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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »
That was the first time I've ever put chaps on someone.
..... but was it the last time ??
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My magic 8 ball says no7
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Have u ever been just about to embalm someone and they came to life at the last second?0
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badgerface1k wrote: »Have u ever been just about to embalm someone and they came to life at the last second?
Nope, not yet1 -
I bet you have a ton of stories. What is your favorite and why?0
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »badgerface1k wrote: »Have u ever been just about to embalm someone and they came to life at the last second?
Nope, not yet
True Story.
Last year my aunt died. She was really old and was pronounced dead in a Columbus hospital and wheeled into another room with a sheet pulled over her body. 30 minutes later, a nurse sees the sheet move. My aunt went home from the hospital that night.
Two weeks later I get a telephone call that she had passed away.
My response: "Well, fool me once & shame on you.... fool me twice....."7 -
kellylynnshonting wrote: »I bet you have a ton of stories. What is your favorite and why?
A few years ago we buried the wife of a well liked 80 year old black minister in town. At the funeral everyone praised him for being a loving and devoted husband. Six weeks later he got remarried. Thenat a funeral he preached, he was bragging about how he liked to take her out for ice cream so he would watch her lick the cone clean.
We've turned into an inside joke at work and we refer to him as the ice cream man.Motorsheen wrote: »LittleHearseDriver wrote: »badgerface1k wrote: »Have u ever been just about to embalm someone and they came to life at the last second?
Nope, not yet
True Story.
Last year my aunt died. She was really old and was pronounced dead in a Columbus hospital and wheeled into another room with a sheet pulled over her body. 30 minutes later, a nurse sees the sheet move. My aunt went home from the hospital that night.
Two weeks later I get a telephone call that she had passed away.
My response: "Well, fool me once & shame on you.... fool me twice....."
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@LittleHearseDriver I am from Tennessee as well and I have to say that sounds familiar...at least the part of it being a well liked black minister. You probably can't go much further in detail, which is fine if you can't, but if I am thinking of the same person, are they based in Nashville?1
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No, ma'am. I work in a small town.0
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Hell I'd probably fake my death just to try and get a date with you. Lol6
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Bucknutz247 wrote: »Hell I'd probably fake my death just to try and get a date with you. Lol
that sounds a lil' desperate....
although,upon first reading, I thought to myself: Hey, that's a pretty good idea!1 -
Bucknutz247 wrote: »Hell I'd probably fake my death just to try and get a date with you. Lol
we cremated an attorney's wife who got up one night and supposedly choked on French fries during a midnight snack. He had a million dollar insurance policy in her.3 -
Can you explain in sequence how you prepare the body and do you break up the organs with the trocar? The thought of that freaks me out. a bit..I know makes no sense. Also, working so closely with the dead, do you have strong spiritual beliefs and if so, what do you believe happens after death?1
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Laurie6578 wrote: »Can you explain in sequence how you prepare the body and do you break up the organs with the trocar? The thought of that freaks me out. a bit..I know makes no sense. Also, working so closely with the dead, do you have strong spiritual beliefs and if so, what do you believe happens after death?
Close the eyes and mouth. Make a one inch incision at the base of the neck parallel with the collarbone, raise the Carotid artery and the jugular vein,insert spring angular forceps into the vein, inject embalming fluid through the carotid artery and drain the blood through the opening in the jugular. Once the tank on the embalming machine is empty remove the instruments. Insert the trocar into the abdomen one inch up and over to the left of the belly button. Move the trocar back and forth in a sawing motion while punturing the major organs. Then hypodermically inject the abdominal cavity with cavity fluid. Seal the opening with a trocar button. Give the deceased a bath and you're all done.
I encounter many different beliefs in my line of work and I treat everyone of them with respect. Not everyone likes the same flavor of ice cream. I am a Christian and I believe we all go to one of two places when we die.
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Laurie6578 wrote: »Can you explain in sequence how you prepare the body and do you break up the organs with the trocar? The thought of that freaks me out. a bit..I know makes no sense. Also, working so closely with the dead, do you have strong spiritual beliefs and if so, what do you believe happens after death?
Close the eyes and mouth. Make a one inch incision at the base of the neck parallel with the collarbone, raise the Carotid artery and the jugular vein,insert spring angular forceps into the vein, inject embalming fluid through the carotid artery and drain the blood through the opening in the jugular. Once the tank on the embalming machine is empty remove the instruments. Insert the trocar into the abdomen one inch up and over to the left of the belly button. Move the trocar back and forth in a sawing motion while punturing the major organs. Then hypodermically inject the abdominal cavity with cavity fluid. Seal the opening with a trocar button. Give the deceased a bath and you're all done.
Do you offer 'twofer sales' ?
and...
Do you have a frequent flyer program?
btw.... your post above is fascinating; really, it is.
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Laurie6578 wrote: »[ I believe we all go to one of two places when we die.
I believe we all go to one of two places when we die.
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One of those places is Los Angeles, isn't it?
I've been there and the traffic is just pure Hell.4 -
Motorsheen wrote: »LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Laurie6578 wrote: »Can you explain in sequence how you prepare the body and do you break up the organs with the trocar? The thought of that freaks me out. a bit..I know makes no sense. Also, working so closely with the dead, do you have strong spiritual beliefs and if so, what do you believe happens after death?
Close the eyes and mouth. Make a one inch incision at the base of the neck parallel with the collarbone, raise the Carotid artery and the jugular vein,insert spring angular forceps into the vein, inject embalming fluid through the carotid artery and drain the blood through the opening in the jugular. Once the tank on the embalming machine is empty remove the instruments. Insert the trocar into the abdomen one inch up and over to the left of the belly button. Move the trocar back and forth in a sawing motion while punturing the major organs. Then hypodermically inject the abdominal cavity with cavity fluid. Seal the opening with a trocar button. Give the deceased a bath and you're all done.
Do you offer 'twofer sales' ?
and...
Do you have a frequent flyer program?
btw.... your post above is fascinating; really, it is.
Last year, we had one family 3 times within 6 months and we gave them a discount. I felt so sorry for them.2 -
Hell is Chuck-E-Cheese on a Saturday9
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Laurie6578 wrote: »Can you explain in sequence how you prepare the body and do you break up the organs with the trocar? The thought of that freaks me out. a bit..I know makes no sense. Also, working so closely with the dead, do you have strong spiritual beliefs and if so, what do you believe happens after death?
Close the eyes and mouth. Make a one inch incision at the base of the neck parallel with the collarbone, raise the Carotid artery and the jugular vein,insert spring angular forceps into the vein, inject embalming fluid through the carotid artery and drain the blood through the opening in the jugular. Once the tank on the embalming machine is empty remove the instruments. Insert the trocar into the abdomen one inch up and over to the left of the belly button. Move the trocar back and forth in a sawing motion while punturing the major organs. Then hypodermically inject the abdominal cavity with cavity fluid. Seal the opening with a trocar button. Give the deceased a bath and you're all done.
Do you offer 'twofer sales' ?
and...
Do you have a frequent flyer program?
btw.... your post above is fascinating; really, it is.
Last year, we had one family 3 times within 6 months and we gave them a discount. I felt so sorry for them.
whoa.... I was clowning, that's rough.
also, I was thinking about when you said that you had to rewrite an obit (sp?) several times for one family ( I think it was five revisions), why not include one revision in the price of your services and then charge extra for all future revisions? Why not get paid for your time, effort and sanity?0
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