Undertakers And Funerals

[scooping]

Wondered if, should you buy a really expensive casket, brass handles and all that, they are really incinerated in cremations. Seems an awful waste...

[Dee Sa]

oh dear I have 17 teeth implants that are metal screws[ I know because I swallowed one whilst the work as being carried out and they hospitalised me] if my family don't notify the funeral parlour how would they know ?

[EDDIE51]

Dee Sa that does not matter the screws will be sorted out from the ashes and thrown away (no value in them)

[Brenden]

I was asked if they could remove my husbands knee replacement before cremation as it could be recycled and are quite expensive - I agreed to it.

[tamborine]

Eddie says 7hrs incinerate @ 68corpses per day. How big is the oven, temps etc?

Heat could add to Nat grid?

[mrs_overall]

tambo - each "oven" is sized for one body only. It is illegal to burn more than one body at a time, unless say it is stillborn twins or a mother and a stillborn child - they are allowed to go in the same coffin.
If I remember rightly the oven temp is around 2000F and it takes about an hour to burn each 7 stone of bodyweight

[Psybbo]

Good grief, I really must go on a diet^^

[murraymints]

this still going ?...all a bit morbid...

[EcclesCake]

I'm sure I read of a municipal swimming pool that was being heated by the adjacent crematorium.

The

[EcclesCake]

For Tambo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-23104502

[mrs_overall]

murray, are you finding this subject dead boring? (hope you are well BTW x)

[murraymints]

Jordy ma wee sausage I will be right here with you xx

[murraymints]

mrs O LOL XX

[mrs_overall]

jordy has a wee sausuage? Is that a euphemism for...erm...something personal?

[murraymints]

not telling ! lol

[mrs.chappie]

You can buy coffins fairly cheaply on eBay.

(Apologies if someone has already mentioned this, I haven't read all of the thread yet).

[EcclesCake]

I'd love to order one just to see the look on Mr Cakes face when it is delivered! I bet he'd up his game for a wee while ;-)

[marval]

Here is a use for coffins.

http://www.fugly.com/pictures/14672/coffin_kitchen_coffinitup_com.html

[cupotee2]

Brilliant thread, answered lots of questions I've pondered about.

https://tinyurl.com/nm63dkb

There you go £50. That'll do for me!

I've been to a couple of funerals recently and noted the difference in peoples desire to please the departed.

One had a relative say a few words, and the request was no flowers....except for the bucket of roses placed at the entrance,purchased at Sainsbury earlier in the day. There was enough for each mourner to take one each and place on the coffin. All very informal and friendly.

If I have my way my funeral will be the cheapest possible. I've warned the family I will be back to haunt them if they don't do as I wish. And they have instructions to buy themselves a bunch of flowers to place in their home.