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The sick thing is my family already owns the plot or whatever. My mother wants her baby brother buried next to their parents so that’s what we will do. It’s going to cost $8-10k for nothing. Death dealers are what this crap is.
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No doubt. Funerals are among the most unethical businesses out there. Hiding under a cloak of caring while wanting to wring every last dime out of you at grotesque profit margins under the guise "don't they deserve it?" should give most people in that industry a special place in hell. When my sister in law died, I did the leg work of arranging the cremation, service, et al because I was the least directly attached of everyone (and have a reputation of not taking bullshit from people) and holy, what an eye opener. QuarkMartial posted:Agreed. I don't have a will, but it's well known to my spouse that I want them to harvest what's good (organ donor) and burn the rest (cremation).
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IOwnCalculus posted:Have they figured out how to reduce a human to hydrocarbons yet? Cook me down to a fuel additive and go do donuts. That...actually sounds awesome.
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slidebite posted:No doubt. Funerals are among the most unethical businesses out there. Hiding under a cloak of caring while wanting to wring every last dime out of you at grotesque profit margins under the guise "don't they deserve it?" should give most people in that industry a special place in hell. Did I ever mention I dated someone (briefly) that was going to mortuary school, and they actually did wind up working for one of the largest funeral home companies in the US? Yeah.... they realized dead bodies weren't nearly as cool once they saw how much of a profit funeral homes are trying to make during one of the worst times of someone's life. Elviscat posted:STR: Thank gently caress you've got a W2 job now, at least you could pull unemployment if they pulled poo poo like that. Unfortunately the W2 job is still part time (though I'm getting close to full time hours), but they did promise a conversion to full time fairly quickly. I wish I made a bit more, but the job has a pretty strong career path with a very well established company. And during my first interview, my now-boss was comfortable enough with me to tell me exactly how much I would cap out at, how much the next step up the ladder starts at, what the median pay is for that position, and what that position caps out at. So far, now-boss has been very approachable, though his comrade (other dept manager) is a little bit.... distant I guess? But I found out other dept manager had asked the rest of the dept to get my phone # the next time they saw me either shopping or working, so he can call me in easily when poo poo hits the fan (they don't have access to the HR systems late at night; they have a list of everyone's phone numbers in receiving for when poo poo really hits the fan). The W2 job is also a large enough company that they're subject to all of the state and federal employment laws, and have actual HR and legal teams (they're huge - over 100,000 employees). I've also contracted for them before doing delivery, and even as a contractor, they were the best company to deal with out of all of the ones I've contracted with. The poo poo hit the fan at home. GF is apparently in a very  mood. I'm very much NOT in a sexytime mood, and just want to be left alone right now. She got really pissed when I finally dropped the "NO MEANS NO, DAMNIT" bit.  IOwnCalculus posted:Have they figured out how to reduce a human to hydrocarbons yet? Cook me down to a fuel additive and go do donuts. So would the exhaust smell like your farts, the last thing you ate, or bacon?
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Day 3 of some kind of stomach/digestive tract issue. Not sure if its my mushroom allergy, its got all the right symptoms, but i cannot narrow down when I would have been exposed to it at all. My arse has been resembling Mount Doom Post frodo's visit.
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everdave posted:In other news I don’t care what anyone says funerals and the $$$ is a giant scam. My extremely sick dad (two different types of terminal liver cancer despite being a non-drinking, non-funhaving person who biked 20 miles a day his whole life) died en route from my uncle's cabin in Wisconsin to the Mayo clinic in Minnesota and died 3 minutes into the Great State of Minnesota, where you can literally throw someone in a dumpster and call it good. Saved his estate $5000 and was so typical of my dad being a cheapass, we all laughed about it.
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I'm really, really sorry to hear about your family, dave. My condolences. Ferremit posted:Day 3 of some kind of stomach/digestive tract issue. Not sure if its my mushroom allergy, its got all the right symptoms, but i cannot narrow down when I would have been exposed to it at all. Any fake meat intake? Quorn brand stuff is mostly mushroom proteins for their fake chicken. The nuggets are passable.
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STR posted:Agreed. Throw me in a cardboard box and toss me in with compost. Same. My family has been made well aware of my intent for direct cremation, no visitation and no funeral, same as Dad, and I've got a simple will drawn up for the purpose. Take the money and throw a wake for the very few people who'll care I'm dead. STR posted:The poo poo hit the fan at home. GF is apparently in a very That poo poo ain't kosher, man. Hope your situation improves!
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Jun 19, 2019 11:32
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My desire for 'burial' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rtu1Va-dnM
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Olympic Mathlete posted:My desire for 'burial' Was waiting for this  If all my best buds survive when I die, I want them to come together and make their best attempt at amateur rocketry. My ashes either slip the surly bonds of Earth and travel through the cosmos for all eternity OR my flaming remains rain down from a spectacular explosion. Win/win.
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I want to buy an old gas well, and turn it into a 2km long vacuum bazooka and launch my dead body into space. Some aliens are gonna find my frozen corpse and think "wow, this guy was awesome"
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Jun 19, 2019 11:59
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I still need to get a will set up. But it will read something along the lines of "just burn me up and do whatever with me afterward." Better than taking up space in the ground on this dying, gay Earth.
