[AccessD] Hope for the Best, Anticipate the Worst

[Arthur Fuller]

Reminds me of something I read long ago, from a Last Will and Testament:
"Having all my life believed in reincarnation, I warrant that my estate be
held, pending my return."

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 3:00 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not as unrealistic.  I know I'm going to die.  But I'm taking it with
> me.  Finesses the whole problem.
>
> r
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 10:29 AM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My plan is to never die.  Works for me.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:01 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > aAnd then there's the problem of how to back up oneself. In a
> > multi-person
> > > firm, this issue may not arise,but in a one-person shop it most
> certainly
> > > does. I do all the backups and remote storage locations and so on; so
> > far,
> > > so good. But I am 75am 74 years old, and have visited three doctors
> this
> > > week alone. here will come a time when I don't wake up, or perhaps more
> > > romantically, fall into a snow drift and gently freeze. On that day,
> > there
> > > will be a discrepancy between what is stored off-site and what I was
> > > working on this morning. I live alone, spouseless as it were, so no one
> > > knows the passwords to my various computers, my on-line banking
> accounts,
> > > etc. .
> > >
> > > My current "solution", to use that term loosely, is a filing cabinet
> > > containing two important files, one called Legal and the other called
> > > Vitals. The latter contains a document listing my Gmail account and
> > > password, the passwords to my computers and so on. I have told my best
> > > friend about the existence of those file folders. So in the event, she
> > can
> > > enter my apartment (she already has a key) and rifle through those
> > folders,
> > > and take the necessary actions
> > > There is a client list, currently numbering one, and everything I write
> > for
> > > him is stored hourly on a thumb drive.
> > >
> > > Part of the reason I'm thinking about these things is the passing of
> Meat
> > > Loaf, at age 74 -- precisely my age. Have any of you considered these
> > > issues, and if so, what plans have you made to deal with them?
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-- 
Arthur