| Vox Humana |
I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
By DON BABWIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the
eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.
On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases
of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at a North Side
Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook store.
"This is certainly something that can be an easy value," said Gina Bianche,
a buyer in Costco's corporate office in Issaquah, Wash. "I don't want to say
cheap value, but it just needs to be done."
Each of the six models from the Universal Casket Co., in colors including
lilac and Neapolitan blue, is priced at $799.99, made of 18-gauge steel,
considered medium weight for caskets, and can be delivered within 48 hours.
Caskets could already be purchased directly from manufacturers, in funeral
supply stores and over the Internet, but big general merchandise stores had
stayed away from selling caskets until now, said David Walkinshaw, a
spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association.
At a Costco on Chicago's North Side, shoppers checking out the new casket
kiosk Monday seemed to like the idea that the same store where they buy so
many things for this life was branching into the after life.
"A casket at Costco, yeah, I think it's pretty bizarre," said Inga Barth,
53. She wondered about buying a casket with only a kiosk and small samples
of the caskets' material to look over, though, saying, "When you go casket
shopping, you want to see the whole thing."
That didn't trouble John Neuhaus.
"I want the adjustable bed and mattress for my neck," he joked, pointing to
one of the features highlighted at the kiosk. After all, he said, "It says
eternal rest."
Others liked the idea of being able to shop for the casket long before a
loved one's death, a time when the survivors are distressed, under time
constraints and may feel they are at the mercy of funeral homes.
"I remember my mom was supposed to get a plain pine box for my dad and she
walked out with mahogany," said Gretchen Henninger.
When her mother later died and Henninger was left to deal with the funeral
arrangements, "I felt I was being manipulated into feeling some emotion that
would lead me to spend more money," she said. "Taking that away would be
wonderful."
Those involved in arranging funerals were not as enthusiastic about discount
retailers moving in on their business.
"If you take the casket out of the equation and the casket is purchased in a
retail environment, then that portion of the funeral director's profit
center will disappear and the funeral director must respond to that," said
George Lemke, executive director of the Casket and Funeral Supply
Association.
Asked if that meant raising prices, he replied: "That's entirely possible."
Costco is prepared for that, said Fred Elsner, general manager of the North
Side store. When casket buyers dial the phone number on the brochure, "We
will put them in touch with funeral homes that are part of the program," he
said.
The brochure says buyers can cut their overall funeral costs by more than 30
percent that way. But Lemke said the funeral home working with Costco might
not be the one the family planned to deal with.
"If you are talking about going to a funeral home, 30, 40, 50 miles away,
they (customers) might have an entirely different attitude," he said.
While caskets can costs several thousand dollars, some funeral homes do sell
them for even less than Costco is charging, he said.
Walkinshaw, who also works as a funeral director in the Boston area, said he
has caskets ranging from $350 to about $8,000. He also thinks Costco won't
cut into the business of funeral homes.
"Other people have tried (selling caskets) and found out the public is real
comfortable buying caskets from funeral directors," he said. "It's kind of
one-stop shopping."
Bonnie Busch, vice president in Costco's Midwest division, hopes shoppers
will make one more stop. "I hope they don't have any deaths in the family,
but if they do I hope we can help people out," she said.
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>
>
> I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
>
>
> By DON BABWIN
> ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>
> CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the
> eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.
>
> On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases
> of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at a North
Side
> Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook store.
>
(long article snipped)
I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop ahead
for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
a posture pedic........
kili
|
|
|
| notbob |
On 2004-08-17, Vox Humana <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
They also sell gun safes. Hmmmm... I'm seeing multi-tasking.
nb
|
|
|
| StocksRusŽ |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>>
>>
>> I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>>
>>
>>
>> By DON BABWIN
>> ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>>
>> CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or
>> the eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you
>> covered.
>>
>> On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and
>> cases of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at
>> a North
> Side
>> Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook store.
>>
>
> (long article snipped)
>
> I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop
> ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to
> see next to a posture pedic........
>
> kili
>
>
LMAO!
--
StocksRusŽ
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:8LqUc.25902$mD.19163@attbi_s02...
> On 2004-08-17, Vox Humana <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
> They also sell gun safes. Hmmmm... I'm seeing multi-tasking.
>
> nb
LOL, better yet, multi CASKING.
kili
|
|
|
| byakee |
Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
> > By DON BABWIN
> > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
> >
> > CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the
> > eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.
> >
> > On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases
> > of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at a North
> > Side Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook
> > store.
> (long article snipped)
>
> I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop ahead
> for a casket?
I suspect they're hoping to get the folks who already have a need and
want to save money over a regular funeral home. I can't imagine it being
a big "buy ahead" item -- wouldn't fit in the pantry!
> And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> a posture pedic........
I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"byakee" <byakee@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
news:cftetu$40js_004@news.zipcon.net...
> Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> > "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>
> > And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > a posture pedic........
>
> I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
> everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
> to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
>
> This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
>
>
Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
kili
|
|
|
| Goomba38 |
Mrs. Fat ManŽ wrote:
> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
Maybe you'll consider donating your body to science? There is a great
shortage of donated bodies for medical study.
Goomba
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" wrote:
>
> "byakee" <byakee@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
(laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
nancy
|
|
|
| PENMART01 |
> Nancy Young writes:
>
>"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" wrote:
>> "byakee" wrote:
>
>> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
>> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
>> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
>
>> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
>family.
>> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
>> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
>(laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
>to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
>visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
>past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
I tell folks that all I want is for them to reach into my wallet and take the
price of a brand new Sears Craftsman shovel and put me under the gingko tree I
recently planted for that purpose. Gingko trees are very resistant and live a
very long time, put all my cats there too.
Interesting:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten
---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
Sheldon
````````````
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Goomba38" <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:_JKdnaGwxYRp1L_cRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> Mrs. Fat ManŽ wrote:
>
> > Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
family.
> > I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off
a
> > boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
> Maybe you'll consider donating your body to science? There is a great
> shortage of donated bodies for medical study.
> Goomba
>
I've thought of that, actually. I really have!
kili
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"PENMART01" <penmart01@aol.como> wrote in message
news:20040817142854.28878.00001200@mb-m26.aol.com...
> > Nancy Young writes:
> >
> >"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" wrote:
> >> "byakee" wrote:
> >
> >> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> >> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal
with?
> >> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
> >
> >> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
> >family.
> >> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass
off a
> >> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
> >
> >(laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
> >to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
> >visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
> >past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
>
> I tell folks that all I want is for them to reach into my wallet and take
the
> price of a brand new Sears Craftsman shovel and put me under the gingko
tree I
> recently planted for that purpose. Gingko trees are very resistant and
live a
> very long time, put all my cats there too.
>
Right on, Sheldon!
kili
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com>
news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
>
> I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
>
>
> By DON BABWIN
> ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>
> CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or
> the eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you
> covered.
>
> On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and
> cases of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at
> a North Side Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak
> Brook store.
LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with it
until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
Michael
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:41224B69.B871634B@monmouth.com:
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" wrote:
>>
>> "byakee" <byakee@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
>
>> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many
>> > people leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to
>> > deal with? I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
>
>> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
>> family. I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my
>> carcass off a boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
> (laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
> to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
> visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
> past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
>
> nancy
I have a living will. Cremation for me, with the ashes sprinkled in an
undisclosed location. My mother is having a hissy fit over my final
wishes. I think she secretly wants (if she's alive when I die) to throw a
big, old fashioned, Irish wake.
Michael <- no Irish wake for me
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
news:mGsUc.7049$aB1.1281@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> "Goomba38" <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:_JKdnaGwxYRp1L_cRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
>> Mrs. Fat ManŽ wrote:
>>
>> > Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has
>> > a
> family.
>> > I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my
>> > carcass off
> a
>> > boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>>
>> Maybe you'll consider donating your body to science? There is a great
>> shortage of donated bodies for medical study.
>> Goomba
>>
>
> I've thought of that, actually. I really have!
>
> kili
I've already donated enough. I have organ tissue strung all over St. Louis
and one of my adrenal glands is still being studied at the Mayo Clinic. I'm
an organ donor when I die. Not that my organs are any good ;)
Michael
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
Dog3 wrote:
>
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:41224B69.B871634B@monmouth.com:
> > (laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
> > to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
> > visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
> > past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
> I have a living will. Cremation for me, with the ashes sprinkled in an
> undisclosed location. My mother is having a hissy fit over my final
> wishes. I think she secretly wants (if she's alive when I die) to throw a
> big, old fashioned, Irish wake.
>
> Michael <- no Irish wake for me
What the heck, let her go wild. You don't have to be there. Someone
puts me in a box and lets people come around and look at me? No.
Have some libation and think of something silly or funny I had said,
then go home safely.
nancy
|
|
|
| Vox Humana |
"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
news:Xns9548AD38752D0defaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44...
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com>
> news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
> >
> >
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
> >
> >
> >
> > By DON BABWIN
> > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
> >
> > CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or
> > the eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you
> > covered.
> >
> > On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and
> > cases of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at
> > a North Side Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak
> > Brook store.
>
> LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with it
> until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
Its sort of creepy. I hope you just get a voucher and take delivery as
needed, but I don't know. I sure wouldn't want it the basement or garage
for decades. With my luck, the thing would come crashing down off a shelf
and kill me!
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
Vox Humana wrote:
> Its sort of creepy. I hope you just get a voucher and take delivery as
> needed, but I don't know. I sure wouldn't want it the basement or garage
> for decades. With my luck, the thing would come crashing down off a shelf
> and kill me!
I heard something about, they guarantee 48 hour delivery. This
makes me think you call when it's needed. I do not know for certain,
so don't hold me to it.
nancy
|
|
|
| Goomba38 |
Nancy Young wrote:
> I heard something about, they guarantee 48 hour delivery. This
> makes me think you call when it's needed. I do not know for certain,
> so don't hold me to it.
>
> nancy
For many folks, the impending death is known in enough advance time to
allow them to "shop around" and plan the funeral. Someone on hospice
care for example? I wonder if this is a growing trend because there is
now a discount casket store (not affiliated with a particular funeral
home at all) in my town that opened last year. Consumers Reports would
say this is a good thing, as funeral homes sort of rely on that "captive
audience" thing, you know?
Goomba
|
|
|
| Default User |
Dog3 wrote:
> I have a living will. Cremation for me, with the ashes sprinkled in an
> undisclosed location. My mother is having a hissy fit over my final
> wishes. I think she secretly wants (if she's alive when I die) to throw a
> big, old fashioned, Irish wake.
She can still do that, just have an urn full of you on a table while the
fambly gets ripped.
