I had previously forwarded to ya'll the item about the year 2000 problem and the tombstones (which came from Lori through Indytalk) and since then I am receiving some really interesting comments and some ideas. I would like to share some of these with ya'll. Eric Craig mentioned this: "Unfortunately it is also found in the cemeteries as well where one spouse has passed on and the other is still living. I have seen many tombstones that have the 19 prefix for one spouse that is still living." (hmmmm-- I hadn't thought of that -- so how are they going to fix THOSE?) Nora wrote about an EXCELLENT idea she had (that these tombstone makers/salesmen could use). She writes: "The tombstone makers could have sort of a half price sale at the end of the century. I recently found the grave of my fathers older brother who died in 1914 at the age of 4 months. I am providing a headstone which will cost $300. Now if they cut the price in half I could also mark the grave of my great aunts first husband who is also in the same plot. They would get rid of the extra headstones and not have to worry about storing or fixing them. Now if I could just convince the monument co's....... Nora" (I liked this idea -- think of the possibilities -- we might be able to mark graves which are unmarked now and we couldn't afford to do so before; we could replace crumbing stones or stones which have become unreadable with the cheaper ones (if someone wants to foot the price even at this half-price sale). And the list goes on....) I wanted to share these things as maybe we have some monument makers, mortitians, cemetery caretakers, investors in cemeteries and monument companies, etc. out there on our lists -- maybe if we put a "bug in their ear" something can be done to help them and could help us too about this year 2000 problem-to-come. Judy M.