It makes sense. My good friend's grandmother passed away last year and she was devastated that she couldn't afford to fly to India and back for the funeral. Although not ideal, this would have at least given her the chance at some closure.

miss diminutive: It makes sense. My good friend's grandmother passed away last year and she was devastated that she couldn't afford to fly to India and back for the funeral. Although not ideal, this would have at least given her the chance at some closure.

It's been available for a long time. Like, as long as RealVideo existed, if not longer.

In before the necrophiliacs..

Well... Open casket cremation or closed?

There are certain people I want to be sure are dead and cremated.

Isn't the whole point of having a crematorium that you can get someone else to toast your relative so you don't have to?

How long before someone hacks the system, and then a family member goes

HE WASNT SUPPOSED TO SEE OUR SUFFERING...I'M SUEING YOU TO MILLIONS

@GrievingMom Ok, Ashes coming out now

Rule #41. Just Saying.

Reminded me of this...
/Bill Murray is in there.

You gonna get cremated

hurdboy: miss diminutive: It makes sense. My good friend's grandmother passed away last year and she was devastated that she couldn't afford to fly to India and back for the funeral. Although not ideal, this would have at least given her the chance at some closure.

Yes, but the cremation normally isn't a public event. The funeral is. So would be the burial/ash disposal.

My dad was cremated after he died. I just hope it wasn't at the place near my parents' house...that used to be a Sizzler steakhouse.....

I New Orleans, I lived in a shotgun house behind a crematory with 2 big ol smokestacks. My porch was always covered in ash. Next corner over is a great little charbroiled burger joint... When the crematorium burned somebody during the lunch rush, you couldn't tell which smell was which.

wildcardjack: Well... Open casket cremation or closed?


Laws vary by state but in Louisiana it is illegal to burn the casket, so they get around it removing the lid before chucking the rest of the casket (w/stiff) onto the conveyor.

The house next to mine belonged to the crematory, which used it to house maintenance tools & equipment; the really big dumpster in the backyard was constantly mounded full with flowers & casket lids.

Loved that neighborhood! Quiet, smelled like delicious burgers all day, excellent neighborhood bar, and a couple killer spots for food. You could tell when they burned a fatass too. Black, greasy smoke.

Funny, I was born & raised in New Orleans but I never liked muffalettas. I can't hang with Wop salad. When I lived by the Beachcorner, though, I ate a burger every chance I got. Killer burgers!

Somaticasual: In before the necrophiliacmancers..

There...FTFY.

/on my way to underverse

This is an idea that needs to be expanded. Can't we watch the cremation itself, too?
What about a live web cam installed in the casket so internet viewers can watch the decomposition?