Post by Michael TrewPost by i***@webtv.netOn Friday, December 3, 2021 at 5:47:08 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers wrote:.
Post by Hank RogersIn the south, there are foods at funerals. In the north, it's cold,
so they are in a hurry to dump the corpse, throw a shovel of dirt
in, and get the hell out.
Don't yoose unnerstan dis?
Hahahahaaaaaa, squirrel!
When my Dad died in the mountains and winter, they had to drill down and
use a small charge of dynamite to get rid of the frozen soil and rock
deeper below.
That's kind of funny, in a messed up way.
Anyway, his large fancy funeral was on a Sunday.
The funeral home ghouls wanted to charge an extra $1,000 to bury him on
a Sunday. Mom opted to have him buried on Monday instead and no one
attended the burial. They had already "said" said "goodbye" the day before.
IMO, the entire affair (cost many thousands of dollars) was just an
expensive way to "take out the trash." My Dad wasn't there, just his
leftover body.
As unfortunate as it is, most people probably want a weekend burial, so
they have to charge extra, to deter some people from it. There are only
so many days in a weekend.
Here, the cheapest disposal is now an off-peak cremation with no
attendants. They're selling like hot cakes. The crematorium saves
money by better use of the ovens and staff time.
https://www.simplicity.co.uk/arrange-a-funeral/unattended-funeral
The friends/family then arrange a celebration-of-life gathering at
a time and place to suit themselves (and dispose of the ashes as they
wish). I've been to one in the home of the deceased, one in the garden
of the deceased, and one on a hillside above the beach.
I've also been to a private burial of a friend who was ecology minded
. The grave was dug by a friend who owns a digger. The deceased (in a
cardboard eco coffin) was carried from his home to his van; his wife
drove it to the grave and friends carried it from the van and lowered
him in. His wife made a farewell speech and placed some funeral gifts
for him in the grave, which were, a jar of honey from his beloved bees,
some vegetables and flowers from his garden, and a packet of his
favourite peanut snacks. Then we all went back to their house for a huge
buffet meal all cooked by friends.
Janet UK