I wanna be buried in something like that, or, just wrap me up in a sheet and throw my my ass in the hole.
I do not want to be buried in a friggin' Titanium, or whatever they use, casket that'll be around for hundreds of years.
Memory's of fun and laughter, outrageous conduct ----Shame on us.
Had this man come to our house, because the crazy Asian War was still going on and business was brisk, He somehow got the addresses and phone numbers of the Crew of the Sub my Hubby was on.
Slow weekend for my family, why not let this guy come out and give us his spiel.
Hubby was 32 me 24, 3 kids. First the sales man walked in with a very serious face. He looked like one of us had already passed. He was about Hubby's age and was wearing a VERY expensive suit and shoes.
We both noticed and knew off the bat that we would have to use allot of self controll as he had to have a silver tongue.
We offered him a drink, he chose coffee. We got vodka and orange juice in tall glasses.
We had no idea where we would end up at death at that time, Hubby from California, me from Maine. We both died together that was a problem for the family to fight out. He wanted a burial at sea. Me I still have no idea where I will end up, perhaps as lobster bait salted down, my kids got to make a living.
BTW 2 of my kids have no idea where their dad is, they don't know where his body is, or ashes are. His new wife refuses to even speak to his children------I believe that since we were married for 14 years, she is afraid I can claim some her income from the government as she was married for just a few years to a retired Officer.
Anyway, back on subject, this salesman pulled out about 3 big photo albums of low cost caskets---$500.00 and up. Hubby was getting into his old [ Chief ] mind set and asked about the mattress and if it had spring form-----this he did with a serious face.
Then on to these caskets that are top of the line. They were guaranteed to protect against water, and earth quake.
I went to get my and hubby's second drink came back and asked who was guarantying all this. This I was told had a life time warente-----Hubby and I both started laughing I had to run to the bathroom fast.
So Hubby says, to protect this kind of investment I have to dig up my wife every 2 years to make sure she is dry and cosy.?
Not to be outdone as I drank my drink, I asked,= how he thought I should go about knowing if this casket really worked. I don't want to go to the trouble to dig up Hubby every 2 years, who will inspect the coffin, who will pay the bills for the disinterment.?
Not only that , but the sales man wanted us to go into a cemetery with flat grave stones easier to mow the area. If Hubby had died at that time I wanted a submarine in his stone. A big BOOMER.
This salesman was one of those people that make money on the fear of death to a loved one. After he ran for the door, I made Hubby and me another drink and we retired to the bedroom to laugh, giggle and conseve out last child.
Casket $500.00 grave sight depends. Could cost a few thousand. any viewing or services at the funeral parlor cost the earth. All the people bringing in the flowers, the cost of having a loved one embalmed for public viewing. They say the average cost of a funeral is $8.000 dollars.
For $1500.00 cremation and a urn for the ashes, one can place grandma on the mantel or on a book case, No problem visiting grandma across country, there she is .
I just hope you guys have not seen the segment of Married with Children and the Bundy Berger.
Lots to be said here did you know that you can still in this age have a funeral from your own home.?
Unless the body is taken across state lines they need not be embalmed.?
How many of you have paid to have a relative buried in the state of their death been charged for embalming.?
I am old enough to remember funeral directors coming to the homes of the diseased, laying them out and if a man, coming in every morning to shave them. No the hair did not grow, it was the skin pulling back that on hair and nails gave the impression of growth.
As Big Mouth Billy Bass sings----Take me to the river, drop me in the water---------
I came to be out of nowhere. Had my parents not met, I would not be here. Life is a mystery of chance and that great wheel of fortune. This all leads to the future.
Death is final, gone forever for all of us and a future.
Went by a woman's clinic on to the funeral, protesters standing out side.
How did we get to the point that females feel an need to remove a human life so they can go happily on their way.
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