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I'm happy for any serviceable parts to be removed and reused from my body. I like the idea of making death a final good act for those still living. The rest just go nuts with. Need a spare ball to kick around? Feel free to take my skull if I'm not longer using it.
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freelop posted:I'm happy for any serviceable parts to be removed and reused from my body. I like the idea of making death a final good act for those still living. Put it in your will that I get your skull. I will turn you into a bowling ball and destroy the lanes of Hell with it...
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How much does a will cost? I'm pretty young and don't plan on dying soon, but the panic attacks really make me think about what's going to happen when I do die
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The Door Frame posted:How much does a will cost? I'm pretty young and don't plan on dying soon, but the panic attacks really make me think about what's going to happen when I do die If you are young and no kids I’m sure a free or $25 online will would be fine man. I am trying not to vent my disgust about funeral and funeral homes and caskets and flowers you might as well kill me again if someone spends hundreds of dollars on loving flowers for me. I keep telling my mom these people are not ur friends this is nothing but dollar signs to them. Disgusting.
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Anyone bought a ELM327 reader lately? Any recommendations/bad ones? I probably need one for LEAFSpy - and will be trying to do weird stuff like run an android VM on my computer because I don't have a phone that can do it.
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STR posted:Guess it's a good thing I got the grocery store job. Main delivery gig got yanked out from under me (and my usual fallback one announced they're ceasing operations next week). Goddamn, STR, can you not catch a break? What the hell? slothrop posted:Was waiting for this Yes, this. Space-X needs to set up a side business filling out the cargo holds in their rockets with cremation urns that they can jettison into space. I'd pay for that, but certainly not more than an actual burial. Powershift posted:I want to buy an old gas well, and turn it into a 2km long vacuum bazooka and launch my dead body into space. I like you. You think good. To those ends, I *really* need to set up a basic will. I'm almost 50 - practically dead. Already an organ donor on my driver's license. If it's still good, have at it!
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Dagen H posted:Our favorite YouTube car Oh, goddammit. I don't even want to look. I got tired of yelling at my monitor some time ago. I gather from the thread that he forgot the actual primary reason to build a paint booth - clean air in and fumes out. Of course.
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Darchangel posted:Oh, goddammit. He put extension cords and power splitters behind the drywall  Also whatever the gently caress he did here  I don't understand how someone can be so loving stupid, and so confident in their loving stupidity.
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Powershift posted:He put extension cords and power splitters behind the drywall Stupidity and confidence are inversely proportionate.
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ExplodingSims posted:Stupidity and confidence are inversely proportionate. He said, confidently. This says the opposite of what you mean to say.
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KillHour posted:He said, confidently. That'll learn me to post after a 12 hour day 
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The step-daughter (okay she actually only offically becomes that in 6 weeks time but w/e) turns 13 next week https://shop.lego.com/en-AU/product/Porsche-911-RSR-42096 I think she might like that
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KakerMix posted:JDM braps incoming  since it has a chainsaw engine.
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Honda Civic it is the Ideal Transportation Appliance
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Adiabatic posted:Honda Civic it is the Ideal Transportation Appliance I drove a Type R. It was okay I guess.
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Rhyno posted:I drove a Type R. It was okay I guess. Perhaps you should drive a base model for maximum satisfaction. The Accord Sport is available with 2.0T motor and a 6 speed and stickers for around $27k. That's an attractive car right now.
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Rhyno posted:I can't decide on a new car and it's starting to become a serious headache. Hmm.
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Rhyno posted:I drove a Type R. It was okay I guess. Naw dude I'm talking base LX with a 6spd. gently caress that Type R noise.
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Yeah the new accord sport is pretty compelling and deserves a serious consideration. I have been busy, won a 19k mile Toyota Celsior oh and this, has 12k miles:
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Is that a Bluebird or some other Nissan? I spent a lot of time driving a friends manual/diesel Bluebird wagon of that era. I was amazing/tragic. It was the perfect learners car, you could not stall it. I don't think it had those killer fender mirrors or round headlights. We did fit over a ton (1000kg) of freshly varnished transformers in the back of it once though.
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Rhyno posted:I can't decide on a new car and it's starting to become a serious headache. I have just what a discerning man like you needs. Let me show you this gorgeous, practicality new convertible sports car. Best engineering Britain has to offer, this one. Still under warranty, too! Now, I'm getting a ton of offers on this, but since I like you, I could let it go for a measly 140. I know, I know, I'm basically letting you rob me at that price. I don't know why I'm doing it - I guess I'm just a softie. Whaddya say, pal?
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KillHour posted:I have just what a discerning man like you needs. Let me show you this gorgeous, practicality new convertible sports car. Best engineering Britain has to offer, this one. Still under warranty, too! Now, I'm getting a ton of offers on this, but since I like you, I could let it go for a measly 140. I know, I know, I'm basically letting you rob me at that price. I don't know why I'm doing it - I guess I'm just a softie. Whaddya say, pal? You make enough bad decisions for the rest of us.
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