Ron.M -> RE: i am sooooo bored (Sep. 20 2007 21:05:39)
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Hey Dom, Are you really an undertaker? The Death Biz is a great money earner, but not as an employee I bet... When I got the itemised bill after my Mother's funeral, my eyes stood out on stalks!!! Moving the body 500 yards from the Nursing Home to the Funeral Shop (Sorry...Parlour of Tranquility[:D])..... £225! 35cm diameter Carnation wreath......£140! Sh*t, they get a sheet of 6mm MDF, saw it up with a bandsaw, bang it together with a nail-gun and cover it with a thin veneer of walnut or rosewood, stick on a few fake "brass effect" handles and charge £770 for the basic version, with lining extra! Where else can you ask that kinda dough with a straight face?? (Luthiers take heed..[:D]) It's an F...ing license to print money IMO. I can't believe you can start up a Funeral business from scratch... I bet you'd run into problems, like from your local council getting kickbacks or from threatening phone calls at 3.00 in the morning. Too much quick money exchanging hands...like drugs. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if I found out most of the Funeral Parlours around the world were owned by The Mob. My instructions to my wife are to tie two bricks to my feet and give a local lobster fisherman a bottle of Glen Grant to dump me in the North Sea...[:D] cheers, Ron
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