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Topic: Guess what Walmart now sells

Wonder how you get one of these into your shopping cart?  I know how much we all love Walmart, but isn't this getting to be a little much? Actually, they sell them online.  I can just see the UPS man coming to deliver one. My nosy neighborhood boy stood outside on his deck watching when Hubby and I brought home a new toilet.  This would set him in a fit. 

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I didn't know about that law, Liz. I was wondering just where would one store their casket until needed. - Cache

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Posted by: Pronoun
Date posted: Fri Oct 30 12:08:03 2009
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I wonder what the price is? These funeral companies charge outrageous amounts so I think its about time there was an alternative.  I wonder if they sell Urns too? I was shocked at how much those urns cost. I think my parents were lik $500 each! Well no casket for me, just take me right to the crematorium and light the fire.

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Actually Pronoun, you can go online and search the Walmart site for the models and prices. I bought a casket for my Mother a year or so ago before she went into the Nursing Home and Walmart's prices are very reasonable. - Cache

Me too, Pronoun! My family knows to toss me in the furnace. I don't care what they do with my ashes..................Liz

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Posted by: ingyandbert
Date posted: Fri Oct 30 9:24:14 2009
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Well, why not?  I assume people have them shipped directly to the funeral home.  The funeral industry may not be happy about WM undercutting their prices but I doubt there's much they can do about it other than to be competitive in their pricing.

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Posted by: Shannon L.
Date posted: Fri Oct 30 9:00:50 2009
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My grandfather died this year and this is bringing back a bunch of bittersweet memories for me.

Our family (a religious one--some more strict than others) has always accepted death as a part of life and many times it's been the topic of conversation around the house. Not in a doom and gloom way, but more matter of fact. Living wills were discussed, funeral requests, that sort of thing. In fact, quite a number of years ago, after my grandmother's sister died, she was so upset with the behavior of some of her other family members in the ''who gets what'' discussion, that one Thanksgiving, when we were all together, she sat down with a piece of paper and said ''I don't want you guys having to go through that after I'm gone. So, if there's anything you want, start discussing it now and we'll make a list.''. We did and that list has been kept in the same spot ever since, constantly being added to. In fact, I just got a call from my mother saying ''You and your brother are both on the list for wanting this picture of grandpa's. Do you want to call and discuss it with him?''.

As for the casket situation: Also, many years ago, when a friend of the families died, my grandparents found out how expensive the coffin was. They were appalled and, again, didn't want any of us to have to deal with that expense and they, themselves, couldn't even begin to afford them. Grandpa had heard of people making their own coffins, so, as a carpenter, he made his and grandmas coffins and stored them in the garage. When the time came earlier this year, it was taken to the funeral home and they set him up in it. In fact, the funeral director had some suggestions about how it could have been made a little stronger to handle the elements better (grandpa wasn't a finished carpenter--he built houses), so my cousin, a finished carpenter, listened to the director's issues and went out this past summer to help grandma fix hers up so the same problems don't arise.

Sorry about the book. But, this topic and the issues that can come up always make me smile because our family was so nonchalant about it. As sad as I am that grandpa is gone, the laughter in our family over ''you're making your own coffins?'' and the respectful way we handled the list over the years is a fairly good memory for me.

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It sounds like your family deals with these situations in a manner that is very similiar to ours. For centuries, my family has been heavily involved in the local church, etc. and served as the caretakers for the cemetery there. They keep the records about who in the community owns what plot, etc., and do the regular maintenance and groundskeeping. They also dig the graves, and fill them in. In fact when my parents died, it was their sons and grandsons who dug their graves and then filled them in. It will probably be my nephews or greatnephews who do that for me. Also, just like in your situation, my mother started putting together a list years before she knew she was terminally ill that recorded 'who would get what'. And she used nail polish to put names on the bottom of various dishes, etc. that she wanted to go to specific family members. While I'm not a big Walmart fan, I personally don't see anything wrong with people having the option of purchasing a coffin at a reasonable price. Funerals have grown to be a very expensive business. /faysie

Yes, it does sound like our families are similar. Does your laugh a lot through tears? If there was a *good* memory about the days surrounding grandpa's death and his funeral is that there was just as much laughter as there was tears. Like I said--bittersweet. eom, Shannon L.

