DIY Coffin

[Derek Geldard]

Must remember: Need baffles in the coffin.

Derek

[Lobster]

From recent personal experience of organising a cremation, most crematoria are now signing up to a system called the Wesley Music Library, which is a collaboration of e-music held at different crems, and allows music to be transferred between them as and when required, if it's not available locally - at ours we were advised it was not permitted to use anything else due to the high risk of incompatible formats etc.

Check out your local crem here:

at the listing for ours, I have to say we were sorely tempted to select the theme tunes for "Dad's Army" and "Dr Who", with Tom Jones' "Sex Bomb" to conclude the proceedings.

David

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Lobster writes

Mother in law went off to the strains of *always look on the bright side of life*.

regards

[the_constructor]

Sounds like another money making racket to me.

[Bob Eager]

Which I believe is in the 'top three' for popularity on these occasions. 'My Way' is another.

[Andy Champ]

Ah. I'm familiar with the phenomenon, but not by that name. Nor, personally, on that scale. Blowflies like to speed it up IIRC, and I've even heard of lead coffins from the _Roman_ period having liquefied bodies

Perhaps not the ideal greeting in the circumstances...

Andy

[Ian White]

My uncle said those stories came in very useful for diverting an over-inquisitive tax inspector.

[Jules]

Aha. There's my favourite usenet post of the month...

I suppose watertight bulkheads would be over-egging it?

[Tony Bryer]

Shortly before leaving the UK I was asked to conduct a funeral at SW Middlesex Crem which uses this system, and very impressive it is too. The office puts the (say) four tracks into the system and at the desk you have a green button to start the next one and a red button if you want to fade it out before the end. The choice is amazing: IIRC something like eight different renditions of "My way".

[Tony Bryer]

Cat litter

[Lobster]

Well, other than the crem fee there was nothing itemised for music, and no reduction in cost if you wanted a music-free service (like the one auntie had many years ago).

[The Medway Handyman]

Sorry, ambulance speak.

'Some' being a variable apparently.

[Andy Dingley]

There's a liner in the willow.

Those are bagged, even when they're in wood. It's easier to seal a bag than to seal wood.

[Owain]

Was that her choice, or yours?

Owain

[Tim Lamb]

I can honestly say I was very fortunate in the initial decision and following 40 years.

Dementia intervened but *life of Brian* certainly appealed to her sense of humour.

regards

[John MacLeod]

The message from Tim S contains these words:

Think of the problems in North America where they have to try to make it look recognisable and presentable in order to avoid the "indignity" (to their way of thinking) of a "closed casket"

[ARWadsworth]

Angels by Robbie Williams must be the third choice then.

Adam

[Lobster]

Close...

mum chose Dave Brubeck's wonderful "Take Five" to conclude my Dad's cremation, as he was a pianist and it was one of his favorites. And one of mine, too - but for me, now ruined for ever! :-(

David

[ARWadsworth]

A good name for an undertakers would be "Bury and Burns Ltd"

It is quite catchy.

Adam

[Andy Champ]

My father-in-law's choice has made me morose every time I see a Hovis advert...

Andy