Brian Rodenborn
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
Goomba38 wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > I heard something about, they guarantee 48 hour delivery. This
> > makes me think you call when it's needed. I do not know for certain,
> > so don't hold me to it.
> For many folks, the impending death is known in enough advance time to
> allow them to "shop around" and plan the funeral. Someone on hospice
> care for example? I wonder if this is a growing trend because there is
> now a discount casket store (not affiliated with a particular funeral
> home at all) in my town that opened last year. Consumers Reports would
> say this is a good thing, as funeral homes sort of rely on that "captive
> audience" thing, you know?
Unfortunately, I do know. I tried to help my stepmother pick out
my father's coffin, what would I know? Then, other relatives think
they know better and make things worse. But the funeral people have
you by the scruff of your neck, so to speak, pricewise.
Not a good situation, all around.
nancy
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
Default User <first.last@boeing.com.invalid>
news:41228BB0.C3203CD3@boeing.com.invalid:
> Dog3 wrote:
>
>> I have a living will. Cremation for me, with the ashes sprinkled in
>> an undisclosed location. My mother is having a hissy fit over my
>> final wishes. I think she secretly wants (if she's alive when I die)
>> to throw a big, old fashioned, Irish wake.
>
>
> She can still do that, just have an urn full of you on a table while
> the fambly gets ripped.
>
>
>
> Brian Rodenborn
LOL... I suppose that would work. They could dress me(the urn) up in
traditional clothing and party all night.
Michael
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| byakee |
Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "byakee" <byakee@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cftetu$40js_004@news.zipcon.net...
> > Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> > > "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> >
>
> > > And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > > a posture pedic........
> >
> > I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
> > everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
> > to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
> >
> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
> Byakee,
Please, call me JJ.
> maybe not everyone wants to be buried
Sorry, I wasn't clear -- by "burial" I meant "disposing of the body",
whether that's burial on land, at sea, via the air, whatever.
> and not everyone has a family.
Which is why I said "loved ones" and not family.
> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
Ahhh, but have you told anyone else you feel this way? That was my
point. I wasn't saying that everyone should run out and buy a burial
plot (that just happens to be *my* thing), but rather that folks need
to communicate their wishes and arrange details in advance, if possible.
For example, I now know what to do with Nancy if she goes before I do.
<eg>
Obviously this is a personal issue for me, and remember, my comments
weren't aimed at you in particular; the subject just hit a nerve. My
mother knew she was dying, but refused to talk about it or how she
wanted us to handle things. She had no will, no papers, nothing. To
give her credit, she did have life insurance, so money wasn't the issue,
but the details were a nightmare. I realize that some people simply
can't handle the subject, but for many, I think, it's just a case of
apathy. I'll jump off of my soapbox now...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
|
|
|
| GoombaP |
I had a friend in Florida who started building wood coffins in his shop. He
tried to sell them through ads in those free classified papers. His pitch
was intriguing:
"Buy it now, cheap. Keep it covered with newspaper in your garage until
needed. Screw the undertakers!"
The last I heard he hadn't sold enough to pay for the wood & nails, but he
never quit.
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HIrUc.7027$aB1.4735@twister.socal.rr.com...
>
> "byakee" <byakee@COLDmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cftetu$40js_004@news.zipcon.net...
> > Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> > > "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> >
>
> > > And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > > a posture pedic........
> >
> > I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
> > everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
> > to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
> >
> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
> >
> >
>
> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
family.
> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
> kili
>
>
|
|
|
| Michael Odom |
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:59:15 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
wrote:
>
>LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with it
>until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
>
Parlor. Candlesticks. Bach organ fugue on the stereo. Dry ice in a
pan of water below. Bags of dirt from you home town inside. Heavy
burgandy brocade curtains.
No mirrors. No garlic (OBFood).
modom
"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
|
|
|
|
In article <SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com>, kilikini1
@NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
>
> (long article snipped)
>
> I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop ahead
> for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> a posture pedic........
>
> kili
>
Anyone who shops at Costco, for whatever, shops ahead.
I can just see the slogan: "Guaranteed For Life! The Last Resting Place
You'll Ever Buy!".
Bob
|
|
|
| kalanamak |
In article <SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com>, kilikini1
> @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> >
> > (long article snipped)
> >
> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop ahead
> > for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > a posture pedic........
At work, a woman, discussing this costco thing, said she already had her
casket...it was a fine coffee table that converted to a casket, and was
made for her size by a woodworker in the Seattle area that makes such
furniture-to-coffin convertables. She paid $3000 bucks and was vastly
amused.
blacksalt
who would make her own, but will have to settle for throwing an urn or
something, as I intend to COOK to the end.
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814
@fe2.columbus.rr.com:
> I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
You only get a deep discount if you buy a case.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Bill |
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:27:21 GMT, "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
>I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
>
>
>By DON BABWIN
>ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>
>CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the
>eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.
>
>On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases
>of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at a North Side
>Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook store.
>
>"This is certainly something that can be an easy value," said Gina Bianche,
>a buyer in Costco's corporate office in Issaquah, Wash. "I don't want to say
>cheap value, but it just needs to be done."
>
>Each of the six models from the Universal Casket Co., in colors including
>lilac and Neapolitan blue, is priced at $799.99, made of 18-gauge steel,
>considered medium weight for caskets, and can be delivered within 48 hours.
>
>Caskets could already be purchased directly from manufacturers, in funeral
>supply stores and over the Internet, but big general merchandise stores had
>stayed away from selling caskets until now, said David Walkinshaw, a
>spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association.
