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If any one is interested, we bury our own in my family on our ancestral land. We use a plain wooden casket and dig the grave ourselves. If a backhoe from a frie
by red-indian 7y ago
If any one is interested, we bury our own in my family on our ancestral land. We use a plain wooden casket and dig the grave ourselves. If a backhoe from a friend is available it's a bonus.
I support the right to self bury, as most states have done for centuries.
There's a weird idea that government needs to get involved in this and protect funeral home gouging.
In any case total burial, funeral and wake cost can be around $800, if you want.
- wayneftw 7y agoI wanna get buried in one of these biodegradable bags and feed a tree [1]. My dad wants to get turned into a diamond [2]. I’m in charge of that. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-m... [2] https://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compresses-cremation-ashes-into-diamonds https://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compr...
- x__x 7y agoI'd prefer a "Sky Burial" (look it up) where you're fed to the birds, bones and all
- thrower123 7y agoIt's getting so silly that you can't even bury your dog under the apple tree in the back yard in a lot of places these days.
- silveroriole 7y agoThere was a huge argument about this on reddit not long ago. People were legitimately horrified at the idea of burying a pet in their yard, were convinced there were all sorts of diseases and miasmas that would occur if you did so and that the land would be permanently damaged/devalued, and that finding the bones would cause psychological trauma. Just mad. If dead animals were so dangerous we’d all be extinct long ago!
- collyw 7y agoPeople find the idea of human breast milk disgusting while finding it perfectly natural to drink cows milk.
- gonesilent 7y agoGuess I got lucky buying land with a legal cemetery, $40 fee and away you go.