ComtesseDeSpair
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Mon Feb-23-09 10:49 AM
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| 13. But... it's a beautiful monument to the dead! |
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As a taphophile, I mourn the fact that more people are getting cremated. There's nothing like wandering through a cemetery and thinking about the lives reflected on the stones. There's something extremely sad about the fact that people are no longer being memorialized in this way. It's a grand tradition being lost.
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| -Cemeteries Are Dying Due To Cremations |
Are_grits_groceries |
Feb-23-09 10:07 AM |
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I always wondered... |
Sagan |
Feb-23-09 10:12 AM |
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Combination of things. |
Occam Bandage |
Feb-23-09 11:00 AM |
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Speaking of flowers... |
TheMightyFavog |
Feb-24-09 06:37 PM |
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some of the shadier ones get real creative |
Blue_Tires |
Feb-24-09 03:05 PM |
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Couldn't possibly be because people can't |
pleah |
Feb-23-09 10:12 AM |
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Good |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-23-09 10:13 AM |
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But... it's a beautiful monument to the dead! |
ComtesseDeSpair |
Feb-23-09 10:49 AM |
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Hmm, I thought I was a tapophile |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-23-09 05:42 PM |
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Yes, but... |
ComtesseDeSpair |
Feb-24-09 09:54 AM |
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True |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-24-09 10:25 AM |
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Oh, where's your sense of romance? |
ComtesseDeSpair |
Feb-24-09 10:52 AM |
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I enjoy them too. |
dustbunnie |
Feb-24-09 11:10 AM |
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Hmm, children dying on the same day |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-24-09 05:36 PM |
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An economy based on growth |
The2ndWheel |
Feb-23-09 10:13 AM |
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I wonder how much of it is due to environmental consciousness. |
Aristus |
Feb-23-09 10:15 AM |
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Nah, it's just that our modern idea of them is rather stupid. |
Xithras |
Feb-24-09 06:53 PM |
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Good. To quote a line from "Caddyshack" (an hilarious movie, BTW), |
Seeking Serenity |
Feb-23-09 10:16 AM |
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Ah! Perhaps a return to the Reagan concept of "dual use" which |
flamin lib |
Feb-23-09 10:39 AM |
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A mini-golf/cemetery combo would be great |
Arugula Latte |
Feb-23-09 11:04 AM |
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another last hole possibility- |
dysfunctional press |
Feb-24-09 05:57 PM |
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a lot of cemetaries are not allowing monuments any more... |
dysfunctional press |
Feb-24-09 05:56 PM |
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Interesting. A few years ago I thought |
demokatgurrl |
Feb-23-09 10:17 AM |
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No kidding! |
pipi_k |
Feb-23-09 10:58 AM |
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and here I thought people were dying |
auntAgonist |
Feb-23-09 10:24 AM |
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LOL! |
Happyhippychick |
Feb-23-09 10:34 AM |
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Back in the 1950's, the funeral homes and cemetaries spent a ton |
old mark |
Feb-23-09 10:32 AM |
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"The American Way of Death," by Jessica Miftord, was published in the |
Mist |
Feb-23-09 11:33 AM |
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My wife and I are becoming members of a cremation society |
old mark |
Feb-23-09 02:02 PM |
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I read that book... |
pipi_k |
Feb-23-09 04:38 PM |
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We cut down mahagony trees to make caskets that go straight into the ground. Insane. nt |
thereismore |
Feb-23-09 10:36 AM |
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They blame cremations for the demise of cemeteries? |
pipi_k |
Feb-23-09 10:56 AM |
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The funeral business is full of cold-heart scammers |
TlalocW |
Feb-23-09 11:00 AM |
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burn my stinking ass and put my ashes in a hole in the ground with a tree planted with them |
madokie |
Feb-23-09 11:04 AM |
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Mixed feelings about this. |
Arugula Latte |
Feb-23-09 11:06 AM |
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Ideally... |
bikebloke |
Feb-23-09 11:13 AM |
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My mother was a pentacostal Methodist. Yeah, I know it's an |
flamin lib |
Feb-23-09 11:24 AM |
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Good. Cremation is sensible. I see no reason to take up space when I'm dead. nt |
Mist |
Feb-23-09 11:25 AM |
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Having a loved ones ashes forever is better than that the grave is turned over after |
WillieW |
Feb-23-09 11:28 AM |
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Nothing says you can't have your ash urn buried in a cemetery. |
gauguin57 |
Feb-23-09 11:29 AM |
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When my time comes, my ashes will be dumped of the stern |
Thothmes |
Feb-24-09 06:45 PM |
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There's a "green" cemetery near here |
FloridaJudy |
Feb-23-09 11:37 AM |
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"national cemetery in the area that would offer free burial for veterans" |
Hubert Flottz |
Feb-24-09 10:54 AM |
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Cemeteries and golf courses are a waste of space. n/t |
AtomicKitten |
Feb-24-09 11:47 AM |
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You stole that from George Carlin. :) |
JackDragna |
Feb-24-09 12:12 PM |
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I did ;) and he's so right. SF stopped new burials over a century ago. n/t |
AtomicKitten |
Feb-24-09 12:21 PM |
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No they didn't. SF just moved them to Colma. |
Xithras |
Feb-24-09 07:09 PM |
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Colma is a bizarre little place, and worth a visit if you're in the area. |
Cessna Invesco Palin |
Feb-24-09 07:33 PM |
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Visit? I was thrown out! |
Xithras |
Feb-24-09 07:50 PM |
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I know; I had my bird cremated in Colma. My point was they moved it out of SF. |
AtomicKitten |
Feb-25-09 01:56 AM |
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I have TWO burial plots waiting for me! |
queenjane |
Feb-24-09 12:10 PM |
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great post |
rove karl rove |
Feb-24-09 03:08 PM |
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My grandparents bought their plots, headstones, services, etc back in 1985 |
tammywammy |
Feb-24-09 07:17 PM |
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That's the way I feel |
Raine |
Feb-24-09 07:43 PM |
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Good. If ever there was a total waste of land... |
NeedleCast |
Feb-24-09 12:22 PM |
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Those people are sheisters |
Dappleganger |
Feb-24-09 06:06 PM |
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Beyond the Cemetary |
Peace_Sells |
Feb-24-09 07:25 PM |
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You Know Why They Build Fences Around Cemeteries ??? |
WillyT |
Feb-24-09 07:37 PM |
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