In a message dated 2/17/05 10:21:30 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> My brother still tells everyone I 
> killed "his" mother. Of course he would not accept the legal power of 
> atty, nor was he going to stick around and take care of what was left, 
> if any of those last extreme measures had been done............he did 
> however, contact me almost 3 years after her death to see if there was 
> any remaining money from her tiny savings.
> 

OMG -- this is the worst-case-scenario of the problems children have dealing 
with the death of parents.  Hence the saying *It's a good thing you can pick 
your friends.........*   I'm sorry that you had to deal with this, Sol.     MA