There were some tests he
wanted to conduct, and asked Joyce to relocate to a less populated area for
the afternoon. Xxx Property tax at that time was
0.23% of value, which amounted to $160 per year, but the funeral and other
bills had almost emptied the bank account, which could no longer meet the
direct payment mandate that had always been in place to cover these taxes. Joyce decided she was going to take this book and the current journal home
with her, purely for background research of course, and study it at her leisure,
until she could return as the new owner. It took quite a bit of creative
discussion to convey that ‘Joyce Butler’ was the name that identified her as an
individual, although the suit still insisted on calling it a designation, then even
more work to get the suit to address her just as ‘Joyce’ in conversation.
