Well, Ja. But why not take yer own measurements and design yer own?
I've never paid for plans for anything! I have an Ames Draft-Pak, will
travel.
Designed my own house, garage, trusses, stairs, spiral/combo stairs,
commercial building, 70 gal/squeeze cider press and a bunch of other
things i've forgotten about.
I was forced once, however, by the state of HI to get an engineer's
stamp on a set of drawings to assemble an industrial mezzanine. They
did not respect the stamp of da haole guy who did da engine-erroring.
If you are DIY, you won't need to buy any plans.
Max Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
March 1, 2017 at 6:03 PM
Those caskets are expensive! I think a good set of plans is about $80
- $100, that would be the ultimate DIY.
Curley McLain <mailto:126die...@gmail.com>
March 1, 2017 at 5:56 PM
ayup! Right there with shysters.
One way to keep em from cheating you is to BYOC. (BYO casket) Buy
one here, and the local FD can't rip you off. http://trappistcaskets.com
And, the $$$ goes to a good cause, not buying a bigger boat or plane
for the FD.
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
March 1, 2017 at 5:40 PM
When my mom died in 06 they had funeral insurance with the local
funeral home. You buy a policy for an amount like $10k or so then all
the funeral stuff is done with that, casket, the service, embalming,
transport, whatever. So a few months later I am sorting through all
the estate stuff, and I find this other insurance policy for $10k, no
idea what it is. So I call up the insco to find out, I have to send
them paperwork so a coupla weeks later I get a call from them saying
they paid the funeral home with the proceeds. I told the girl my mom
had a policy specifically for that, why did they pay this to the
funeral home. She says well they called and said they needed to get
paid for the funeral. Keep in mind as far as I knew they were not on
this policy, my dad was the beneficiary. The girl had no idea why
they had done that, there was no real record of it and however it
sorted out. I didn't even know she had this policy, it was something
she bought ages ago. WTF?
So I call this woman I had dealt with at the funeral home, she was no
longer there and I get the runaround. So I call my auntie, who knows
everyone in this little town, and she gets me the name of the head guy
over there. So I ring him up, explain the situation, where is this
money? He claims not to know anything about it but will check and get
back to me. A week later no call, so I ring him back, finally reach
him, and he hems and haws and yeah they should not have got that money
as there was another policy specifically for the funeral. He never
could explain exactly what happened but it was pretty clear I busted
him and his little scam. I suggested I would have my dad's lawyer and
the county prosecutor (I had dealt with her extensively related to
another situation of people ripping them off) discuss the matter with
him, and OBTW how much exactly did that funeral cost and how much was
that other policy? A few days later I get a check for like $17k which
included however much that policy was worth and the leftover from the
funeral costs. So basically this outfit was a bunch of damned
thieves, tried to rip me/my dad off for $17k. I got to thinking about
how many other people they probably scammed like that, no one would
really ever know unless they did a really detailed study of all the
dead person's papers and such to figure it all out. My parents's
stuff was a complete mess, so it was kinda happenstance I found this
policy and then chased it down.
--FT
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
March 1, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Indiana University has a whole program (
https://medicine.iu.edu/give/body-donation/ ) dedicated to the
donation and handling of human bodies for medical research. We had a
guy assigned to us that was in contact with us through the whole
process. He even got to wail on the funeral director who picked up my
Mom’s body from the care facility then more or less held her hostage
for the costs of transporting and storing her. This guy was the
“designated” funeral home for the facility and they called him first
instead of calling the people at IU like they were supposed to. He
refused to release her body unless we paid his costs ($350) for
removal and transportation.
We immediately contacted our guy at IU. All we know is that the guy
from IU went down and saw the funeral director face to face and within
minutes her body was being transported to IU like it should have been
to begin with.
I talked to a high school buddy of mine who runs a funeral home in the
same area about it and he knew about this particular guy and his
business. Apparently he was known for pulling stunts like this. He
said that the IU people probably suggested that he wouldn’t like a
complaint to the state about his practices as he had been busted and
fined for similar infractions in the past.
-D
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Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
March 1, 2017 at 4:23 PM
My wife and son did these ceremonies for the people in the cadaver
lab, they are treated very seriously and very considerately, and the
students learn to appreciate them too, having carved up the bodies.
It is kind of a humbling experience and makes the bodies more "human"
after they are done.
--FT
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