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hunter

(38,301 posts)
8. Our county cremates indigent people.
Sun May 7, 2017, 03:51 PM
May 2017

The county will pass the ashes on to relatives or the deceased's estate for a sliding scale fee meant to cover some of the cremation costs, otherwise volunteers solemnly and respectfully commit the ashes to the ocean.

Dead people are just dead. Ceremony is for the living.

As much as I'd wish my dead femurs be turned into maces to smite my enemies, it's not likely to happen.

One of my great grandmas wanted to be buried with her dogs, selfishly, she would have had them put down and buried with her. Didn't happen. Dogs lived out their natural lives and joined her later. The living have the final say.

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