Show us your grave site!

richlevy · 03-31-2009, 08:41 PM

Ok, I thought this would be a good way to examine our individual mortality. My parents bought these graves from my uncle. They're not where most of my family is buried, so they asked me to see if they could be resold. I couldn't find any good place to sell them (would you believe that Ebay sells timeshares but not grave sites), so my parents gave all 6 of them to me.

The graves are in Haym Solomon. While the cemetery has some mausoleums, most of the gravestones are plaques set in the ground. I think this makes the place look nicer. It has trees and a nice rolling hillside. Famous residents include Jim Croce.

It's actually not too far from the original Cellar site.

TheMercenary · 03-31-2009, 09:01 PM

Graves in the Cellar.

That should be a song title.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2009, 11:50 PM

Haym Solomon the financial hero of the American Revolution?

limey · 04-01-2009, 07:01 AM

I wanted to buy a lair in the local churchyard a while back as that's where I'm going, but you can't book in advance now. I'll just have to hope that there's space when my time comes (they are buying the field next door for expansion, so it should be OK).
I'll pop along and take a pic sometime ...

dar512 · 04-01-2009, 09:23 AM

My current plan is to never leave.

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."
--Woody Allen

Sheldonrs · 04-01-2009, 09:44 AM

Everything left of me will go to donation and research.
Nothing left to bury.

We did this with our Mom. Her body went to Fordham Univ. Medical School. They let us know that her corneas were donated to other people and the rest went to research.
They even picked up the body only 2 hours after she died at home.

Almost as good as getting a pizza delivered.

Juniper · 04-01-2009, 11:13 AM

My parents bought me one next to theirs, but when I got married they sold it.

I don't like the brass plaques on the ground. It's done to make groundskeeping easier. My parents' graves are that way. I don't care if my gravestone is a PITA for the weed-whackers, thank you very much.

I want a real gravestone. A nice ornate gothic one.

We've got a cemetery down the road from our house like that, with real gravestones. Some of them are quite unique. What's especially fun is that some people have placed solar LED lights on the stones and on the plots, so you can see the eerie glow of them at night as you drive by. Nice.

Shawnee123 · 04-01-2009, 11:30 AM

Something like this, but under a tree on a hill. No casket. Just shove me in, fill in the dirt, and go.

Sheldonrs · 04-01-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Something like this, but under a tree on a hill. No casket. Just shove me in, fill in the dirt, and go.

Just to be clear, you DO want us to wait until AFTER you die, right?

Shawnee123 · 04-01-2009, 07:35 PM

Preferably.

wolf · 04-01-2009, 07:39 PM

I'm not big on pre-planning.

I guess I should start thinking about where I'd like to be scattered.

Shawnee123 · 04-01-2009, 07:41 PM

I want to be scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked.

Juniper · 04-01-2009, 07:46 PM

Sounds too much like Waffle House.

04-01-2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Something like this, but under a tree on a hill. No casket. Just shove me in, fill in the dirt, and go.

I'm with you! I want to return to the earth. No casket, no embalming, just me and the naked earth.

It kind of conflicts with my desire to be buried next to my brother, but since he's within the city limits I would have to be embalmed etc.

richlevy · 04-01-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiki

I'm with you! I want to return to the earth. No casket, no embalming, just me and the naked earth.

It kind of conflicts with my desire to be buried next to my brother, but since he's within the city limits I would have to be embalmed etc.

Really. Does that mean that there are no Jewish cemeteries within the city limits, since embalming is not kosher.

03-31-2009, 08:41 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Show us your grave site! Ok, I thought this would be a good way to examine our individual mortality. My parents bought these graves from my uncle. They're not where most of my family is buried, so they asked me to see if they could be resold. I couldn't find any good place to sell them (would you believe that Ebay sells timeshares but not grave sites), so my parents gave all 6 of them to me. The graves are in Haym Solomon. While the cemetery has some mausoleums, most of the gravestones are plaques set in the ground. I think this makes the place look nicer. It has trees and a nice rolling hillside. Famous residents include Jim Croce. It's actually not too far from the original Cellar site. Attached Images __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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03-31-2009, 11:50 PM	#3
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04-01-2009, 07:01 AM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I wanted to buy a lair in the local churchyard a while back as that's where I'm going, but you can't book in advance now. I'll just have to hope that there's space when my time comes (they are buying the field next door for expansion, so it should be OK). I'll pop along and take a pic sometime ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-01-2009, 09:23 AM	#5
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	My current plan is to never leave. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying." --Woody Allen __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-01-2009, 09:44 AM	#6
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Everything left of me will go to donation and research. Nothing left to bury. We did this with our Mom. Her body went to Fordham Univ. Medical School. They let us know that her corneas were donated to other people and the rest went to research. They even picked up the body only 2 hours after she died at home. Almost as good as getting a pizza delivered. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

04-01-2009, 11:13 AM	#7
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	My parents bought me one next to theirs, but when I got married they sold it. I don't like the brass plaques on the ground. It's done to make groundskeeping easier. My parents' graves are that way. I don't care if my gravestone is a PITA for the weed-whackers, thank you very much. I want a real gravestone. A nice ornate gothic one. We've got a cemetery down the road from our house like that, with real gravestones. Some of them are quite unique. What's especially fun is that some people have placed solar LED lights on the stones and on the plots, so you can see the eerie glow of them at night as you drive by. Nice.

04-01-2009, 11:30 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Something like this, but under a tree on a hill. No casket. Just shove me in, fill in the dirt, and go. Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-01-2009, 07:35 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Preferably. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-01-2009, 07:39 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm not big on pre-planning. I guess I should start thinking about where I'd like to be scattered. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-01-2009, 07:41 PM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I want to be scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-01-2009, 07:46 PM	#13
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Sounds too much like Waffle House.

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