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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »How many gallons of water can you put in a body?
2 gallons of fluid for someone 250 lbs or less. 3 gallons for someone 300-400 lbs, and 4 gallons for someone 500+ The tricky part about big people is they tend to swell.1 -
LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Avocado_Angel wrote: »Do they actually bother to dress the corpse in the clothes provided by the family ? If it's a sealed coffin and nobody actually sees inside how do you know ? My brother and I provided clothes for my dad to be dressed in, but his coffin was sealed shut so my brother wondered if they even bother putting the clothes on. Wouldn't it be difficult to dress a 6 foot man who was quite big built when you can't move the body around (I'm guessing rigor mortis had set in quite well by this stage )
Yes, we dress everyone. It isn't hard to dress them, we cut the clothes in the back and slide them on (except for pants). When people bring clothes that are too little it becomes challenging.
what's the weirdest outfit someone has requested for visitation and burial?0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Avocado_Angel wrote: »Do they actually bother to dress the corpse in the clothes provided by the family ? If it's a sealed coffin and nobody actually sees inside how do you know ? My brother and I provided clothes for my dad to be dressed in, but his coffin was sealed shut so my brother wondered if they even bother putting the clothes on. Wouldn't it be difficult to dress a 6 foot man who was quite big built when you can't move the body around (I'm guessing rigor mortis had set in quite well by this stage )
Yes, we dress everyone. It isn't hard to dress them, we cut the clothes in the back and slide them on (except for pants). When people bring clothes that are too little it becomes challenging.
what's the weirdest outfit someone has requested for visitation and burial?
We buried a guy without pants because his wife wanted us too.1 -
I legit thought this was about the YouTuber with the same name. Whoops.1
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Avocado_Angel wrote: »Do they actually bother to dress the corpse in the clothes provided by the family ? If it's a sealed coffin and nobody actually sees inside how do you know ? My brother and I provided clothes for my dad to be dressed in, but his coffin was sealed shut so my brother wondered if they even bother putting the clothes on. Wouldn't it be difficult to dress a 6 foot man who was quite big built when you can't move the body around (I'm guessing rigor mortis had set in quite well by this stage )
Yes, we dress everyone. It isn't hard to dress them, we cut the clothes in the back and slide them on (except for pants). When people bring clothes that are too little it becomes challenging.
what's the weirdest outfit someone has requested for visitation and burial?
We buried a guy without pants because his wife wanted us too.
I understand, I damn sure do.
.............. no rocky top sweatshirts?0 -
Sorry to disappoint ya.vivelajackie wrote: »I legit thought this was about the YouTuber with the same name. Whoops.0 -
Looking at your new profile pic.
Do you ever stick your big toe into the spigot?
(Be careful, that would be an embarrassing 911 call! LoL1 -
What's the airspeed of a laden swallow?1
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »nolan44219 wrote: »have you ever had to get someone ready for burial and thought "damn this ole boy should have been an organ donor?"
I often mumble to myself the opposite actually. Organ donors are a lot of extra work. You have to worry about them leaking so we put them in a plastic coveralls. I think it's a very noble gift. I wouldn't choose if for myself or my family because I wouldn't want to see them picked apart in the behind the scenes stuff.
Really? The loved one could save lives by donating an organ but you'd worry about what happens to their dead body? That seems odd to me. Who cares what happens to the body when they don't need it anymore.1 -
LittleHearseDriver wrote: »nolan44219 wrote: »have you ever had to get someone ready for burial and thought "damn this ole boy should have been an organ donor?"
I often mumble to myself the opposite actually. Organ donors are a lot of extra work. You have to worry about them leaking so we put them in a plastic coveralls. I think it's a very noble gift. I wouldn't choose if for myself or my family because I wouldn't want to see them picked apart in the behind the scenes stuff.
Really? The loved one could save lives by donating an organ but you'd worry about what happens to their dead body? That seems odd to me. Who cares what happens to the body when they don't need it anymore.
It's just a different perspective based on her own daily experiences witnessing this stuff. You don't ever have to see it yourself, or with your own family member, so of course it doesn't bother you. But for her it's just an honest personal preference. We all feel what we feel and death is very personal. Nothing to get offended about. My own nephew was the recipient of a transplant when he was a baby. He's 13 now and still going strong, so I can see and understand both sides of the issue. I fully respect people's personal choices regarding organ donation either way.
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Thanks so much for this thread. All the stuff you wanted to know but didn't know how to find out!2
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I fully respect people's personal choices regarding organ donation either way.
Yes. My mother for example was born with a heart defect and underwent many surgeries and procedures during her life, from early childhood on. She says that when she's gone she just wants it to be done, she doesn't want anyone cutting up or experimenting on her body. People have personal reasons. Though I do think if more people got to see the good organ donation does first hand more people would be open to it.1 -
SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »What's the airspeed of a laden swallow?
European or American?1 -
SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »What's the airspeed of a laden swallow?
oh, that's easy....
wait.
African or European Laden Swallow?0 -
I am seriously impressed how long you've kept this going!
I had a 30 y/o friend die from small cell carcinoma ovarian cancer last year, they did a memorial and for a long while I assumed she was cremated but found out later she was buried. Do you see this often?
I had seen her a few days before she died and she had cancer oozing out of her, I don't know any other way to explain it, so I can understand why they did a memorial and not a casket w/ or w/o viewing.0 -
WannaBHottyMommy wrote: »I am seriously impressed how long you've kept this going!
I had a 30 y/o friend die from small cell carcinoma ovarian cancer last year, they did a memorial and for a long while I assumed she was cremated but found out later she was buried. Do you see this often?
I had seen her a few days before she died and she had cancer oozing out of her, I don't know any other way to explain it, so I can understand why they did a memorial and not a casket w/ or w/o viewing.
It's becoming a common thing not to have the body present. Some people find it too hard and some don't want to feel like they are gawked at when they are gone.1 -
LittleHearseDriver wrote: »WannaBHottyMommy wrote: »I am seriously impressed how long you've kept this going!
I had a 30 y/o friend die from small cell carcinoma ovarian cancer last year, they did a memorial and for a long while I assumed she was cremated but found out later she was buried. Do you see this often?
I had seen her a few days before she died and she had cancer oozing out of her, I don't know any other way to explain it, so I can understand why they did a memorial and not a casket w/ or w/o viewing.
It's becoming a common thing not to have the body present. Some people find it too hard and some don't want to feel like they are gawked at when they are gone.
the best displays are the ones with the outlaw standing up and fully armed...
I've changed my mind from being cremated and shot from a cannon to this.
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have you ever chatted with em(the deados) lilhearsy? or even a brief exchange?0
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MrStabbems wrote: »have you ever chatted with em(the deados) lilhearsy? or even a brief exchange?
If I'm having trouble finding an artery or vein I mumble something about "work with me" or where the heck is it? I know you have one."2 -
LittleHearseDriver wrote: »MrStabbems wrote: »have you ever chatted with em(the deados) lilhearsy? or even a brief exchange?
If I'm having trouble finding an artery or vein I mumble something about "work with me" or where the heck is it? I know you have one."
was it difficult at first getting into and settling in the profession? did you have a eww or creepy vibe that slowly subsided? from what I've seen of you in the forums ima say no but ya never know!0
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