An old friend of mine from NZ (Jean) stars in this brief doco about a group who decided they should make their own coffins.
jules47 said
09:13 PM Aug 14, 2017
Spida - I love it - would love for some of my friends to see it - can I cut and paste the link?
Funniest thing ever - have a couple of friends in choirs etc - they would love it. We are
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 14th of August 2017 09:19:21 PM
Jewel said
11:48 PM Aug 14, 2017
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
I want to join a club too.
moamajohn said
08:34 AM Aug 15, 2017
Very well done and I am sure they had a ball making this!Plus I fully endorse this type of idea .
RustyD said
10:46 AM Aug 15, 2017
Just brilliant.
For all the rubbish on the internet, every now and again one gets a gem. This is one of the gems - IMHO.
-- Edited by RustyD on Tuesday 15th of August 2017 10:49:14 AM
spida said
11:57 AM Aug 15, 2017
you are most welcome to pass it on.
I am listening to the ABC legal beagle this morning discussing the very subject - but cannot work out how to let them know about this doco. I gather there are Coffin Clubs around the world.
-- Edited by spida on Tuesday 15th of August 2017 11:59:30 AM
RustyD said
01:19 PM Aug 15, 2017
Does this mean you cannot have a DIY coffin made out of treated pine and covered with a good layer of Dulux?
spida said
02:21 PM Aug 15, 2017
RustyD wrote:
Does this mean you cannot have a DIY coffin made out of treated pine and covered with a good layer of Dulux?
these guys all made their own coffins from scratch
Mike Harding said
06:06 PM Aug 15, 2017
I looked into the subject of coffins a few years back mainly because I don't want my children getting ripped off when I snuff it and they have to organise my funeral.
Undertakers make a lot of money from the sales of coffins. They want you to buy a coffin from them.
The laws regarding burial, coffins and bodies vary from state to state.
Generally, coffins have to meet health standards - don't want leaking bodies around the place.
Undertakers will tell you they can't use your home-made coffin because its weight and shape don't meet their workplace health and safety standards for safe handling, this can sometimes be true but usually isn't.
Cardboard coffins are available which do meet health standards but it's a decent bet your undertaker doesn't sell them - shop around.
You don't *need* an undertaker at all. Once a certificate of death is issued you can put Uncle Fred into an approved coffin or (presumably) body bag and keep him in the back room whilst you make arrangements for burial or cremation - I imagine there are time limits. Once arrangements are made you can drive Uncle Fred to the burial place in your station wagon and, with a few mates, put him in the ground or furnace.
Probably the best way to do it is to organise and pay for an approved coffin now and let your kids sort out an undertaker who's prepared to handle that coffin.
Caveat: I'm no expert on coffins and burials - check for yourself.
PS. I have a great idea for an after-death product which one of these days I may get around to designing and marketing :) Seriously!
sandsmere said
05:28 AM Aug 16, 2017
Brilliant. Thanks spida.
RustyD said
09:23 AM Aug 16, 2017
Thanks Mike.
I'm going to get burnt in a cardboard box. We went to a funeral at a crematorium many years ago. There was a magnificent expensive coffin there. 15 minutes later it went off on a conveyer belt to be burnt. Thought it was a bit of a waste. My dad wanted, and had, an el cheapo private service and we had one large hell of a wake at the golf club over the road from the crematorium with the relatives and friends. He'd have been pleased. Mum (93) is going the same way except that she's outlived everyone of her generation (friends & relatives) except her little sister (90). Only got one son (me), 2 grandchildren & 1 great-grandchild. The wake could go on for days.
Craig1 said
10:01 PM Aug 16, 2017
Yep, private cremation and when we both gone, kids to scatter our ashes at an appropriate river spot. They can have a wake, or not. We promise not to haunt them.
Jewel said
10:07 PM Aug 16, 2017
Mike Harding wrote:
PS. I have a great idea for an after-death product which one of these days I may get around to designing and marketing :) Seriously!
Now I'm curious.... any hints as to what this might be?
oldbloke said
10:04 PM Aug 22, 2017
Jewel wrote:
Mike Harding wrote:
PS. I have a great idea for an after-death product which one of these days I may get around to designing and marketing :) Seriously!
Now I'm curious.... any hints as to what this might be?
I suspect he will have to kill you if he tells you.
-- Edited by oldbloke on Tuesday 22nd of August 2017 10:05:18 PM
-- Edited by oldbloke on Tuesday 22nd of August 2017 10:06:09 PM
http://loadingdocs.net/thecoffinclub/
An old friend of mine from NZ (Jean) stars in this brief doco about a group who decided they should make their own coffins.
Spida - I love it - would love for some of my friends to see it - can I cut and paste the link?
Funniest thing ever - have a couple of friends in choirs etc - they would love it. We are
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 14th of August 2017 09:19:21 PM
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
I want to join a club too.
Just brilliant.
For all the rubbish on the internet, every now and again one gets a gem. This is one of the gems - IMHO.
-- Edited by RustyD on Tuesday 15th of August 2017 10:49:14 AM
you are most welcome to pass it on.
I am listening to the ABC legal beagle this morning discussing the very subject - but cannot work out how to let them know about this doco. I gather there are Coffin Clubs around the world.
-- Edited by spida on Tuesday 15th of August 2017 11:59:30 AM
these guys all made their own coffins from scratch
I looked into the subject of coffins a few years back mainly because I don't want my children getting ripped off when I snuff it and they have to organise my funeral.
Undertakers make a lot of money from the sales of coffins. They want you to buy a coffin from them.
The laws regarding burial, coffins and bodies vary from state to state.
Generally, coffins have to meet health standards - don't want leaking bodies around the place.
Undertakers will tell you they can't use your home-made coffin because its weight and shape don't meet their workplace health and safety standards for safe handling, this can sometimes be true but usually isn't.
Cardboard coffins are available which do meet health standards but it's a decent bet your undertaker doesn't sell them - shop around.
You don't *need* an undertaker at all. Once a certificate of death is issued you can put Uncle Fred into an approved coffin or (presumably) body bag and keep him in the back room whilst you make arrangements for burial or cremation - I imagine there are time limits. Once arrangements are made you can drive Uncle Fred to the burial place in your station wagon and, with a few mates, put him in the ground or furnace.
Probably the best way to do it is to organise and pay for an approved coffin now and let your kids sort out an undertaker who's prepared to handle that coffin.
Caveat: I'm no expert on coffins and burials - check for yourself.
PS. I have a great idea for an after-death product which one of these days I may get around to designing and marketing :) Seriously!
Brilliant. Thanks spida.
I'm going to get burnt in a cardboard box. We went to a funeral at a crematorium many years ago. There was a magnificent expensive coffin there. 15 minutes later it went off on a conveyer belt to be burnt. Thought it was a bit of a waste. My dad wanted, and had, an el cheapo private service and we had one large hell of a wake at the golf club over the road from the crematorium with the relatives and friends. He'd have been pleased. Mum (93) is going the same way except that she's outlived everyone of her generation (friends & relatives) except her little sister (90). Only got one son (me), 2 grandchildren & 1 great-grandchild. The wake could go on for days.
Now I'm curious.... any hints as to what this might be?
I suspect he will have to kill you if he tells you.
-- Edited by oldbloke on Tuesday 22nd of August 2017 10:05:18 PM
-- Edited by oldbloke on Tuesday 22nd of August 2017 10:06:09 PM
Poor Uncle Fred.....