Thanks for the encouragement ! I had the money to move last spring but paid for gyno surgery which was also something I thought I would never pull off . <| sep |> Your heart beating is just a bonus and not part of the definition of death . At least not a useful one . Brain death is the only one that is interesting . <| sep |> I don ' t think purple heart weathers like that . It ' s very resistant to decay and insects . Even after exposure to the elements the exposed grain remains tight and relatively smooth . The stuff that you posted seems like there ' s quite a bit of deterioration that ' s penetrated the wood rather deep . Plus . Making a bench out of purple heart would be quite a big and unnecessary expense . <| sep |> Discover . com states that my car is not eligible for the 5 % reward . i am within the first year of this card the IT card . I used to have just a regular discover without any rewards . They contacted me and offered the double rewards , so I started using it . I ' ll send an email .