WHAT?! Walmart Is Selling WHAT?!

I can't believe it either. There again, they may be trying to help the ones who can't afford a decent casket for their loved ones and here their chances are better in getting one. I had one grave yard director tell me many years ago and it really took hold in my memory and that was, why buy an expensive casket that's water proof and bug proof and so on because our bodies are made of mostly water anyway so when we decay, out body turns to water so getting a casket that water proof is just a waste of hard earned money. Now this came from a grave yard director so for him to tell me this, it does have a lot of truth in it.
But like you, this does take the cake! I don't know who delivers it other than it's considered freight so I'd imagine UPS or something like that would be transporting it to it's needed location. I doubt they have lay away since they supposedly mark their prices the lowest they can go so they don't need any sales. Why would you need a warranty? lol The person who needs it is dead, they wouldn't know if it's a defect or not. I'm just shaking my head at this whole concept! It's crazy!!

I "rented" a casket when my husband died, just for the funeral, as he wanted to be cremated and it cost $900, that was fourteen years ago, and it was in a small town. I understand and have experienced that the funerals in my town are cheaper than in a large city.

"Layaway" strikes my funny bone.

It's no Halloween joke! Check out the link! It's for real as you and I are right now. It's only an online thing, it's not at the stores. I'm guessing they're trying to help the ones who can't afford a casket and now they can? I don't know but I do think it's a bit way off the "list of things to buy" from this type of store but there again, the world is changing as we speak so why not this. I do know it's going to take some time to get used to.
I'm not sure what I want done with my body. I DO want my usable organs to be harvested for the ones who need them for they'll be no use to me once I'm gone however, beyond that, I'm not really sure. My hubby didn't want to be cremated at first and for a long time but since his mom and step dad died last year and both have been cremated, he's kind of leaning towards that direction now.
I asked my mom if she wanted to be cremated and her response was "HELL NO! I don't want to be cremated!" lol Oooookaaaaay mom! Got the drift here! lol The reason I asked and told her so was because their burial sites that they had bought and paid for is 4 hours away so I had wondered how we're going to get their bodies up there once they left this world. She told me that they have some life insurance which should pay for the trip since everything else will be paid for except for the casket and funeral home. That gave me a great deal of peace of mind because I was really concerned about that. Then as we were talking, she said something to the effect "Your brothers should help you" I looked away and said under my breath, "Yeah right, that'll be the day" and she snapped "They better help you! It's not all yours and hubby's job! They better help damn it!" I told her "They haven't helped this past year and a half, in fact, one hasn't help in anything at all and the other only helped dad when he needed it and neither have helped down here at all so what makes you think they'll help then?" I got the same response out of her. So I just accepted it for what it was, I KNOW BETTER! Besides, what can she do about it once she's gone? Not a damned thing so hubby and I are getting prepared for it so we'll know what to do and where to go and so on.

What a shame! You could use her ashes to fertilize your flower garden and enjoy her all year round. I know this sounds flippant but it's not meant to be. Her body would be right there, providing you with the joy of living things.

Or you could have her compressed into a diamond and wear it on a necklace.

You could scatter "her" over a place she's never been so she can "visit" it.

I kind of like the idea of the diamond. Too bad--lots of older people don't think of it as taking up good farmland, to them it's the proper way to treat an empty shell.

Actually (which I forgot to add) she wants to donate her body to medical science but dad won't hear of it. She's worked in the medical field years ago and knows what the needs are and is why she wants to do this but won't because dad is so dead set against it.

Dragon, that's what I want done with my body. I want to be cremated, have my ashes collected in an old mayonnaise jar and brought home so I could be sprinkled in the garden. If there is any psychic connection between "us" and our bodies after death, I think I'd love knowing that my body will still be, uh, 'gardening'.

Oh, I forgot something. Many years ago, while shopping at WalMart not long after they came to our area, an employee said to me, "If WalMart doesn't carry it, you don't need it." I guess too many people complained that, since they didn't carry caskets, and caskets are kind of needed for many people at the end of their lives, then that statement was wrong. Instead of being wrong, they just added caskets to their plethora of goodies. Hmmm...

