Philosophy
Your preference.
Burial...2
Cremation...4
Other...1
This is interesting. There has been a trend in the past decade or so for cremation for it certainly cuts the costs of a funeral to nearly zero. But consider the environmental factor: A burial is being more "green" and cremation is not since it takes a lot of natural gas to completely render a human body. Maybe the government should designate a few acres for funeral pyres. Decisions, decisions.
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Philosophy
"Funeral" poll
Your preference.
Burial...2
Cremation...4
Other...1
This is interesting. There has been a trend in the past decade or so for cremation for it certainly cuts the costs of a funeral to nearly zero. But consider the environmental factor: A burial is being more "green" and cremation is not since it takes a lot of natural gas to completely render a human body. Maybe the government should designate a few acres for funeral pyres. Decisions, decisions.
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Albert Einstein March 14th, 1879 to April 18th, 1955 Ralph Morse worked as a photographer for LIFE for decades, covering everything from the liberation of Paris in 1944 to Broadway shows and the Space Race. (John Glenn dubbed him "the eighth astronaut"...
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