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Howard_Casto:

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--- Quote from: SavannahLion on May 23, 2011, 08:07:35 pm ---That is astonishingly common. My aunt had her high school yearbook which she pulled out one year. Inside was a red pen with which she would cross out a photo and write the date of death with, sometimes, a short reminder of how they died. One was killed by her husband while he was shooting birds from the back of their pickup. Another killed in a DUI wreck. Another by insanity. Gruesome.

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Yup, I was certainly aware of the practice. The real disquieting aspect was knowing we had all looked at this portrait for literally two generations and been unnerved by it, only to finally have our suspicions quietly confirmed while leafing through the the papers left behind.

<semi-related threadjack>Here's a short film me and a co-worker were producing about an abandoned house he found on his property. Lots of little snippits of someone's life all left abandonded.</semi-related threadjack>

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But it wasn't a "death portrait" was it?  The practice of posing and photographing a corpse was quite common, especially in Appalachia until the 50's and 60's.  Remember that around the time the photography was all the rage modern enbalming techniques were also coming into their own.  The family would often take a picture if they like the mortician's work.  I have quite a few of those creepy pics in the really old family albums. 

newmanfamilyvlogs:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 24, 2011, 02:04:55 pm ---But it wasn't a "death portrait" was it?  The practice of posing and photographing a corpse was quite common, especially in Appalachia until the 50's and 60's.  Remember that around the time the photography was all the rage modern enbalming techniques were also coming into their own.  The family would often take a picture if they like the mortician's work.  I have quite a few of those creepy pics in the really old family albums. 

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We had all always said we thought the child looked dead. I suppose we'll never know for sure.

danny_galaga:

I see nothing inherently wrong with selling your parents house  :dunno

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on May 25, 2011, 08:08:40 am ---
I see nothing inherently wrong with selling your parents house  :dunno

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Really depends on the situation.  In ours it was also our grandfather's and great grandfather's house.  And the land was ours well before the house was there.  Hell that area has my family's name on it on the map.

Xiaou2:

--- Quote ---It's obvious to me that this was one of those stingy, grouchy old men that lived like a poor man just because he was too cheap to enjoy life.  (I know the type.) That wasn't an inheritance for the old man's children, that was money he hid from his children and everyone else.  It was his money and he wasn't going to let anyone have it. 
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 Personally, I think its distasteful to judge someone with certainty that you have no clue about.

 How do you know if the man was a money grubber, or if he was creating a little 'surprise' for the kids when he passed on ?

 If the guy truly was a money grubber, he would have put his cash into the banks, and made MORE money with the interest.  From there, he might have even made investments.

 But to store it hidden?  Its lunacy.  The house could have easily caught on fire, burning up everything saved.

 Its no doubt the depression played a major factor in his behavior.  But that doesnt mean he was stingy.   Rather, he may have been very frugal because he worried 'chronically', that another depression would hit again someday... and he didnt want his children to suffer like he did in that time period.

 If you are going to judge people, at least explore all avenues... and dont immediately presume things you have no data on.  Its one thing to think something is possible... and quite another to immediately, and with all certainty, say that someone 'IS' or "Was" a certain way.

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