Well even if Walmart has it, doesn't mean it's a great kind such as vacuum cleaners, I like electrolux because it really cleans the floors like I want them to be clean and walmart doesn't sell that. I agree, before long, walmart will be the only store with all that they have to sell. What's next? A funeral parlor? lol
Now I'm coping and pasting something that I want you to see. I think you'll find it right interesting. It's only an online thing, it's not at the stores. I'm guessing they're trying to help the ones who can't afford a casket and now they can? I don't know but I do think it's a bit way off the "list of things to buy" from this type of store but there again, the world is changing as we speak so why not this. I do know it's going to take some time to get used to.
I'm not sure what I want done with my body. I DO want my usable organs to be harvested for the ones who need them for they'll be no use to me once I'm gone however, beyond that, I'm not really sure. My hubby didn't want to be cremated at first and for a long time but since his mom and step dad died last year and both have been cremated, he's kind of leaning towards that direction now.
I asked my mom if she wanted to be cremated and her response was "HELL NO! I don't want to be cremated!" surrender lol Oooookaaaaay mom! Got the drift here! lol The reason I asked and told her so was because their burial sites that they had bought and paid for is 4 hours away so I had wondered how we're going to get their bodies up there once they left this world. She told me that they have some life insurance which should pay for the trip since everything else will be paid for except for the casket and funeral home. That gave me a great deal of peace of mind because I was really concerned about that. Then as we were talking, she said something to the effect "Your brothers should help you" I looked away and said under my breath, "Yeah right, that'll be the day" and she snapped "They better help you! It's not all yours and hubby's job! They better help damn it!" I told her "They haven't helped this past year and a half, in fact, one hasn't help in anything at all and the other only helped dad when he needed it and neither have helped down here at all so what makes you think they'll help then?" I got the same response out of her. So I just accepted it for what it was, I KNOW BETTER! Besides, what can she do about it once she's gone? Not a damned thing so hubby and I are getting prepared for it so we'll know what to do and where to go and so on.

And I forgot to add, you changed your avatar!! I didn't recognize you at first! I like it!
How is everything going? Are you still getting rid of things and packing? Does that jackass husband of yours know yet?

Just what have you been up to, Mentalward?! I haven't seen a discussion of yours for ages! Have you been really busy? How are things?

Marti you are so funny about blending the coffin in as furniture unti we need it. I can just see some throw pillows on top and maybe if we have company we could open it up and sleep in it while they sleep in our bed. I would not want anyone sleeping in my coffin before I make it my permanent resting place. OH and I too like your new avatar. When did you change to red hair?

I want to be cremated, too, Cats. I'm an organ donor so, hopefully, they'll be able to get something that still works from me to give to someone else when the time comes. I chose cremation because I can't see spending so much money on a burial for a body when the person who used that body is no longer in it. I'd rather see that money going to my kids.

Now, let's see, I'll try to remember who said what so I can answer here.

First, because it's right in my forebrain, I haven't changed my hair color but I couldn't get just the right color for my "cartoon me". My hair is darker than it was but, as it darkens, it's getting redder. Weird, I know. But, my hair has always gotten redder in the winter and blonder in the summer. I guess it simply could never make up it's mind. My youngest son has hair exactly like mine. I used to play with my hair some, making it blonder at one time and redder at another time but now it's the real me... something in-between red and dark blonde. I'm getting up there in years and I've seen too many older women who color their hair and it looks so fake. I mean, when the body and face age but the hair doesn't, it's easy to tell that it's colored. I want each one of my white hairs (there aren't many but there are some) to be proudly worn. I've earned every one of them! LOL

I'd like to make a cartoon me from an actual photo of myself but I haven't seen anything that can do that. There was a program in Yahoo that did that but I don't think they have that anymore since they got rid of their public photo storage. I played with a photo of my husband and me when we were married, turning it into a drawing-like picture but that was before Yahoo changed.

Cats, my parents had their funerals all paid for, caskets included. The only thing I had to pay for was the opening and closing of the, uh, whatever it's called above-ground, kind of like an apartment building for the deceased. (I hate my brain when I can't remember the word I want!)

Dragon, sorry. My brain doesn't work very well these days. Memory problems. Anyway, I've been very busy for the past few weeks. I haven't spent much time on myLot because I've been going through all my stuff, eliminating everything I don't need or want. Times, they are a-changing and I want to be ready for them when they do.

