10-06T03:51:00.000-07:00I would have got the hell out of there as well.I would have got the hell out of there as well.Beccyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911316644797253921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-7454679380967416422007-10-06T01:04:00.000-07:002007-10-06T01:04:00.000-07:00I love this story....I don't think I could wear th...I love this story....<BR/>I don't think I could wear them again.<BR/>See you tomorrow mom!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044700945518602210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-22858476509588382762007-10-06T00:50:00.000-07:002007-10-06T00:50:00.000-07:00I would like to think that I would have the presen...I would like to think that I would have the presence of mind to take my glasses, but I know me better than that. I would just get the heck out of there and buy me some new ones!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727506305170439878noreply@blogger.com