{"id":49735,"date":"2018-09-06T04:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T11:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=49735"},"modified":"2018-09-06T05:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:18:01","slug":"grandfather-says-how-i-order-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id49735-grandfather-says-how-i-order-pizza.html","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Says: How I Order Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43685\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43685\" class=\"wp-image-43685\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original oil painting by: Grandfather&#8217;s wife<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grandfather likes the funny epitaphs he&#8217;s seen.<\/p>\n<p>But he tries to have fun beforehand, because it&#8217;s better than being morose.<\/p>\n<p>When he orders pizza, he tells the clerk to charge his credit card now so she&#8217;ll get paid in case he dies before he can pick up the pizza and he tells doctor&#8217;s offices he&#8217;ll tell them right away if he dies before his next appointment.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author: RD Blakeslee is an octogenarian from West Virginia who built his net worth by only investing in that which can be enjoyed during acquisition and throughout life, as opposed to papers in a drawer, like stocks and bonds. You can read more about him <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id22017-how-i-live-on-less-than-40000-annually-ralph-from-west-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photos: Courtesy of the Blakeslee Family<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandfather likes the funny epitaphs he&#8217;s seen. But he tries to have fun beforehand, because it&#8217;s better than being morose. 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