The envelope was marked Time Sensitive.
I am now all of a nervous fidget: do they know something I don't?
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stewamax wrote:In my morning post there was a flyer from somebody called Pure Cremation.
The envelope was marked Time Sensitive.
I am now all of a nervous fidget: do they know something I don't?
stewamax wrote:In my morning post there was a flyer from somebody called Pure Cremation.
The envelope was marked Time Sensitive.
I am now all of a nervous fidget: do they know something I don't?
stewamax wrote:Since, however, direct cremation is less than half the price of an attended cremation, subscribing for a funeral plan seems more and more pointless for all but the indigent
* - undertaker collects the body and it is the last you see of it, although ashes can optionally be returned.
Don't even think about solar panels until you've read this.
bungeejumper wrote:BTW, I just thought I'd add that when I opened stewamax's most recent post in this thread, an advert came up:Don't even think about solar panels until you've read this.
That's tasteful, I thought, and ever so novel. It's a good job they weren't advertising garden incinerators.![]()
BJ
stewamax wrote:* - undertaker collects the body and it is the last you see of it, although ashes can optionally be returned.
didds wrote:and if you are prepared to book the body into the crem directly, you can cut out undertakers completely. Wrap the body in a (clean!) "shroud" (aka a bed sheet), deliver to crem on a pallet in a van.
bungeejumper wrote:didds wrote:Wrap the body in a (clean!) "shroud" (aka a bed sheet), deliver to crem on a pallet in a van.
Oh aye, our vet does all that. Free of charge, too, unless it's a horse.But vans are a little downmarket, don't you think? A Ford Fiesta gives the corpse a much more comfortable ride.
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BJ
didds wrote:bungeejumper wrote:But vans are a little downmarket, don't you think? A Ford Fiesta gives the corpse a much more comfortable ride.![]()
I couldnt fit the pallet into a ford fiesta...
didds wrote:... if you are prepared to book the body into the crem directly, you can cut out undertakers completely. Wrap the body in a (clean!) "shroud" (aka a bed sheet), deliver to crem on a pallet in a van. They do the cremation very early (I was told 0600!) with no service, no mourners and you collect the ashes a few days later. When I looked at this a couple or so years back, including the doctors certificates (two doctors) the totally DIY funeral for your deceased was about a grand.
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