Herschel Victor Lance

I'd say so. I don't think he knew what hit him.

Well, I suppose that's one positive way to look at it! See my response to Ann below, which was the underlying impetus for this piece.

Wow, I read Ann's comment. True story wow.

No, that's fantastic, Michael. Too bad I didn't think of that, I would have worked it into the epitaph. My eye is doing fine, thank you. See what I wrote to Ann below.

Believe it or not, Ann, this actually happened to a man who worked with my father in the old Alloy plant in West Virginia. There was simply nothing left of him to bury. I always wondered if they had to throw out that vat of molten iron. If not, his remains may be in auspicious places!