>
>At a Costco on Chicago's North Side, shoppers checking out the new casket
>kiosk Monday seemed to like the idea that the same store where they buy so
>many things for this life was branching into the after life.
>
>"A casket at Costco, yeah, I think it's pretty bizarre," said Inga Barth,
>53. She wondered about buying a casket with only a kiosk and small samples
>of the caskets' material to look over, though, saying, "When you go casket
>shopping, you want to see the whole thing."
>
>That didn't trouble John Neuhaus.
>
>"I want the adjustable bed and mattress for my neck," he joked, pointing to
>one of the features highlighted at the kiosk. After all, he said, "It says
>eternal rest."
>
>Others liked the idea of being able to shop for the casket long before a
>loved one's death, a time when the survivors are distressed, under time
>constraints and may feel they are at the mercy of funeral homes.
>
>"I remember my mom was supposed to get a plain pine box for my dad and she
>walked out with mahogany," said Gretchen Henninger.
>
>When her mother later died and Henninger was left to deal with the funeral
>arrangements, "I felt I was being manipulated into feeling some emotion that
>would lead me to spend more money," she said. "Taking that away would be
>wonderful."
>
>Those involved in arranging funerals were not as enthusiastic about discount
>retailers moving in on their business.
>
>"If you take the casket out of the equation and the casket is purchased in a
>retail environment, then that portion of the funeral director's profit
>center will disappear and the funeral director must respond to that," said
>George Lemke, executive director of the Casket and Funeral Supply
>Association.
>
>Asked if that meant raising prices, he replied: "That's entirely possible."
>
>Costco is prepared for that, said Fred Elsner, general manager of the North
>Side store. When casket buyers dial the phone number on the brochure, "We
>will put them in touch with funeral homes that are part of the program," he
>said.
>
>The brochure says buyers can cut their overall funeral costs by more than 30
>percent that way. But Lemke said the funeral home working with Costco might
>not be the one the family planned to deal with.
>
>"If you are talking about going to a funeral home, 30, 40, 50 miles away,
>they (customers) might have an entirely different attitude," he said.
>
>While caskets can costs several thousand dollars, some funeral homes do sell
>them for even less than Costco is charging, he said.
>
>Walkinshaw, who also works as a funeral director in the Boston area, said he
>has caskets ranging from $350 to about $8,000. He also thinks Costco won't
>cut into the business of funeral homes.
>
>"Other people have tried (selling caskets) and found out the public is real
>comfortable buying caskets from funeral directors," he said. "It's kind of
>one-stop shopping."
>
>Bonnie Busch, vice president in Costco's Midwest division, hopes shoppers
>will make one more stop. "I hope they don't have any deaths in the family,
>but if they do I hope we can help people out," she said.
I bet Sam's will start selling them for $400 each because they are
getting most of their stuff made in China!
Bill
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
> I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop
> ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to
> see next to a posture pedic........
>
> kili
Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning including
purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a pre-planned
service.
My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be surprised at
what people do.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:0HsUc.7050$aB1.6426@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> "PENMART01" <penmart01@aol.como> wrote in message
> news:20040817142854.28878.00001200@mb-m26.aol.com...
>> > Nancy Young writes:
>> >
>> >"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" wrote:
>> >> "byakee" wrote:
>> >
>> >> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many
>> >> > people leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones
>> >> > to deal
> with?
>> >> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
>> >
>> >> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has
>> >> a
>> >family.
>> >> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my
>> >> carcass
> off a
>> >> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>> >
>> >(laughing) That's just too funny. I'm the same way. I don't want
>> >to be stuck in a box down there where people feel stuck having to
>> >visit every holiday. I'm dead, just throw me in the river (please,
>> >past where it's a reservoir if you don't mind). Cremate me first.
>>
>> I tell folks that all I want is for them to reach into my wallet and
>> take
> the
>> price of a brand new Sears Craftsman shovel and put me under the
>> gingko
> tree I
>> recently planted for that purpose. Gingko trees are very resistant
>> and
> live a
>> very long time, put all my cats there too.
>>
>
> Right on, Sheldon!
>
> kili
hehe... Can we do it now?
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548C5942BD4Ewaynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814
> @fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
> You only get a deep discount if you buy a case.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
AH HA HA HA HA. That's a good one Wayne.
kili
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548C62861E87waynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop
> > ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to
> > see next to a posture pedic........
> >
> > kili
>
> Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning including
> purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a pre-planned
> service.
>
> My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be surprised at
> what people do.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet Under? Just
checking, one of my favs.
kili
|
|
|
| zuuum |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548C5942BD4Ewaynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814
> @fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
> You only get a deep discount if you buy a case.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
6 ft deep?
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> "Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9548C62861E87waynebw@204.127.36.1...
>> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
>>
>> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really
>> > shop ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing
>> > site to see next to a posture pedic........
>> >
>> > kili
>>
>> Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning
>> including purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a
>> pre-planned service.
>>
>> My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be
>> surprised at what people do.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne in Phoenix
>>
>> unmunge as w-e-b
>>
>> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
>> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
>
>
> Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet Under?
> Just checking, one of my favs.
>
> kili
>
>
I love it. SO doesn't watch. He probably gets enough of that at work.
<g>
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"zuuum" <zuuum@nowhere.net> wrote in
news:10i5i3kauvjnu18@corp.supernews.com:
>
> "Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9548C5942BD4Ewaynebw@204.127.36.1...
>> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814 @fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>>
>> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>>
>> You only get a deep discount if you buy a case.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> 6 ft deep?
>
>
Yes, if you're buried horizontally; 12 ft deep if you're buried
vertically.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548CFBC57478waynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> >
> > "Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9548C62861E87waynebw@204.127.36.1...
> >> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> >> news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
> >>
> >> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really
> >> > shop ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing
> >> > site to see next to a posture pedic........
> >> >
> >> > kili
> >>
> >> Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning
> >> including purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a
> >> pre-planned service.
> >>
> >> My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be
> >> surprised at what people do.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Wayne in Phoenix
> >>
> >> unmunge as w-e-b
> >>
> >> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> >> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
> >
> >
> > Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet Under?
> > Just checking, one of my favs.
> >
> > kili
> >
> >
>
> I love it. SO doesn't watch. He probably gets enough of that at work.
> <g>
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Yeah, I suppose so, but I love that show! Did you watch last sunday's
episode?
kili
|
|
|
| zuuum |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com...
>
>
> Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet Under?
Just
> checking, one of my favs.
>
> kili
>
>
LOL... great show. Made me start thinking, there must be a total
sub-culture of undertaker families. Not exactly the kind of work anyone out
of the biz would steer their kids into. But, there is certainly money in
it. Sort of, "It's a depressing job, but somebody has to rake in that
cash!" Gadz! Imagine what undertakers sit around talking about when they
get together. No doubt a few will be talking about Costco caskets. Casko
coskets?
I thought the idea of the convertable furniture piece was pretty
enterprising. "Hey!!! Use a coaster!!! This coffee table has to last at
least as long as I do, ok?"
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"zuuum" <zuuum@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:10i5jnojonj1k67@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com...
> >
> I thought the idea of the convertable furniture piece was pretty
> enterprising. "Hey!!! Use a coaster!!! This coffee table has to last at
> least as long as I do, ok?"
>
>
Oh that's just terrible! ROFL! LOL.
kili
|
|
|
| Wayne |
"Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:09AUc.7125$aB1.1461@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> "Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9548CFBC57478waynebw@204.127.36.1...
>> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com:
>>
>> >
>> > "Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
>> > news:Xns9548C62861E87waynebw@204.127.36.1...
>> >> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
>> >> news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
>> >>
>> >> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really
>> >> > shop ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a
>> >> > depressing site to see next to a posture pedic........
>> >> >
>> >> > kili
>> >>
>> >> Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning
>> >> including purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a
>> >> pre-planned service.
>> >>
>> >> My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be
>> >> surprised at what people do.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Wayne in Phoenix
>> >>
>> >> unmunge as w-e-b
>> >>
>> >> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
>> >> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
>> >
>> >
>> > Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet
>> > Under?
>> > Just checking, one of my favs.
>> >
>> > kili
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I love it. SO doesn't watch. He probably gets enough of that at
>> work. <g>
>>
>> --
>> Wayne in Phoenix
>>
>> unmunge as w-e-b
>>
>> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
>> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
>
> Yeah, I suppose so, but I love that show! Did you watch last
> sunday's episode?
>
> kili
Our cable has it on Monday nights. I watched last night. Are you
referring to the one with Rick's new girlfriend? Didn't really like
her. Don't know why.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Wayne |
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.food.cooking:997744
"zuuum" <zuuum@nowhere.net> wrote in
news:10i5jnojonj1k67@corp.supernews.com:
>
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com...
>>
>>
>> Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet
>> Under?
> Just
>> checking, one of my favs.
>>
>> kili
>>
>>
> LOL... great show. Made me start thinking, there must be a total
> sub-culture of undertaker families. Not exactly the kind of work
> anyone out of the biz would steer their kids into. But, there is
> certainly money in it. Sort of, "It's a depressing job, but somebody
> has to rake in that cash!" Gadz! Imagine what undertakers sit around
> talking about when they get together. No doubt a few will be talking
> about Costco caskets. Casko coskets?
A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow casket...
> I thought the idea of the convertable furniture piece was pretty
> enterprising. "Hey!!! Use a coaster!!! This coffee table has to
> last at least as long as I do, ok?"
Hope they're not still using coasters on it after it's occupied!
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
Wayne wrote:
> Our cable has it on Monday nights. I watched last night. Are you
> referring to the one with Rick's new girlfriend? Didn't really like
> her. Don't know why.
Are you sure you're talking about the same thing? Six Feet Under
and Family Plots are different.
nancy
|
|
|
| Wayne |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in news:4122D4B2.19FADD04
@monmouth.com:
> Wayne wrote:
>
>> Our cable has it on Monday nights. I watched last night. Are you
>> referring to the one with Rick's new girlfriend? Didn't really like
>> her. Don't know why.
>
> Are you sure you're talking about the same thing? Six Feet Under
> and Family Plots are different.
>
> nancy
You're absolutely right, Nancy. I had the two mixed up. I watch Family
Plots on Mondays. I don't believe we get Six Feet Under. Thanks for
clearing it up.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
|
|
|
| Mrs. Fat ManŽ |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548D7EDC8B44waynebw@204.127.36.1...
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in news:4122D4B2.19FADD04
> @monmouth.com:
>
> > Wayne wrote:
> >
> >> Our cable has it on Monday nights. I watched last night. Are you
> >> referring to the one with Rick's new girlfriend? Didn't really like
> >> her. Don't know why.
