What are your thoughts on cremation vs traditional funeral services?
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Cremation can be done for about 1k. Damn average funeral around here 12 to 14k. I've tried to convince my wife what a ripoff the funeral business is to no avail.
I'm sorry and I know it is inappropriate as hell but I laughed my *** off at that.
I think "Bridges of Madison County" did more for cremation than anything else.
Guess you're the only guy who will admit to the curiosity of necrophilia. Whatever.
Anyways. Do you need a license to do this ****? Cremation. Can we bypass government ordinances by making it an app like Uber?
Welp, there's Big Death cornering the goddamn market on dying. Jesus Christ. If a family types out something on legal.com to dispose of their loved one for a crisp $350, then technically, it's not mutilation. That's horse ****. And I need to start this business. Big Death prolly pays off the SCOTUS too.
I want to be buried face down in a park with my *** sticking out of the ground, so that people will have a place to park their bikes.
First thought. Damn, that's a gold idea. Second thought. What about the wear and tear?
I see my mom, m-I-L, and wife get all emotional going to the cemetery all the time. Who wants all that ********? I don't like the thought of my kids feeling like they have to come and put flowers on the grave and that kinda business.
In Atlanta, they have an open window kiln. You can see your loved one melt right before your eyes.
Tony, Toni, and Tone Funeral Services. Look'em up.
HATE funerals and funeral homes. Cremation + Irish wake and then all my close friends and family take a nice little vacation together to celebrate. Much better than sitting in a funeral home all weekend and listening to "The Dance", Amazing Grace, That other Country Gospel Song that's played at every funeral these days. This is going in my will.
Um, it's still a funeral, except there is no casket or pallbearers. Just a little urn sitting upfront. You can still end up with a visitation / wake, but instead of a viewing of the body, there's just pics sitting around of the person and it isn't drawn out for days.
Personally, I say crisp me up, have a party and get on with life. None of this sad ****. Drink, tell stories, be happy. Take a vacation later and spread my ashes over my favorite dive spot in the South Pacific. Or hell, I'm dead, toss them in the trash and pocket the money. I don't care.
I'll take cremation. I don't want to take up valuable real estate after I'm gone.
This. My dad is burried near where he grew up. 200 miles away from my brothers, 600 miles away from me. I've been back to the grave site once, and that was to look at the headstone one of my brothers got. We walked around & looked at the headstones of other dead relatives that we never knew, then drove to Nashville and got drunk. Sorry dead dad, I'm just not gonna drive 600 miles to sit by your headstone with the wrong dates on it.
My fil was cremated. The whole thing seems much simpler.
Also, I don't know where I'd be burried. Dad is buried in TN, my brothers are in KY, me, my wife & kid live in Iowa. I have no idea where my kid will eventually end up.
My maternal Grandparents prepaid and planned their own funerals. So when my grandpa died all we had to do was go to the funeral home and pick a time for everything. He had picked all of the music he wanted played. He insisted that his military record not be mentioned during the funeral. I'm not sure why he didn't want it mentioned at all. He told me he didn't want "Taps" played because it would just make everyone cry. He was very proud of his service in World War 2 so I didn't understand.
I also found out that despite his very strong Christian faith, he HATED "Amazing Grace". He said that during his funeral that song was not to be played under any circumstance
I also found out that despite his very strong Christian faith, he HATED "Amazing Grace". He said that during his funeral that song was not to be played under any circumstance
Cremated my dad when he passed. Cost 1250 bucks from the Cremation Society of Kentucky. When Mom passed, we spent 5K on her funeral and burial and that was wholesale (her cousin owns a funeral home). When I go, it won't cost my family a dime. The VA will give me a plot and headstone and my hospital will embalm me after they take everything usable from my carcass (organ donor). I wanted to get shot out of one of the 16 inch guns on one of the Iowa class battleships, but the Navy wouldn't go for it, and now all 4 are decommissioned. Since I'm an organ donor and chose embalming after donating, I can't get buried at sea.
If you utilize the CSK...ignore the online crap from yelp and the other sites. They came for Dad at 3:15 in the morning and made sure I was OK before they took his body. The director met with my brother and I and let us take our time making our decision. No pressure, totally professional in handling our situation. It was much appreciated.
If you utilize the CSK...ignore the online crap from yelp and the other sites. They came for Dad at 3:15 in the morning and made sure I was OK before they took his body. The director met with my brother and I and let us take our time making our decision. No pressure, totally professional in handling our situation. It was much appreciated.
Hadn't really thought about it, but I guess I would be fine either way.
I know my parents have decided on burial. There has been a couple of times in the last few months I thought we going to have to use those plans for my dad. I guess when something does take place my wife and I will discuss what we want done.
I know my parents have decided on burial. There has been a couple of times in the last few months I thought we going to have to use those plans for my dad. I guess when something does take place my wife and I will discuss what we want done.
Folks, I was being facetious
Props to you, Mav, for picking that up
Just yesterday I was at a funeral. While waiting for the service to start I looked around at all the silence while the eyes of everybody stared at aunt emmas casket. Then this crazy thought hit me, I'm gonna have my best friend to blood promise me if I go first that he will (at that time of total silence and all eyes are locked on my box) go to the end of my casket and proceed to "wind" while the music of a jack in the box is playing...that moment would absolutely be epic and I would be laughing my angel wings off...
how does one mount up on a jar of ashes? asking for a friend
Pretty sure ashes can be used as source material in 3D printers.
Actually, dammit that's a million dollar idea ... (Not the sex with dead burnt people).
Just imagine. A picture frame of grandpa made with his ashes. A muffin tin of Mamaw. Uncle Bob as a coffee mug.
Might be late on that idea Funk...Willy beat ya to it..
Open up that mouth and I'd hit it.
You could 3D print anything. Could 3D print a pocket p*$$y using your dead wife's ashes.