In article <Xns9A887092FB4Cgrommit383aolcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sean Houtman <grommit383@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> ebenZEROONE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Hactar) wrote in
> news:9h3vd5-192.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <Wo4Pj.7713$GE1.3086@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Anny Middon <AnnyMiddon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> "Dover Beach" <moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> news:Xns9A8466DB78FA8moonblanchedgmailcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > "Anny Middon" <AnnyMiddon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> >> > news:QD3Oj.20605$%41.3599@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >
> >> >> AIUI the trust allows your heirs to avoid probate. Like
> >> >> QueBarbara we haven't done wills yet. One question for the lawyer
> >> >> when we finally get around to doing it is whether we want a trust.
> >> >> Not having children, our estate will pass to nieces and nephews.
> >> >> If a trust is a minor hassle for us we probably won't get one even
> >> >> if not having one will cause them a big hassle. They're all a
> >> >> bunch of ingrates anyway.
> >> >
> >> > I assume your last remark is an affectionate joke, but if it isn't,
> >> > you might as well set up a will to leave your estate to your
> >> > favorite charity.
> >> >
> >> Yeah, it is a joke. Another joke we make openly to the nieces and
> >> nephews (and doesn't the English language need a word that means
> >> "offspring of a sibling" without being ***-specific?),
> >
> > ITYM "offspring of a sibling". But I have a dozen or so cousin-sprogs
> > and a few and step variants thereof, and there's no nice neat word to
> > describe them either.
>
> Kinfolks, howzat?
"Relatives". "Extended family", but I think that's only when they live
with you.
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