> >
> > Are you sure you're talking about the same thing? Six Feet Under
> > and Family Plots are different.
> >
> > nancy
>
> You're absolutely right, Nancy. I had the two mixed up. I watch Family
> Plots on Mondays. I don't believe we get Six Feet Under. Thanks for
> clearing it up.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
I was all, Rick? Riko? Frederiko? His girlfriend dumped him a few
episodes back. LOL. If anyone gets HBO, 6 Feet Under is a good show.
kili
|
|
|
| DJS0302 |
>Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
>I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
>boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
I thinking about being cremated and then having my ashes baked in batch of
brownies to be served to everyone who comes to my funeral. That way everyone
would have a little piece of me inside them.
|
|
|
| -L. : |
Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<_JKdnaGwxYRp1L_cRVn-tQ@comcast.com>...
> Mrs. Fat ManŽ wrote:
>
> > Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
> > I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> > boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
> Maybe you'll consider donating your body to science? There is a great
> shortage of donated bodies for medical study.
> Goomba
I'm a whole-body donor. I figure somebody should get use of it, even
if some parts can't be transplanted.
-L.
|
|
|
| jmcquown |
DJS0302 wrote:
>> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a
>> family. I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my
>> carcass off a boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
>
> I thinking about being cremated and then having my ashes baked in
> batch of brownies to be served to everyone who comes to my funeral.
> That way everyone would have a little piece of me inside them.
Some of us would rather you spent that money on good weed and had that baked
into the brownies. We can deal with your ashes after we finish with the
Doritos and whatever other munchies we scrounge up as a result of eating the
brownies. After a nap, of course. :D
Jill
|
|
|
| Cheryl Perkins |
> Byakee, maybe not everyone wants to be buried and not everyone has a family.
> I'm only 36, but I hope someone has enough sense to throw my carcass off a
> boat and not pay to have a permanent gardener.
That's the advantage of planning ahead - you get to state in writing that
you want your carcass thrown off a boat. Otherwise, someone's going to do
what they think is appropriate, and it might involve using whatever you
leave behind to pay for that permanent gardener instead of paying for, oh,
I don't know, one last party for your friends, or a donation to your
favourite charity.
--
Cheryl
|
|
|
| Sam D. |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548C62861E87waynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> news:SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com:
>
> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really
shop
> > ahead for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing
site to
> > see next to a posture pedic........
> >
> > kili
>
> Yes, actually, many people do complete advance funeral planning
including
> purchase of the vault and casket, and sometimes, even a pre-planned
> service.
>
> My SO is an accountant for a group of 8 cemeteries. You'd be
surprised at
> what people do.
That is actually a good idea for two reasons. They get to choose
exactly what they want and it saves the family from having to make
those decisions at a painful time.
|
|
|
| jmcquown |
Michael Odom wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:59:15 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
> wrote:
>>
>> LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with
>> it until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
>>
> Parlor. Candlesticks. Bach organ fugue on the stereo. Dry ice in a
> pan of water below. Bags of dirt from you home town inside. Heavy
> burgandy brocade curtains.
>
> No mirrors. No garlic (OBFood).
>
>
> modom
>
> "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
> -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Why do I have images of Gone With the Wind in my head?
Jill
|
|
|
| Nancy Young |
Wayne wrote:
>
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in news:4122D4B2.19FADD04
> @monmouth.com:
>
> > Wayne wrote:
> >
> >> Our cable has it on Monday nights. I watched last night. Are you
> >> referring to the one with Rick's new girlfriend? Didn't really like
> >> her. Don't know why.
> >
> > Are you sure you're talking about the same thing? Six Feet Under
> > and Family Plots are different.
> You're absolutely right, Nancy. I had the two mixed up. I watch Family
> Plots on Mondays. I don't believe we get Six Feet Under. Thanks for
> clearing it up.
I call it Family Plotz. They are a bunch of characters, aren't they?
Good for a laugh.
I've heard good things about 6 Feet Under, but I don't get HBO.
nancy
|
|
|
| Goomba38 |
Nancy Young wrote:
> I've heard good things about 6 Feet Under, but I don't get HBO.
>
> nancy
Oohh... this is your lucky day! You can rent back seasons of Six Feet
Under, as well as the other wonderful HBO series shows at Blockbuster.
Worth checking out. Trust me. :)
Goomba
|
|
|
| maxine in ri |
byakee wrote:
>
> Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> > "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>
> > > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
> > > By DON BABWIN
> > > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
> > >
> > > CHICAGO -- Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the
> > > eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.
> > >
> > > On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases
> > > of soda, started test marketing caskets alongside mattresses at a North
> > > Side Chicago store. They're also being sold at a suburban Oak Brook
> > > store.
>
> > (long article snipped)
> >
> > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop ahead
> > for a casket?
>
> I suspect they're hoping to get the folks who already have a need and
> want to save money over a regular funeral home. I can't imagine it being
> a big "buy ahead" item -- wouldn't fit in the pantry!
Years ago, I had friends who had bought their caskets with flat
tops, and were using them for coffee tables and storage boxes. And
long long ago, folks used to build the caskets when the kids got
married, and they'd store them until needed.
> > And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > a posture pedic........
>
> I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
> everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
> to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
It's not like they're offering embalming kits or DIY organ donation
instructions (first, slice directly under the ribs, no more than 2
cm deep...)
