On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:26:48 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 16:58:03 UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.

What, if it wasn't her in the coffin she wouldn't be dead anymore?

The idea was to make sure the right body was going to cremation...and hopefully to get the correct ashes back. Plus of course to gouge as much as they can while they can.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. What the 'ell difference would it make?

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:54:04 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/18/18 5:44 PM, wrote:

Do you really believe they don't just give everyone a shovel full of
ashes and say it is their loved one?
This is all symbolic anyway. I agree the whole funeral business is a
big scam. I just want to be buried in the back yard with my dogs. That
can be cremated remains conveyed in a zip lock bag or just hire a guy
with a back hoe and dump me in the hole.


Sounds like a future EPA superfund site to me, assuming ******** Trump
hasn't disbanded the EPA by then.

Corpses are the ultimate biodegradable item. It is only when we go out
of out way to preserve them that they last more than a few weeks.
It is a good thing or we would be up to our ass in dead things.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:08:39 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:59:29 -0500, wrote:

I always thought the whole concept was pretty morbid. When the doctor
told my mom was dead, I believed him. I didn't need to see for myself.

When the funeral home tried to sell me a casket for my mother, I asked, "Why, she's going to be
cremated. Why buy a casket that will be burnt?

The VA conveyed my dad's remains in a cardboard box along with a flag.
It actually worked out fine. It was the same with my mom, sans flag.
We chartered a 6 pack and buried my dad in the gulf with his flag
flying from the tuna tower. My mom went off the dock behind her home.

My sister was sort of amazed that I had her ashes in some antique
cookie jar when she got down here. Evidently I was supposed to know it
was some kind of special family heirloom. I told her, what is more
special than mom?
I planned on burying the whole thing but she took the cookie jar home.
I think the whole secret about the jar went to the grave with my
sister because there were cookies in the jar the last time I was up
there. I just smiled.

True North wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:32:27 UTC-4, Bill wrote:
True North wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 13:05:45 UTC-4, Bill wrote:
True North wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:22:26 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:11:23 -0500, Alex wrote:

Think they have healthcare right? They can't even deal with the dead...

http://www.newser.com/story/254238/f...-3-bodies.html


A section on the Serenity Funeral Home website reads: "There are labels
that are used to make sure
it is next to impossible to receive the incorrect remains."

I'll just bet they wish they'd had Don White check the spelling on all those labels!

Don't know why all y'all are so worried about this. If all y'all died in
Nova Scotia they just feed your decaying corpse to the sharks that like
to vacation off our coast.


Lighten up. Was a funny comment. You and Harry need to see the wizard
for a humor gene.

So was mine, Billy. We wouldn't feed The John or one of his biggest
turds to the sharks. The sharks haven't done anything to us. They just
come and vacation here. This summer it was a Great White the locals and
media named Hilton.


Your comment was nasty, not funny. You need to see the Wizard

Oh no...did I upset you, or hurt your feelings?
Have another drink...it'll pass.


Both wrong on the drinking and hurt my feelings. Your comment was just
nasty. No humor included.

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:54:04 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/18/18 5:44 PM, wrote:

Do you really believe they don't just give everyone a shovel full of
ashes and say it is their loved one?
This is all symbolic anyway. I agree the whole funeral business is a
big scam. I just want to be buried in the back yard with my dogs. That
can be cremated remains conveyed in a zip lock bag or just hire a guy
with a back hoe and dump me in the hole.


Sounds like a future EPA superfund site to me, assuming ******** Trump
hasn't disbanded the EPA by then.

Corpses are the ultimate biodegradable item. It is only when we go out
of out way to preserve them that they last more than a few weeks.
It is a good thing or we would be up to our ass in dead things.


Was interesting when we went to the town of Bodio Switzerland where my
wife’s great grandmother emigrated from. Oldest grave in a very old
graveyard was only about 1875. When we went to Salzburg the local guide
said was oldest continuously used graveyard in Europe. From about 1 AD.
But gravestones only went back to about 1850. She said only the last 5
people buried in the grave get a marker. Repurposed to the max.

