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03-30-2005, 03:07 PM #1Forum Member
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Firefighter coffins?
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03-30-2005, 03:47 PM #2Senior Member
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Can you get an eternal blue light on the grave, too?
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03-30-2005, 03:52 PM #3Senior Member
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Slightly more serious note, I just don't get it when people go whole-hog like this over "generic" fire stuff.
I could see pride if you had you're own Department/Company's apparatus or logo or something...don't see it when it's just a big red truck. Even your company patch laser-etched into the headstone. But just a generic maltese cross or generic fire truck?
I've seen departments with fancy embrodiered jackets with custom trucks on them an all...when all they run is a couple older Internationals. I'll tell you, I'd much rather have pics of my own-albeit-homely cornbinders than something that doesn't belong to the department (and I started when all we had were commercial trucks, well, except the 40 year old aerial).IACOJ Canine Officer
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That's just soooo eerie.
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03-30-2005, 04:51 PM #5Forum Member
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**cough** whacker **cough, cough**whacker**cough, cough**
I like the Marine Corps and Coast Guard casket though.
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Yep. That's definitely a whacker casket. I wonder if a Federal Q could be mounted on it along with a 72" whacker bar. The ultimate resting place for an ultimate whacker. I bet a whacker even had a hand in designing it.
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03-30-2005, 06:26 PM #7former FH.com member
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I agree Cap, my wife knows that I wish to be cremated when I die. She's even nice enough to not point out the obvious irony of spending my life fighting fire only to be incinerated in the end.Originally posted by CaptainGonzo
A simple wooden coffin for me, please, as my wishes are to be cremated.
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Why would anyone want to be buried/cremated in somthing like that? (Not that you will be able to see it of course). A funeral directors in the city down the road from me offers "novelty" coffins like that. The name of the place is "Go As You Please".
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03-30-2005, 06:41 PM #9former FH.com member
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Now THIS is a novelty "Kasket"!
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I kinda like 'em ............but also agree with Dal that customization ROCKS !
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Now THIS is a novelty "Kasket"!
AHHH, the KISS Kasket. The brainchild of Gene Simmons who skillfully marketed it for use as a cooler for drinks until it was time for the final use.
I admit I am a KISS fan but Gene really split his KISS ARMY on that one.
I'm another advocate of organ donating then cremation. Pack me up in a refrigerator box, I'm really not going to care.
I'm going to be busy getting my directions straight for the ultimate trip. I haven't heard whether I am going North or South on my final destination, I've heard it's one of those surprise ending deals...
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Same for me, at least until my family can arrange to get the fleet to sail to San Diego for the week. Might as well have a burial at sea, and in a place that I liked, plus give the Boys some fun time too.Originally posted by Dave1983
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Just put my ashes in a couple of empty Guinness bottles.Originally posted by Dave1983
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I love the one titled "The Last Hole" on the second link. That is irony at it's finest.
As for me, cremate me and spread my ashes over a forest or something. I'd hate to see my future grandkids getting into them and making sand castles or something.NREMT-P\ Volunteer Fire Chief\Tactical Paramedic
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Re: Firefighter coffins?
What is up with the university of kentucky having their own casket...thats a lil freaky and not the good freaky eitherLast edited by MysticFlame; 04-01-2005 at 04:38 PM.
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It could be worse than the grandkids....Originally posted by RyanEMVFD
As for me, cremate me and spread my ashes over a forest or something. I'd hate to see my future grandkids getting into them and making sand castles or something.
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Bad Mr. Jinxie!
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