> This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
My husband wants to be cremated, and we have all the plans set for
that.
maxine in ri
|
|
|
| J.J. |
Our pal maxine in ri <weedfam@youhoo.com> wrote:
> byakee wrote:
> > Our pal "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> > > And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see next to
> > > a posture pedic........
> >
> > I dunno about "depressing" -- dying is a fact of life and happens to
> > everyone. But it's definitely a ghoulish image, not something condusive
> > to buying bulk meat and giant boxes of laundry soap.
>
> It's not like they're offering embalming kits or DIY organ donation
> instructions (first, slice directly under the ribs, no more than 2
> cm deep...)
Heh! You have a point.
> > This thread touches on one of my pet peeves -- why do so many people
> > leave the cost and details of burial for their loved ones to deal with?
> > I bought my own cemetary plot years ago (I'm 40)...
>
> My husband wants to be cremated, and we have all the plans set for
> that.
Good deal, that's just what I meant. When my mother died, we couldn't
remember if she'd wanted to be buried or cremated. Still not sure if
we made the right choice...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
|
|
|
| maxine in ri |
"J.J." wrote:
>
> Our pal maxine in ri <weedfam@youhoo.com> wrote:
> > My husband wants to be cremated, and we have all the plans set for
> > that.
>
> Good deal, that's just what I meant. When my mother died, we couldn't
> remember if she'd wanted to be buried or cremated. Still not sure if
> we made the right choice...
Better the wrong choice than keep her in the cooler all this time!
Besides, funerals are for the living. If you're the sort that needs
someplace to commune with your loved one who's dead, then plant them
in a cemetery. My in-laws are in tiny little urns in a churchyard.
Their choice.
Their two younger sons want to be cast to the winds, one off a cliff
in New Jersey...after he's dead and cremated, of course<g>.
OB Food: Our Japanese exchange student insisted on cooking for us
the third day she was here. After taking her to three markets,
Asian, Whole Food, and American superstore, she couldn't find the
ingredient that her dictionary translated as "thread". We looked at
bean thread, rice, those skinny mushrooms, and even mung bean
sprouts.
We will be heading up to Boston one of these days, since there are
two Asian supermarkets up that way that I'm told carry Japanese
products. The ones in my area tend towards SE Asia.
maxine in ri
|
|
|
| Vox Humana |
"maxine in ri" <weedfam@youhoo.com> wrote in message
news:4123A186.E686BEA5@youhoo.com...
> "J.J." wrote:
> >
> > Our pal maxine in ri <weedfam@youhoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > My husband wants to be cremated, and we have all the plans set for
> > > that.
> >
> > Good deal, that's just what I meant. When my mother died, we couldn't
> > remember if she'd wanted to be buried or cremated. Still not sure if
> > we made the right choice...
>
> Better the wrong choice than keep her in the cooler all this time!
>
> Besides, funerals are for the living. If you're the sort that needs
> someplace to commune with your loved one who's dead, then plant them
> in a cemetery. My in-laws are in tiny little urns in a churchyard.
> Their choice.
> Their two younger sons want to be cast to the winds, one off a cliff
> in New Jersey...after he's dead and cremated, of course<g>.
Here is another choice - turn yourself into a diamond:
"The LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon
of your loved one as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life."
http://www.lifegem.com/
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net>
news:XrIUc.197$UZ4.52@bignews3.bellsouth.net:
> Michael Odom wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:59:15 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with
>>> it until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
>>>
>> Parlor. Candlesticks. Bach organ fugue on the stereo. Dry ice in a
>> pan of water below. Bags of dirt from you home town inside. Heavy
>> burgandy brocade curtains.
>>
>> No mirrors. No garlic (OBFood).
>>
>>
>> modom
>>
>> "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
>> -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
>
> Why do I have images of Gone With the Wind in my head?
>
> Jill
I envision Scarlet dancing around the casket in the parlor. She's wearing
that green velvet dress (drapes). Inside the casket lay Melanie Wilkes.
Michael
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| Virginia Tadrzynski |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:XrIUc.197$UZ4.52@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Michael Odom wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:59:15 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with
> >> it until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
> >>
> > Parlor. Candlesticks. Bach organ fugue on the stereo. Dry ice in a
> > pan of water below. Bags of dirt from you home town inside. Heavy
> > burgandy brocade curtains.
> >
> > No mirrors. No garlic (OBFood).
> >
> >
> > modom
> >
> > "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
> > -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
>
> Why do I have images of Gone With the Wind in my head?
>
> Jill
>
>
Gone with the Wind, my eye. This reeks of Anne Rice and N'Orleans, hon.
-ginny
|
|
|
| Virginia Tadrzynski |
"kalanamak" <kalanamak@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:412284B9.F7C6147A@qwest.net...
> In article <SFqUc.7015$aB1.2518@twister.socal.rr.com>, kilikini1
> > @NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> > >
> > > (long article snipped)
> > >
> > > I'm sorry, but this idea is just ludicrous! Does anyone really shop
ahead
> > > for a casket? And at Costco no less? What a depressing site to see
next to
> > > a posture pedic........
>
> At work, a woman, discussing this costco thing, said she already had her
> casket...it was a fine coffee table that converted to a casket, and was
> made for her size by a woodworker in the Seattle area that makes such
> furniture-to-coffin convertables. She paid $3000 bucks and was vastly
> amused.
> blacksalt
> who would make her own, but will have to settle for throwing an urn or
> something, as I intend to COOK to the end.