Yes, definitely... I remember sharing *good* memories with other family members, telling funny stories, etc. about things that had happened during Mom and Dad's lives. They both lead quite long, rewarding lives, so while we all still miss them, there was that feeling that they'd lived a good, long life. Right now, one of my older brothers is fighting prostate cancer. We're hoping that medical advances help him to stay as healthy as possible for as long as possible. The possibility of losing a sibling is daunting. But death is still something that is just there, a part of life that can't be escaped. I was recently down to the funeral of an aunt who was buried in the local cemetery. Most of my siblings were there as well. In fact my brother and I were teasing each other about the likelihood of ending up in the burial spaces of plots that are closest to the county hwy that goes by the cemetery... wondering if the traffic would 'bother us'. My sister actually arranged for a different burial plot because she didn't want to rest 'in eternity' right beside a cousin of ours that she dislikes. LOL. Maybe I should also explain that I come from a background of dairy farmers. There's something about living on the land, caring for animals, etc. that makes death just a natural progression of birth and life. /faysie

Thank you for sharing that. That's funny about your sister's plot. :) And I hope your brother finds the medical treatments he needs to live as long as possible. OT: I'd like to apologize for the awful grammar and punctuation in my posts. That's what I get for typing in a hurry and not taking the time to really reread what I wrote before hitting the post button! eom, Shannon L.

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Posted by: Ashley
Date posted: Fri Oct 30 6:09:09 2009
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I know you've been able to get them at Costco for quite a while now ... Walmart couldn't be far behind.

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Posted by: Rose Bush
Date posted: Fri Oct 30 0:17:46 2009
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I guess they are catering for people who think they are modern-day vampires. I bet it is located in the bedding section. :-)

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Bedding section....bahahaha...Cache

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Posted by: Elaine
Date posted: Thu Oct 29 19:17:25 2009
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O.K, you die, your bod is hauled to a funeral home.  What would the funeral parlor say to...I brought my own casket.  I suppose they couldn't say much...but that's where they make the big bucks, embalming, casket etc.  Hardly anybody in our area has much of a visitation anymore.  When I was younger, the visitation went on for 2 days.  Now, it's usually at the time of service.  Funeral prices, like everything else has gone through the roof.  Where would you store that coffin until you needed it?  I suppose it'd make a good Halloween decoration..what about the rest of the year?  I suppose I could use it to store summer, winter clothes when not in use....  It's just too ucky to have around the house.  LOL

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It would make a nice big coffee table or a for a buffet server..

Just joking //S'mom

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Posted by: serialmom
Date posted: Thu Oct 29 16:43:40 2009
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Ohhh come on,  it is just in time for Halloween. 

I was shocked to go into our Walgreens to find Vib--tors on display. I can just see it now.  ''Mommy what's that?  Can I get one?''  ''Not till your older dear'' LOL LOL

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*vib....lol!

I am serious, they sell them online. Hubby heard about it on the news and when he told me, I thought he was joking, but I looked it up and they do sell them at a much cheaper cost than the regular funeral homes. I am LOL about your Walgreens display..... Cache

You must not watch much late night cable TV. There is a sex toys shopping channel that I have seen occasionally. . . . UncleJJJ

Uncle I have seen them. I was fascinated with the nonchalance and casualness the quite wholesome women were describing.the varieties, I love TV! LOL

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Posted by: Glitter
Date posted: Thu Oct 29 14:34:14 2009
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It's all well and good to be prepared.. but this is rediculous! My neigbors would freak seeing a coffin in our driveway..they would assume one of us had died...lol! That's the only reason why I would physically move AGAIN.

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Yeah, my neighbors would freak too. - Cache

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Posted by: Passing Through
Date posted: Thu Oct 29 13:46:50 2009
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I thought your answer was going to be "something made in America."

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Bahaha. (shaking head) How true, how true. - Cache

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