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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: COPE Golf Petition? Msg# 879715
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Gene, I thought you might enjoy the following email response from OPA Director Terri Mohr about your humor piece.
>>>He should have spelled checked before submitting.<<< I replied: I assume you refer to his use of Cemetary versus Cemetery. The very best writers in the world make grammatical and spelling errors. Spell-check programs cannot catch all spelling errors, especially with regard to intended usage. Ant versus aunt, for example. That’s why publishers employ editors. Even then mistakes end up in print. However, Gene’s error is inexcusable, a terrible thing. I will properly admonish him. Perhaps a public apology is in order. >Sigh< By the way, to nit-pick, your use of “spelled check” is not grammatically correct. The proper verb for your sentence is “spell-checked.” A better sentence might be, “He should spell-check before submitting.” Then again, you have me thinking. I will ask Gene if he spelled checked before submitting. Should he have spelled “checked” out loud before submitting? However, since the word “checked” is not in his piece, I’m not sure why he would have done so. So, Mr. Ringsdorf - did you spell checked before submitting? If so, did you spell checked out loud or only to yourself mentally? |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: OPA PROPOSES CEMETARY MEMBERSHIP RATES AND OTHER GOVERNING POLICIES UPON THE CONVERSION OF ITS GOLF COURSE TO A CEMETARY MEMBERSHIPS INDIVIDUAL - BURIAL ANY TIME DURING THE DAY - $300 INDIVIDUAL AFTERNOON - BURIAL AFTER 12 NOON - $200 FAMILY - ENTIRE FAMILY BURIED ANY TIME DURING THE DAY - $500 FAMILY AFTERNOON - ENTIRE FAMILY BURIED AFTER 12 NOON - $400 ASSOCIATE INDIVIDUAL - BURIAL ANYTIME DURING THE DAY - $350 ASSOCIATE INDIVIDUAL AFTERNOON - BURIAL AFTER 12 NOON - $250 GUESTS/RENTERS OF MEMBERS - BURIAL AT THE SAME RATE AND TIMES AS AFTERNOON MEMBERS LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP - AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER WHO DOES NOT EXPECT TO DIE DURING HIS/HER LIFETIME - $50,000. POLICIES BURIALS BEFORE 12 NOON MUST UTILIZE REMAINING GOLF CARTS AT A RATE OF $8/HOUR/CART/PERSON (EXCLUDING THE DECEASED). BURIALS AFTER NOON - CART REQUIREMENT WAIVED BUT A TRAIL FEE WILL BE CHARGED IF CASKET CARRIED BY PALL BEARERS FOR A DISTANCE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE YARDAGE OF A PAR THREE HOLE. DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE AT THE RATE OF $1 PER RESIDENT GOOSE CARCASS IF BURIED WITH DECEASED - LIMIT 100 CARCASSES PER BURIAL. ALL CEMETARY FEES WILL BE PLACED IN A "RECONVERSION RESERVE" TO FUND THE RECONVERSION OF THE CEMETARY TO A GOLF COURSE IF A MAJORITY OF FUTURE OPA MEMBERS VOTE FOR SUCH RECONVERSION IN A FUTURE REFERENDUM. AS THE CEMETARY MAY BE SUBJECT TO OCEAN PINES' UNIQUE DRAINAGE ISSUES, IT IS ADVISABLE TO HAVE CASKETS BOTTOM PAINTED AS THE PROBABILTY OF DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE HIGH. IN SUCH EVENTS, FLOATING CASKETS WILL BE MOORED AT AVAILABLE YACHT CLUB RENTAL SLIPS UNTIL THEY CAN BE RETURNED BACK TO THEIR "FINAL RESTING PLACE". THE NORMAL "UNDER 26 FOOT LONG BOAT" SLIP FEES WILL BE CHARGED FOR EACH CASKET SO MOORED. A PARTY CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF THE DECEASED CAN BE CATERED BY OPA AT CURRENT CATERING RATES AT THE UPPER LEVEL OF ITS LUXURIOUS YACHT CLUB ON THE DAY OF THE BURIAL UNLESS THE FACILITY IS CLOSED, IN WHICH CASE THE PARTY CAN BE HELD AT THE TERN GRILL UNLESS IT IS CLOSED, IN WHICH CASE THE PARTY CAN BE HELD AT THE COUNTRY CLUB UNLESS IT IS CLOSED, IN WHICH CASE THE PARTY CAN BE HELD IN THE ASSATEAGUE ROOM OR THE PAVILION AT WHITE HORSE PARK. YOUR ASSOCIATION WILL BUDGET FOR THESE BURIAL AMENITIES TO BREAK EVEN AND IT BELIEVES THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO SUBIDIZATION BY LIVING MEMBERS OF DEAD MEMBERS EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COSTS OF THE CEMETARY. |
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