Soylent Green .......is........people.
|
|
|
| Virginia Tadrzynski |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9548C5942BD4Ewaynebw@204.127.36.1...
> "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in news:JlqUc.187999$fv.153814
> @fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
> > I wonder if you have to buy 2 at a time?
>
> You only get a deep discount if you buy a case.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
>
> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
How deep a discount? Six feet?
|
|
|
| Virginia Tadrzynski |
"zuuum" <zuuum@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:10i5jnojonj1k67@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Mrs. Fat ManŽ" <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:DCzUc.7118$aB1.2026@twister.socal.rr.com...
> >
> >
> > Oh my god, Wayne, I didn't know that! Do you guys watch 6 Feet Under?
> Just
> > checking, one of my favs.
> >
> > kili
> >
> >
> LOL... great show. Made me start thinking, there must be a total
> sub-culture of undertaker families. Not exactly the kind of work anyone
out
> of the biz would steer their kids into. But, there is certainly money in
> it. Sort of, "It's a depressing job, but somebody has to rake in that
> cash!" Gadz! Imagine what undertakers sit around talking about when they
> get together. No doubt a few will be talking about Costco caskets. Casko
> coskets?
>
> I thought the idea of the convertable furniture piece was pretty
> enterprising. "Hey!!! Use a coaster!!! This coffee table has to last at
> least as long as I do, ok?"
>
>
When Vocational Rehab was discussing retraining with my hubby, they
suggested Mortuary Sciences. Here's the funny thing, he is licensed as a
paramedic, certified as a heating, air con. and refrig. tech., has worked as
a finish carpenter.
So, does he try to save them do it, if they are past it, chill them until he
can build the box then embalm them for the service? During this time, he
also took on the role of Chaplain with scouts, so he could perform the
service too.
too creepy.
-Ginny
|
|
|
| zuuum |
"Virginia Tadrzynski" <tadx6@enter.net> wrote in message
news:2oin7pFamjl0U1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> When Vocational Rehab was discussing retraining with my hubby, they
> suggested Mortuary Sciences. Here's the funny thing, he is licensed as a
> paramedic, certified as a heating, air con. and refrig. tech., has worked
as
> a finish carpenter.
> So, does he try to save them do it, if they are past it, chill them until
he
> can build the box then embalm them for the service? During this time, he
> also took on the role of Chaplain with scouts, so he could perform the
> service too.
>
> too creepy.
> -Ginny
>
>
That's what I call all bases covered.. It was a no-brainer for Voc Rehab.
"My card.. my other card... my other other card.....and finally, my card!"?
LOL
|
|
|
| Dog3 |
"Virginia Tadrzynski" <tadx6@enter.net> news:2oimrlFb0f46U1@uni-berlin.de:
>
> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:XrIUc.197$UZ4.52@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>> Michael Odom wrote:
>> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:59:15 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> LOL... Do they call it the 'sleep station'? What will you do with
>> >> it until someone dies? Store it in the attic?
>> >>
>> > Parlor. Candlesticks. Bach organ fugue on the stereo. Dry ice in a
>> > pan of water below. Bags of dirt from you home town inside. Heavy
>> > burgandy brocade curtains.
>> >
>> > No mirrors. No garlic (OBFood).
>> >
>> >
>> > modom
>> >
>> > "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
>> > -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
>>
>> Why do I have images of Gone With the Wind in my head?
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Gone with the Wind, my eye. This reeks of Anne Rice and N'Orleans, hon.
> -ginny
I wonder how many people will buy one for aesthetic purposes. Coffin
coffee tables, coffin planters etc ;)
Michael
--
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
Jilly Cooper
|
|
|
| RMiller |
>
>Gone with the Wind, my eye. This reeks of Anne Rice and N'Orleans, hon.
>-ginny
>
I have memories of attending, what must have been a wake , in someones home.
I was a very small child( why did they take me there ?? ) and have some
pretty intense memories of the whole thing. This was is small town southern
Indiana, I wonder, if it was more common then , or more of a small town rural
practice...
Rosie
|
|
|
| RMiller |
>
>I wonder how many people will buy one for aesthetic purposes. Coffin
>coffee tables, coffin planters etc ;)
>
>Michael
Hmmm, maybe someone could put one in Layaway!!!!
Rosie
|
|
|
| maxine in ri |
Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> When Vocational Rehab was discussing retraining with my hubby, they
> suggested Mortuary Sciences. Here's the funny thing, he is licensed as a
> paramedic, certified as a heating, air con. and refrig. tech., has worked as
> a finish carpenter.
> So, does he try to save them do it, if they are past it, chill them until he
> can build the box then embalm them for the service? During this time, he
> also took on the role of Chaplain with scouts, so he could perform the
> service too.
>
> too creepy.
> -Ginny
No, hysterical. He's the perfect guy to be a consultant.
Are they dead?
No, apply emergency life support.
Yes, send to chiller.
Embalm?
No, (certain religions don't allow it)
Yes, prepare them for an open casket.
Cremate or bury?
Cremate, send to heating unit.
Bury, build box.
Service?
Sectarian - call in clergy of family's choice
Non-sectarian - perform service
Does he know how to operate a steam shovel?....
maxine in ri
|
|
|
| Larry Smith |
maxine in ri wrote:
> "J.J." wrote:
> OB Food: Our Japanese exchange student insisted on cooking for us
> the third day she was here. After taking her to three markets,
> Asian, Whol | | | |
