  We dedicate this work to Dr Omer Blaes, professor of physics at UCSB, on the
occasion of his sixtieth birthday. We have been collaborating now and then with
Dr. Blaes on problems involving oscillations, waves and stability. Happy
birthday, Omer. Enjoy the analytic treatment of damping of the gravitational
waves trapped inside ultra compact stars and its possible connection to Quantum
Gravity in the context of the LIGO-Virgo efforts in accurately measuring
ringdowns and echoes.
