What about...

The fact that many Funeral Parlors and Cemeterys now have "rental" deals going on.

Someone dies
Embalming still happens
Family gets to RENT an Ornamental casket for $900 for upto 72 Hours
The funeral procession goes and dumps the body in the ground (without burying the casket and such)
The Funeral Parlor takes the casket back to the parlor
Transfers the body into a cheap but "well built" storage container for dead flesh
Ornamental Casket is fully cleaned and prepared for the next $CUSTOMER
The "new casket" is buried
A "plaqued" headstone is used as the grave marker.
Everyone makes their way over to the burial site over the next $TIME_FRAME arranged for
When rental of the plot is runs out, cemetery digs the casket up.
Cemetery sends casket back to Funeral Parlor
Cemetery prepares burial site for next $CUSTOMER
Funeral Parlor cremates said body
Returns ashes to said family or re-buries them in a mausoleum or where ever arranged for.
Casket(s) are fully cleaned and turned around for the next $CUSTOMER

All for much cheaper than a "traditional" burial.

I know, thats what my Father in-law bought for he and his wife.

Post #279,951 by folkert 3/29/07 10:12:08 AM Reply	What about... The fact that many Funeral Parlors and Cemeterys now have "rental" deals going on. Someone dies Embalming still happens Family gets to RENT an Ornamental casket for $900 for upto 72 Hours The funeral procession goes and dumps the body in the ground (without burying the casket and such) The Funeral Parlor takes the casket back to the parlor Transfers the body into a cheap but "well built" storage container for dead flesh Ornamental Casket is fully cleaned and prepared for the next $CUSTOMER The "new casket" is buried A "plaqued" headstone is used as the grave marker. Everyone makes their way over to the burial site over the next $TIME_FRAME arranged for When rental of the plot is runs out, cemetery digs the casket up. Cemetery sends casket back to Funeral Parlor Cemetery prepares burial site for next $CUSTOMER Funeral Parlor cremates said body Returns ashes to said family or re-buries them in a mausoleum or where ever arranged for. Casket(s) are fully cleaned and turned around for the next $CUSTOMER All for much cheaper than a "traditional" burial. I know, thats what my Father in-law bought for he and his wife. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #279,952 by Andrew Grygus 3/29/07 10:28:04 AM Reply	Well, that's just sicker yet. Go through all the motions but be cheap about it. Next step is to bribe a few celebrities to go through this mill so you can charge extra for reuse of the boxes they were showcased in and the holes they were temporarily planted in. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #279,960 by JayMehaffey 3/29/07 11:28:17 AM Reply	Historically very common That sort of thing was historically very common in Europe. But they did it as much for reasons of saving space as money. Jay

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