Subj : Condolences, etc. To : Nigel Reed From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 07:40:00 Hi Nigel! NR> "Barry Martin" wrote: (to August and Daryl) > > Check with the funeral home on burial insurance. Mine was > > through a company called "Forethought Life". While I set up a bare > > bones funeral with cremation, total cost was over $11,000. They > > took $150 a month out of my bank account, during a 10 year period. > AA> Are you still paying for that? Was the "package" priced at $11K? > AA> That seems to be a lot for a cremation. When my mom passed away > AA> it was really easy to deal with the formalities. Mom expressed a > AA> cremation and no fancy box. Total cost was $3K, and the funeral > AA> home seemed to do all the work anyway. NR> $11,000 does seem like a lot. When my mother-in-law died a few NR> years ago we had the funeral home collect her from the hospital, NR> after a viewing and official identification at the funeral parlor NR> she was totted off to be toasted and we got her back in a little NR> wooden box contained inside a velvet bag. Cost around $3.5K. ....I'm laughing to myself: based on the "mean mother-in-law jokes" and the 'toasted' comment. Probably a nice woman and you got along with her, NR> Personally, when I'm dead, I don't need all that. I am happy NR> being donated to medical research and donating any of my organs NR> I've not destroyed having a good time :) If I'm going to die, I NR> want as many people to benefit from what I have to give as NR> possible. I agree and am an organ donor for similar reasons. My vision isn't the best but something is better than nothing. Periodically I tend to sprout some kidney stones but I'm sure a person on dialysis wouldn't mind that minor inconvenience. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Everything comes with an expiry date. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .