I actually had that experience. My neighbor next door was violently 
murdered by his son in the house. The old man was terribly cranky. His 
usual greeting to me was'.... some day I am going to woop your ass.....I 
was interviewed about him and photo snapped. A mistake was made and my 
photo with the name of the dead man appeared in the article. Most people 
in town seem not to read so it was assumed I was dead. My lutheran 
pastor a true german rushed to see me with my  artcars on display at 
baltimore's artscape.....I am so glad to see you he exclaimed. I 
wondered why so glad. (had I made out the offering check for too much 
money ? ) Parishoners had called his phone machine in numbers to let him 
know that I was gone.
I said it was good to have him stop by when I was dead but even better 
to stop by when I was still living which he eventually did.

I return you to your usual content

Conrad

KEVIN M DONAGHY wrote:

>First Mark Twain, then Levi-Strauss and now Dr. Hume - I've heard the irish
>blessing of being in heaven an hour before the devil knows you're dead - but
>it must be a sign of respect, admiration, and a form of homage to read of
>your own passing,  Sincerest best wishes to Dr. Hume and three cheers from
>the wee people
>
>kev
>
>On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Tonia Deetz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Noel is still with us, very much so! He is well and living in Virginia with
>>his wife Carol.
>>
>>Tonia Deetz Rock
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>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Giovanna Vitelli <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Sent: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 10:11 am
>>Subject: Re: Autobiography of Ivor Noel Hume
>>
>>
>>Conrad,
>>I happen to have a reference from a 1927 issue of "Old Time New England"
>>(17:140), quoting at length from the "Boston Gazette" of October 28, 1746,
>>on Pope's Night Celebrations between 5th and 6th November, talking about
>>yearly problems with rowdiness, and warning that the authorities would
>>crack
>>down on that year's proceedings.
>>
>>Best,
>>Giovanna
>>
>>PS: INH sadly is no longer with us.
>>
>>
>>Giovanna Vitelli, PhD, RPA
>>CELAT Postdoctoral Fellow  / Chercheure postdoctorale
>>Université Laval
>>1030 Avenue des Sciences Humaines
>>Québec G1V 0A6
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Conrad
>>Bladey
>>Sent: 04 August 2010 09:30
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Autobiography of Ivor Noel Hume
>>
>>Thanks for this heads up. I worked most weekends of four years for the
>>Guildhall Museum London at which he had become a legend. One of my
>>inspirations.
>>Does INH have a contact. I have a research interest related closely to
>>an article he did on Guy Fawkes Celebrations/bonfire. It is important
>>for me to contact him
>>-or anyone else intereested in archelogical pattern recognition for
>>seasonal, calendar custom celebrations such as Fawkes and Bonfire.
>>(Popes day in the USA).
>>
>>Anyone know if in Boston any evidence for the november 5 celebrations
>>has been located. There was much burned pagentry and effigies involved
>>over a significant period and this would have been both rural and urban.
>>
>>Conrad
>>
>>somerwell wrote:
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>>Hi All,
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>>>Last evening I had the chance to read through Noel Hume's newly
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>>released
>>autobiography titled:
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>>>A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist.
>>>
>>>The book is published by The University of Virginia Press and is
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>>available
>>on Amazon.com at a discount.
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>>>It is a wonderful read from one of the true pioneers in the field of
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>>historical archaeology and the progenitor of so many successful careers.
>> As
>>with all of Noel's works, the prose is entertaining, informative, and
>>inspirational.
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>>>From the Amazon website:
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>>>"Noël Hume is a household name. This book should be a professional
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>>classic,
>>to be read alongside other memoirs like those of Graham Clark, Glyn Daniel,
>>Gertrude Caton-Thompson, and Mortimer Wheeler. The childhood narrative is
>>an
>>astonishing memoir of loneliness written without a trace of self-pity. The
>>book goes on to reveal how Noël Hume and his wife Audrey helped create the
>>colonial heritage of Virginia with their judicious blending of solid
>>archaeology and Anglo-American diplomacy." -- Carmel Schrire, Rutgers
>>University, author of Digging through Darkness: Chronicles of an
>>Archaeologist.
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