John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:33:25 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:40:44 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:22:26 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:11:23 -0500, Alex wrote:

Think they have healthcare right? They can't even deal with the dead...

http://www.newser.com/story/254238/f...-3-bodies.html

A section on the Serenity Funeral Home website reads: "There are labels that are used to make sure
it is next to impossible to receive the incorrect remains."

I'll just bet they wish they'd had Don White check the spelling on all those labels!
Don't know why all y'all are so worried about this. If all y'all died in Nova Scotia they just feed your decaying corpse to the sharks that like to vacation off our coast.
What? Alex or I worry? No way!

Surely you got a chuckle out of the story.
That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.
Why a makeup artist and coffin rental, if the whole purpose is just to ensure the body is the
correct one?

It's BS.

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.
What, if it wasn't her in the coffin she wouldn't be dead anymore?

His post is odd. "When Mom dies..."?

True North wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:51:33 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:33:25 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:40:44 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:22:26 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:11:23 -0500, Alex wrote:

Think they have healthcare right? They can't even deal with the dead...

http://www.newser.com/story/254238/f...-3-bodies.html

A section on the Serenity Funeral Home website reads: "There are labels that are used to make sure
it is next to impossible to receive the incorrect remains."

I'll just bet they wish they'd had Don White check the spelling on all those labels!
Don't know why all y'all are so worried about this. If all y'all died in Nova Scotia they just feed your decaying corpse to the sharks that like to vacation off our coast.
What? Alex or I worry? No way!

Surely you got a chuckle out of the story.
That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.
Why a makeup artist and coffin rental, if the whole purpose is just to ensure the body is the
correct one?
That's what they insisted on. Wife worked with the wife of one of the funeral directors where her mother went. He said he'd identify her mother for her ...no need for viewing etc. Saved almost $2K.

You will buy anything anyone is selling. Boats, cars, funerals, what's
next?

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 1/18/18 5:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:26:48 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 16:58:03 UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a
viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west
at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and
renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.

What, if it wasn't her in the coffin she wouldn't be dead anymore?

The idea was to make sure the right body was going to
cremation...and hopefully to get the correct ashes back. Plus of
course to gouge as much as they can while they can.

Do you really believe they don't just give everyone a shovel full of
ashes and say it is their loved one?
This is all symbolic anyway. I agree the whole funeral business is a
big scam. I just want to be buried in the back yard with my dogs. That
can be cremated remains conveyed in a zip lock bag or just hire a guy
with a back hoe and dump me in the hole.


Sounds like a future EPA superfund site to me, assuming ******** Trump
hasn't disbanded the EPA by then.

"Sounds like"? What else do you hear?

On Friday, 19 January 2018 23:12:52 UTC-4, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:51:33 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:23:47 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:33:25 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:40:44 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:22:26 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:11:23 -0500, Alex wrote:

Think they have healthcare right? They can't even deal with the dead...

http://www.newser.com/story/254238/f...-3-bodies.html

A section on the Serenity Funeral Home website reads: "There are labels that are used to make sure
it is next to impossible to receive the incorrect remains."

I'll just bet they wish they'd had Don White check the spelling on all those labels!
Don't know why all y'all are so worried about this. If all y'all died in Nova Scotia they just feed your decaying corpse to the sharks that like to vacation off our coast.
What? Alex or I worry? No way!

Surely you got a chuckle out of the story.
That story was all over the local news yesterday.
When Mom dies about 6 years ago, they insisted that we have a viewing prior to cremation to avoid a mix up like the one out west at that time. Of course this meant paying the makeup artist and renting a coffin so I could go view and confirm that it was her.
Why a makeup artist and coffin rental, if the whole purpose is just to ensure the body is the
correct one?
That's what they insisted on. Wife worked with the wife of one of the funeral directors where her mother went. He said he'd identify her mother for her ...no need for viewing etc. Saved almost $2K.

You will buy anything anyone is selling. Boats, cars, funerals, what's
next?

Guns??? No freakin' way!