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Jeremy McCreary

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A fitting end for any top fancier...
« on: November 14, 2017, 07:57:21 PM »

Available on Amazon, of course.

And you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that the friends and loved ones who never quite got your obsession with tops will be scratching their heads harder than ever in your absence!
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2017, 05:51:20 AM »

Whoa thats kinda awesome... and pretty morbid
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2017, 12:13:33 PM »

Whoa thats kinda awesome... and pretty morbid


Pretty strange if you ask me. I search Amazon periodically for "spinning top" just to see what pops up. Sure never saw this coming!

Can't see my wife wearing my ashes, but the dog might have a shot.   >:D
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2017, 02:04:18 PM »

That is pretty wild.  That industry keeps changing and adding more possibilities.  Who knows what is next?
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2017, 07:14:59 PM »

That is pretty wild.  That industry keeps changing and adding more possibilities.  Who knows what is next?

In your capacity as a minister, I'm sure you've seen some pretty crazy things go on around funerals. So if you think this is wild, it must be really wild!
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2017, 11:03:49 PM »

Here is an interesting quote from the funeral director to the pallbearers: "Now keep that casket level.  We don't want that bowling ball rolling around in there.  But then, maybe the bowling shoes will keep it in place."
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2017, 02:45:11 AM »

"Now keep that casket level.  We don't want that bowling ball rolling around in there.  But then, maybe the bowling shoes will keep it in place."

that's a good line ! Groucho could have said it !
thanx Earl for reconnecting us to basic things  ;)

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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2017, 10:56:52 PM »

There is a display at the local funeral home with an LED light that shines into a piece of colored acrylic.  You may have seen these used for trophies or special awards.  Well, guess what you can have placed in the colored upright lit up piece of acrylic.  Yep, you guessed it.  The ashes of your dear loved one can be on display day or night!!!
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Re: A fitting end for any top fancier...
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2017, 05:16:36 PM »

There is a display at the local funeral home with an LED light that shines into a piece of colored acrylic.  You may have seen these used for trophies or special awards.  Well, guess what you can have placed in the colored upright lit up piece of acrylic.  Yep, you guessed it.  The ashes of your dear loved one can be on display day or night!!!

After calling my lawyer today, my will now states that if my kids put me in a crappy nursing home, they will continue to receive inheritance installments after I pass only if they put my ashes in one of these in plain sight in the kitchen and keep it on and flashing 24x7. I think I'm pretty safe now.
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