Par4QC Unnecessary.

Why do you model the behavior you find abhorrent in others? He is actually minding his own business and there was nothing wrong with this thread until you showed up and posted that.

      rsvman2 He is actually minding his own business

      S/He's misbehaving elsewhere, doc. Same shit as before. 🙄

        Maybe a little late to the party but here are my observations as a cemetery caretaker. We are trending towards 90-95% cremation funerals. We have several options for burials here - full plots, cremation plots, mausoleum and columbarium. From what I’ve seen over my time here is that the full casket burials are mostly the older, catholic generation. The people that adhered to the traditional no cremation part of the church teachings. The boomer? generation has moved to cremation and are still buying a full plot, but using it as a family plot (5 sets of cremated remains in the plot). My wife and I are going to be cremated and I’m looking at the columbarium for our remains.

        Walterjn someone were to take the bouquet off my casket and toss it into the crowd to see who's next

        I genuinely LOL'd at the mental image of this.

        Ack8236 Seems to be more and more common to have no service, which would suit me fine. Cremation, scattered wherever, cheapest option possible.

        As with what others have said, including the most recent poster. I (granted I don't spend all my free time researching trends in death rituals) had no idea society was moving away from the wasteful full burial towards majority cremations.
        Glad to hear it for various reasons of economics, environment, superstition, etc.

        Taki27 I want to be cremated and dumped somewhere. Preferably a golf course, soccer field (I don’t think an ice rink would work, lol)

        I know they can turn cremated ashes into diamonds now. I wonder if they could turn you into a golf ball or two ?
        Or maybe you could do one of those ash-tree things and be planted on a golf course ?

        more to come...

              Talk about a softball, that's like coach pitch.

              Just completed updating "My Last Wishes",

              • Cremated (probably a bit morbid but have urn and paperwork prepared)
              • Interned in Arlington National with full honors
              • Requested the Family get to gether for a 5 star meal
              • One toast, with the finest scotch they have (please no mixing)
              • Finally all to celebrate life, have a lot of good laughs and enjoys life and yourselves

              I have no interest what people do with me after I die. I am absolutely serious when I say that! They could put me out with the garbage and I would have NO problem with it. Since this might be frowned on, cremate me and do with my ashes whatever makes you feel good. The garden, golf course, or garbage are all equally fine with me. Along the same lines, I REALLY don't want a funeral, but if you need to have one as part of your grieving process, fill your boots.

              I would love, Love, LOVE if my wife and/or friends would take about $10K (or whatever is needed) from my estate and have one GREAT party: great food and booze (a few good bottles of Scotch must be there to toast with), fun music, and a LOT of laughter and fun. I've already told my wife that's what I want, and she's agreed to do it. I would be particularly pleased if they could find a way to prop me up in a chair in the corner, dressed in a really loud shirt, sunglasses, hat, and a glass of Scotch in my hand! I'd love it. The fact that I wasn't dancing would be totally in character, so no one would know I was "gone." But the fact that I nursed one glass of Scotch all night would be a complete giveaway that something was up.

                kelco9 I would be particularly pleased if they could find a way to prop me up in a chair in the corner, dressed in a really loud shirt, sunglasses, hat, and a glass of Scotch in my hand! I'd love it.

                Evidently this is becoming a thing in some places