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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 30, 2017 11:18:13 GMT
...just been to another one (full-house in the local Parish Church).
It used to be mainly the next generation up, but increasingly it is becoming my own generation, and also, noticeably, individuals younger than myself.
I'm not planning on going just yet (but neither were they!).
Depressing isn't it (or maybe it's Brexit)
....just sayin'......
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 11:27:19 GMT
Living so far from home I rarely go to funerals, but on the odd occasion I have to I find them very sad. (Assuming I was reasonably close to the person).
I always end up being bothered by how rarely I see some people and becoming determined to put more effort to staying in touch. I rarely do, of course.
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Post by Humph on Mar 30, 2017 11:38:24 GMT
Tends to remind me not to waste too much time on stuff you don't want to do and to make more time for the stuff you do want to do. My dad was 14 years older than I am now when he died. I might do better than that, or I might do worse of course, but it provides me with a sort of nominal window of opportunity and a sense of timescale to achieve certain personal ambitions.
And on a lighter note, if I've only got +/- 14 years, then should I really spend any of them in a flipping Skoda?
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Post by Alanović on Mar 30, 2017 11:39:32 GMT
Had a school friend die of a brain tumour aged 40, 7 years ago. Sent a shockwave round our groups of mates, first one to go. Last summer a 39-yr old friend died after a bizarre fall in his bathroom - leaving a wife and 11-yr old son. A colleague went with prostate cancer 2 years back, only about 10 yrs older than me.
Seems the days of stag parties and weddings are ancient history, it's divorces and funerals now.
Fackin' rubbish, it is.
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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2017 11:44:24 GMT
Had a school friend die of a brain tumour aged 40, 7 years ago. Sent a shockwave round our groups of mates, first one to go. Last summer a 39-yr old friend died after a bizarre fall in his bathroom - leaving a wife and 11-yr old son. A colleague went with prostate cancer 2 years back, only about 10 yrs older than me. Seems the days of stag parties and weddings are ancient history, it's divorces and funerals now. Fackin' rubbish, it is. been to 4 in the last 9 months. 3 oldies and one younger than me, they seems to be getting at you from both ends. Thats why i am spending my inheritance, you can't take it with you.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 30, 2017 11:48:10 GMT
Spending your kids' inheritance, shirley? I keep trying to convince my mother to do the same but the stubborn old thing wants us undeserving degenerates to have something more than the Viennese wall clock.
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 30, 2017 12:58:23 GMT
I've been to 5 locally in the last few weeks; 2 of which were of people somewhat younger than myself. Then got an eMail from an ex-work-colleague that two of our reasonably close acquaintances from work (both younger) were being buried last Friday. FFS, I'm not that old. (I mean; I've not even reached the stage of getting money back from the state yet - and I'll have to live to about a squillion to get back what I've paid in over the years; Difficult, but I'm up for it )
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 30, 2017 13:00:59 GMT
And on a lighter note, if I've only got +/- 14 years, then should I really spend any of them in a flipping Skoda? ...might prepare you for where you're going.......
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Post by hobbit on Mar 30, 2017 13:01:25 GMT
Being more of an eclectic Pagan than a believer in God, I'm on the search for an appropriate Devil to trade my unused Soul with in return for many many more years of life!
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Post by Humph on Mar 30, 2017 13:21:45 GMT
I remember a long ago pub conversation where one of the participants was a self-employed roofer, locally notorious for running about on roofs with little or no safety gear. When asked if he was afraid of dying he answered "nope, if it happens, it happens" and answered similarly when asked if he was afraid of falling, but quickly added the caveat that it was "the hitting the ground bit he didn't particularly fancy".
I think that's, in its wider sense, pretty much my attitude.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 13:50:36 GMT
Anybody got any funeral/burial preferences for themselves?
I don't, I'm fine with whatever works for those who survive me. They, though, are a little distressed that I don't have a preference.
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Post by Humph on Mar 30, 2017 14:11:43 GMT
I'll rely on the smell to encourage them to make a decision.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 30, 2017 14:12:48 GMT
No religion. Cremation. Those are my only specifications.
But if they don't do as I ask, well it'll hardly be the first time, and I'm hardly likely to care.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 14:19:55 GMT
>>I'll rely on the smell to encourage them make a decision.
Make sure you shower after your cycling then, you wouldn't want an unfortunate misunderstanding to arise.
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 30, 2017 15:07:59 GMT
Anybody got any funeral/burial preferences for themselves? I don't, I'm fine with whatever works for those who survive me. They, though, are a little distressed that I don't have a preference. ...my only firm preference is that I should be dead....
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