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So, none of you remember what Lord Walsingham told the Duke of Suffolk in the first "Elizabeth" film? People will forget you. It's as simple as that. The only real exception is in the case of exceptional notoriety - and then, what they remember will be generally without proper explanation of the entire context of your life. True, we could discuss fame, but how many of you plan on being truly famous - another Churchill, Lord Nelson, William the Conqueror, or even Tony Blair (all right, leave out everyone here under the age of, say, sixteen). Unless you bequeath large sums of much-eeded monies to others in event of your death don't expect to be very warmly remembered many years afterwards. So, the article title is "how will you be remembered?". Do you really wantthe answer, because I shall tell you the definitive answer at this time. The answer is - you will only truly be remmebered with longevity by public records - every traffic infraction, police encounter tax bill, rental receipt or ownership filing, etc. which Government possesses! THAT is how you will be remembered. How can you possibly argue with this? Go to the local graveyard and locate the grave of someone who passed aay some decades ago. Just see what fond memories you can locate of this person Then see what you wll discover in public records. You will, if we are honest here, be best remembered in terms of what the Government has on you! So, my recmmendation is to spend far less time in pursuit of the favourable impressions by others, and more effort retrieving your good name, to the extent that it may be possible, from the public archives. That is, if you truly wish to be remembered in the best terms. Perhapsw, just for fun, the Government should pass a law mandating graveyard services 50 years after death. Wouldn't that be instrucive to us all? Anyone with memories - even passeddown memories - of the deceased would show up, along with a Government representative with their dossier of collected archival recods of the person's life transactions and encounters. Then we shal see just how each of us are really remembered. I am reasonably certain how I shall be remembered - though there may be scant mention of the jobs I worked (from public records), I'm afraid that the tempo and pace of all those years will receive nary a mention - not the 16-hour days, the corrupt employer practises, nor the many customer letters of appreciation I received personally. How will we be remembered? Incorrectly, I must say. That will hold true regardless of the source of information.

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