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I plan to be cremated, interred in a columbarium (memory wall) my family has reserved in San Diego
Purchased the nitche.
Purchased the nitche.
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i was reflecting on a thought i have had for years, and even discussed with my wife at times. When i die i want to be placed on a funeral pyre and burned , much like the vikings, lest the sea. Once i am consumed, my remaining ashes to be placed by a fir or cedar, (my favorite trees) and in essence live forever through being risen into the air, and being consumed through the tree and dispersed through its leaves, and the birds eat the seeds and so on and so on etc. But it was sad to hear my wifes rebuttal." you cant do that." Why the f*&^ not? We have gotten so entrenched in being ruled and brow beaten, it's in our very veins and it doesn't appear till we have an abstract idea or thought. I refuse to be processed as the STATE wants or anyone else. I should be able to ask for my last wishes be honored and the state, feds, officials be damned. I am free, born free, and will stay free. Any thoughts on this or your own wishes?
When my friend passed way in '08 from colon cancer, the funeral home set up a display of caskets for sale in their fancy showroom.
When I escorted his grieving widow into the display room, all they had on hand was a pink colored casket and the fanciest one imaginable.
To make it even more expensive, it had a bunch of corner emblems embossed with the Marine logo on them.
Inside the lid was a 12" Marine flag embossed into the lining.
My late friend had been a Marine but he hated the experience and never said anything good about it.
My problem was the blatant manipulation of chalking up the funeral home prices by the supposedly caring sales staff.
I expect sales tactics like that from Ron Tonkin, not a funeral home. Talk about kicking someone when they're down.
It sickens me to think about the upselling that goes on at some funeral homes - "Mrs. Schmedlap, don't you think your wonderful husband, rest his soul, deserves a $12,000 hand-burnished Tennessee Cedar casket with a lovely hunting scene mural inside? And what says 'We'll miss you Dad,' like a parade of a dozen limousines? Sign right here..."
Anyone expecting to deal with the funeral industry should read the book "The American Way of Death" by Jessica Mitford.
You guys are gonna laugh at this, since you'd probably have expected some of it more from @Stomper ... if the GF and I are still together and she'll allow it, and it can be done and medically safe, have my cremains implanted inside her so not even death will do us part. (Given that she's already peri-menopausal, there's already a perfect spot with plenty of vacancy...)
Well, other than a small portion, since one of my closest friends is a total freak between the sheets, that I'm thinking to have set aside and cast into something for her to keep lodged in her favorite special spot... and if Canada ever comes to their senses and lets the GF take my 1911 back with her after I'm gone, a little mixed into its grips.
Well, I didn't laugh but I certainly shook my head while reading this post.
Man comes from the womb of women, then he spends the vast majority of his energy during his life trying to get back in there. At least in death, you'd be pretty damned close!
Yep, and sometimes the woman has to remind me with a "hey easy there big boy"! So yep, I get it
Why settle for just "pretty close"? (Remember, I did say "implanted"?)Man comes from the womb of women, then he spends the vast majority of his energy during his life trying to get back in there. At least in death, you'd be pretty damned close!
Why settle for just "pretty close"? (Remember, I did say "implanted"?)