I agree Brian and so did my gran. She was so upset at not being allowed to have butter. She had eaten butter all her life and considered margarine to be disgusting but the policy at the home was to use Flora or some such thing. The other thing she has never worn slippers. Always wore the old fashioned thick heeled shoes with a 1.5 or 2inch heel but they made her wear flat shoes in case she fell over and bought her (with her money) some little lace up flat shoes. They also stopped her wearing her corsets.....you remember the old whalebone sort of things....and having worn them for most of her life - she was 98 when she died - she suddenly hunched up more than she was before. None of those things helped the last years of her life and certainly made them more miserable. We did try to sort them out for her but they had answers for us. Roz > Good morning, > > Isn't this a cop out. I mean, someone who conducts his or her life in a > certain way and then gets told by someone who knows better that something > "is not good for them" has the right to decide for themselves. > > I think a good life but a short one is better than no life at all in a > "senior home". > > Brian > List Admin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:33 PM > Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] hunting > > > > Because they aren't allowed to accept it any more. Deer meat is to rich > for > > their blood. In the late 60's my first hubby hit a doe, then we had to > wait > > for the sheriffs office to come and claim the deer for a senior home. Then > > the laws changed and now they can't accept it. Some of those people would > be > > happy to have deer meat! They grew up on he stuff! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> > > To: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net>; > > <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:14 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] hunting > > > > Why not give some to the local old folks home? > > > > Brian > > List Admin > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com