Also, for some unknown reason, I've been into a baking thing. I've been baking quite a lot! Maybe it was the carrot cake I made from scratch that actually LOOKED good that inspired me, I don't know. I never could make a cake from scratch that looked good. They tasted okay but they looked horrible! One was only about 2" high... WITH icing! One had a layer of rubbery-like stuff on the bottom. There was like a 1/4" layer of something on the bottom. I peeled it off (yes, it really did stretch!) and the cake tasted fine but I still don't know what caused that stretchy layer! I made an angelfood cake once that looked more like swiss cheese than cake. It had huge holes all through it! It, too, tasted okay but looked bad. Anyway, I made a carrot cake a few weeks back that not only tasted good but LOOKED good! LOL It inspired me to bake more stuff and I've been having a blast.

Things at home have been quiet. My husband has been busy working on his invention of creating an energy source to move vehicles without gas, water, electricity, or anything else except magnets and electromagnets. I think he may have actually stumbled onto something! He's been working on it for maybe 15 years and has changed his design many times since I've known him. His last design, which he's finishing up now, seems to be working! Maybe I should stick around, huh? If this thing actually works, we could potentially become billionaires, although I'd settle for millionaires. I'm not greedy.

Hi Jo!! Now why wouldn't you like a walmart casket? LOL You won't know a thing about it!! I'm just teasing you sweetie! I have wondered the same thing, what's next? A funeral Parlor? If they start that crap, I won't go there any more! Ewwwww!! I have a horrible fear of funeral homes and hearses, especially hearses!! I don't want to be in either one but I do understand the funeral home part but not the hearse!! I don't care how they get me to my "final" destination as long as they don't put me in the hearse, funeral home is one thing but the hearse is a definite no no. Can you believe that my middle brother, the one that I'm not talking to, feels the same way? I don't know what caused us to feel this way but we both do.

That's too bad u have that fear. I w3ish u could get over it because funerals are just a part of life. This made me think of a discussion that will probably freak u out. I hope not. Hope things are still going well for u.

Then it's not just me, huh? Perfect timing too, around Halloween time. Yeah a bit too eerie for my liking!! I can imagine one could find it on ebay but walmart? That just takes the cake for me. BLA!! What's next? A funeral parlor? Now if that happens and on the same property walmart is on, I won't go there anymore!!

Thats what you call one stop shopping. They already have eye doctors, fast food restaurants inside, hair and nail salons, photo studios. Maybe that is next on their agenda, the funeral business. See you at Walmart......

You know, in a sense, it is a part of life.... er, death. So maybe they're just trying to help the poor some by saving them a bit of money for caskets or coffins are needed during a time like this, right? I don't know, maybe next is a funeral parlor? No no no no, I agree, I don't like it either Thoroughrob and I do hope that's as far as they go.

Hi birdlady, hon I'm so sorry you had to do this all by yourself!! How selfish can one's children be? Wow. Kuddo's to you my friend! You had to be one strong person to handle so much. You know, that's what they say about me, I must be strong with all I've had to take on. I don't know if I consider myself that because I get so flustered easily but I do manage with help from my husband. My parents aren't well at all in which I think both are on borrowed time so in a sense, it's a good thing to know that I could get a casket/coffin at a cheaper price. Neither of them want to be cremated and their burial sites are 4 hours away in their old town so the only real expense I'll have is transportation and the funeral home because the rest they already paid for themselves.

You know, I can understand why a few people hate walmart but I have to say, they do have some things that are lower in prices than other stores and for that reason, I continue to buy from there. Now if I were to find it elsewhere cheaper, you can bet I'd shop there instead. Now if their caskets/coffins are cheaper than other places, you can bet I'll buy from there as well. Why make someone else richer by giving them our hard earned money when we could use it for other needed things or even donating it to some good cause? Just a thought is all.

$600.!! OMG!! and 11 years ago.... gee, I wonder how much they've gone up to now?! OUCH!! Hey, if walmart's caskets/coffins are cheaper then it's the way to go. I can't see making another richer and us poorer when we could keep the money for ourselves or even donate it to a good cause. It may not be top notch but hey, a casket is a casket. We're dead by the time we're in one. At least I hope to be! LOL

that's why you get embalmed, if you weren't dead before, you sure are after!

Oh that's something that I demand to be which is embalmed!! I want to be sure that I'm dead before they decide to burn me, bury me or what ever they do with me! lol I don't want to wake up and be in some box that I can't get out of. No way! I'm so claustrophobic that it's unreal! I can deal with things such as an elevator as long as it's pretty quick, other than that, forget it.

WHAT GG?!?! so that you can pop that old dead body right in there when it materializes OMG!! LMBO.... I can't help but be surprised and you sure did hit my funny bone here!!