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"The pickins' and grinnins' of Dalton Roberts"
October 2003

10-4 at 7:00 CLARION HOTEL
United Ostomy Assn., Regional meeting

10-7 at 7:00 WALLY'S, EAST RIDGE
American Business Woman

10-9 at 11:45, 12:30, 1:10 NORRIS, TENNESSEE
Fall Homecoming, Appalachia Museum

10-16 at 6:30 HIXSON UNITED METHODIST
Benefit for Friendship House

10-18 at 5:00 CALHOUN, GEORGIA
Benefit for the Gem Theater

10-19 at 11:00 CHRIST UNITY CHURCH
Provide music and speak.

10-26 at 11:00 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
Speak.

My friend Mark told me his aunt died owing a credit card nothing but after some time their "annual service charge" keep getting added until the balance climbed to $65.39. He called them to report her death and says it went like this:

Mark: Calling to tell you this party died
CCCo: The account was never closed and the charges still apply.
Mark: Maybe you should turn it over to collections.
CCCo: It already has been.
Mark: What will they do when they find out she's dead?
CCCo: Maybe report it to fraud or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both.
Mark: Did you get what I was telling you...the part about her being dead?
CCCo: Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.
Mark: Calling to tell you this party died.
Sup: The account was never closed so late fees and charges still apply.
Mark: Against her estate?
Sup: Could you fax us a certificate of death?
Mark: Sure (fax is sent).
Sup: Our system is just not set up for death.
Mark: I guess you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care.
Sup: I don't know anything else I can do to help. The late fees still apply. 
Mark: Would you like her new billing address?
Sup: That might help.
Mark: Odessa Cemetery. Highway 129, plot number 744.
Sup: Sir, that's a cemetery.
Mark: What do you do with dead people on your planet?
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