Wow where does time go? I had to go out of town on "business", a very old and good friend of mine had passed away and I was the executor of his estate. He has no other family and only a sometimes girlfriend. It is amazing all the detritus we accumulate over a lifetime. Took me two months to go through everything, sort out all his accounts and close them down and then prep his property for sale.
The only thing I took from his estate was his whiskey collection although he had left everything to my care to "dispose of as you see fit". Shortest Last Will and Testament I have ever seen. Three lines total:
I am of sound fucking mind when I wrote this.
I leave everything to the care of my executor, (my legal name).
Just take all my shit and dispose of it as you see fit.
Signed
(my friend's signature)
That's it nothing else. His whole life wrapped up in three lines, I'll miss the old SOB, we had some really good times in our youth. I was reminded of a song by Alan Parsons of the Alan Parson Project, the song is called Old and Wise. Look it up some time on youtube.com it expresses my feelings right now.
Here is one last toast for an fine old friend RIP
Lord Steele