I wonder if I could get my ashes put in some of these. Everyone could grab one and go outside and set me free.
Haha, I'm getting a Chinese New Year type vibe. Yep, I like it. So guess what? I read back. My $2,140.00 beats your $2,600.00, biatcch! Victory in death! I can't even tell you how much research it took. And for those of you who are considering a 'green burial', it's a total rip-off. You essentially wind up paying the same thing as getting embalmed because you still get jobbed paying for high end real estate: a plot. More later on such options as human composting or getting dissolved in acid a la 'Breaking Bad', but here's something everyone in New York State should know (and you should also check out the law in your respective state): in NYS you can't sign off on what happens to your own remains - or even that you want to be cremated at all. It's so fucking stupid. In other words, you can't leave it in your Trust, your Will, or even a notarized letter with your signature on it what your death wishes - hah - are (which is perfectly legal in most circumstances). Well, you CAN, but good luck having it honored because of this stupid fucking law. You have to APPOINT someone to kick your mummy off a cliff or however you want to go out, and the way to do it is . . . . . . you need an Appointment of Agent to Control Disposition of Remains Form. Link is here, and make sure you have some contingents: https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-5211.pdf Suspicious people often enough appoint friends and not relatives. I guess the only saving grace of this goddamn annoying thing is that in case somebody murders you in your sleep, it prevents said murderer from throwing a match within 24 hours so no autopsy can be performed. A lot of funeral homes don't even bother to inform people of this idiocy. Don't die without it! EIDT & P.S.: If anyone wants to know what funeral home I lucked out with, PM me. Maybe I'll get a stiff referral discount on top of my $2,140. Frugal even in death, how does the little birdie go? Cheap, cheap, cheap! No, it's not one of those bargain-basement type operations, which you do have to look out for. Trust me when I tell you I talked to everyone every which way but loose and learned a great deal about the in and out shenanigans of death in America. What a fucking racket.
