OT being in style-kinda long

kito169 · Feb 2, 2011

In an earlier post someone mentioned the clothes that folks wear today. One of the responses was something to the effect that nearly everyone belongs to some group that does things to be alike whether it is clothing, 4 X 4 pickups or tractors. Also the poster mentioned that at the end we end up in an expensive box to be put six feet under. All this wordy diatribe to say that now you can rent a showy luxurious casket to be seen in and then buried in cheap one. The company that my wife works for make these coffins.

Uncle Ernice · Feb 2, 2011

Rent-a caskets have been around a while.
You don't think they burn them when someone is cremated do you?
Might as well not bury a good one either.

fixerupper · Feb 2, 2011

I've always had plans to make my own coffin. No kidding! Why not? I've built everything else around here. I don't think of it as a morbid project at all. I just have to be careful to watch my diet so I don't get too fat to fit in there when the time comes.

On TV, I briefly saw the coffin Sargent Scriver was in and it looked like a plain old flat topped box, only finished real nice. Only got a quick glimpse so maybe I saw it wrong but it reinforced my idea. Jim

Wilson · Feb 2, 2011

Best build it early!!

Spook · Feb 2, 2011

One of my lodge brothers had his casket in his house for years. Had it right in his front room. Used it for storage until he needed it. Kinda surprised me when he showed it to me.

Zachary Hoyt · Feb 2, 2011

There are a few folks out there that make pine coffins that come with removable panels so that you can use them as bookshelves while you are still on this mortal coil. I wonder what your heirs and assigns are supposed to do with the shelves once the box is gone, but I guess they'd figure out something. We've looked at the pine casket market as a way to get more value out of pine lumber that we saw on our mill but have not done anything about it yet.
Zach

Jonak · Feb 2, 2011

Had a brother-in-law that wanted to be buried in a pine box. Had his two sons to build it for him. They got plans online and it was real nice. He did not survive long enough to see it,but it done the job real good.

johndeere720GA · Feb 2, 2011

May you be burried in a coffin made from 100 year old oak; that grows from an acorn that we will plant tomorrow.

oldironman · Feb 2, 2011

Since I got on social security I don't plan on dieing. I want to get all that I paid in and more if I can.

greygoat · Feb 3, 2011

If you want a nice casket, for when you go, try
trappestcaskets.com They are made by monks in
a monastery near Dubuque Iowa, of beautiful
Red Oak, or other woods. Shipping anywhere in
the country is 2 or 3 days. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
A CASKET FROM A FUNERAL HOME. Though if the home
can't make a profit from selling an overpriced
casket the'll probably try to sting your family
some other sneaky way!

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