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I Am Apalled and Disgusted By This Story*Beware This Post May Not Be For Everybody*

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 26 Nov 23

Being 72 and just going through the business of making sure I have my situation set up for my family when my time comes I read this story with the obvious horror it caused me. On November 8th police in Oklahoma arrested the...

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Final Planning

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jun 23

Well, I got my final planning taken care of today. I want to be cremated and called a few weeks back to check on prices and pre-financing. The nice lady gave me a price of $980. I thought that was great because back about thirty...

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Cremation is not always the simple option

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 14 Sep 22

Decades ago, burial was the ‘norm’ after death in the UK and cremation was rare. Many of my relatives are buried in the cemetery in the village where I grew up. But as cemeteries get fuller, and families more scattered, cremation...

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Cremate or Bury

askme123 @askme123 (6223) 1 Jan 22

Losing a love one is devastating. Making the decision how to dispose of their bodies is equally heart rending. Do you think when people die from covid or other easily transmissible diseases their bodies should be cremated? Do...

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Situation is so bad in our city!! Staying at Home Mostly!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 14 Apr 21

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. The situation is very bad in our city as the number of covid cases are increasing day by day. Already the cases have crossed 1000 mark....

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Helping My Sister.

rakski @rakski (156249) • Philippines 26 Mar 21

With sadness I help my sister in finding a crematory service for my brother-in-law. I cannot be with them physically but this is something I can help with. Unfortunately the memorial plan of my brother in law cannot...

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Facing My Own Mortality

Jabo @jaboUK (64346) • United Kingdom 9 Feb 21

When my husband died my son and daughter wanted him buried, not cremated. I didn't mind either way so I agreed. Ever practical, I bought a double burial plot so that when my own time came they could bung me in there too. Today...

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Funerals and afterwards

teenal @teenal (1400) • Dublin, Ireland 26 Mar 19

My hubby wants to be cremated when the time comes and scattered in his favourite place which is the sea. If he goes first I don't want to do that but will as it is his choice. He says when your gone , your gone. I understand him...

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Cremation

Govinda Blankson @GovindaB (249) • Accra, Ghana 11 Oct 18

As land becomes scarce in the wake of increasing scarcity of burial grounds, most people are resorting to other means of disposing of the dead. I see cremation to be one of the most sublime alternatives to ground burial. What...

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Death in the neighborhood

Kokil agarwal @amitkokiladitya (171988) • Agra, India 12 Jul 18

There was a sudden demise of a middle aged person living ime neighborhood. Sadly, he met with an accident on the highway which resulted in his sudden death. I was really sad to hear this. My husband has gone to attend the...

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I Miss Asia

Tee @Deajae72 (723) • United States 10 Jul 18

This was my very first cat. I adopted her in 2009. My ex-husband did not want to give her to me when I moved out. He said that his house was Asia's home since we got her, which was true, but she was mine. I did not take her...

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What A Thing To Say.

Jabo @jaboUK (64346) • United Kingdom 6 Jul 18

At a cremation some friends who were mourning were discussing a few things concerning the man who was dead, then one of them said "I should think that his ears must be burning". This is intended as a joke folks. If...

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Embalming or cremation - which do you prefer?

Nnaemeka @mydanods (6513) • Nigeria 12 Mar 18

Embalming is the process of using chemicals to delay the decay of a body. It is later buried. Cremation is the burning of a dead person. I am afraid of being cremated. I just don't know why. I love to be buried the same way as...

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Life after death--become a tree!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 13 Feb 18

When I die my children are supposed to burn my remains after letting whoever wants to harvest anything useful like eyes, skin, or any other organs. Then scatter them in my home state to fertilize the earth. But today my cousin...

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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 29 Dec 17

This may well be the strangest and most hazardous lighthouse in the land. Built in 1879, it sits a little over a mile offshore, 20 miles south of the Columbia River. It was the most expensive lighthouse ever built. There was no...

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Burial Or Cremation? What Do You Choose?

M. K. Albus @MKAlubs (455) • United States 31 Aug 16

There are numerous different customs and traditions from around the world in regards to what is done with the body after death. In the Western World burial is by far the most popular tradition. I'm not sure there are any towns in...

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Creative Use for Starbucks Cups

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 27 Aug 16

We had a block party in our neighborhood this evening, during which I heard the most hilarious story. One of the women said that she had recently attended a memorial service at the beach for a friend who had died. During the...

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Bio Urns - Turn Death Into Life!

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128824) • Gainesville, Florida 2 Aug 16

Several days ago, a myLot member had posted a question of whether people preferred to be buried or cremated. I had long known that I wanted to be cremated when I die, but I had never really given any thought as to what I wanted to...

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Cremation or Bury?,which one have you decide?

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 28 Jul 16

This is a personal issues.Cremate or Bury? We have chosen cremation.But it is inexpensive. Save money.Not to be tricked in buying expensive add-ons This is a personal issue with people and families I know most of you are still...

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Finding the Dead - Increasingly Difficult

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 15 Apr 16

Have you ever wanted to find the death announcement or the burial place of a recently deceased person? It's rapidly becoming a difficult task to successfully do so! How so? Newspapers are slow to print anything they don't get...