X-Message-Number: 7031 Date: Tue, 08 Oct 96 11:29:54 From: Mike Perry <> Subject: Will Dye's Problem Will Dye, #7025, says: >Both Steve and Mike suggested I sign a "Declaration of Intent". >Certainly this will be done when I sign up. At this time, getting >anything formally arranged, such as a signed document, needs to be >done in such a way that I'm not doing it behind anyone's back. I only >did the Driver's license thing because it was handed to me without >advance warning. Basically, the Declaration of Intent was created so people could quickly and easily express a preference for being frozen, without having to go through the time-consuming process of a formal signup. Although it is not the same, by far, as actually signing up, it could be useful in case death intervenes before the signup process can be completed. To sign the Declaration "when you sign up," on the other hand, is largely superfluous since the signup paperwork makes it pretty clear that you want to be frozen. Apparently, Will, you feel you could not sign the Declaration now because you would have to do it "behind someone's back"--your wife's I guess. She would not tolerate your expressing your preference in this way. (Am I right?) If that is true it is certainly unfortunate. Mike Perry http://www.alcor.org Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7031