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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:05:04 EDT
Subject: The Funeral Director Concept is Brilliant

I read the post yesterday titled: "L'Affaire Rosewater , or, The Problem with 
Undertakers" by DrivenFromThePack. 

Absurd analysis.  Sorry for the bluntness, DrivenFromThePack.  If I had more 
time I could probably be more tactful. Your interest in a standby team makes 
good sense.  For much the same reason "undertakers" make excellent sense for 
those who cannot be assured they will properly and exactly time their deaths 
(for the most part, that is all of us), because local funeral directors will 
get there sooner and have the facilities (common sense as well as being 
supported by the record) and they can cut through the BS much quicker. 
(*TIME* IS the most important thing--also keeping the body 
cool/cold--otherwise plan to spend a few more decades or centuries in 
biostasis).  The BS includes a lot of bureaucracy to be appeased, including 
the local coroner, EMT personnel, and a distraught family and much more.  The 
funeral director knows the ropes (and others know him/her) in the given 
town/city; he/she has the "political pull"--outsiders generally don't.  
Period.  Much more to say, but it is basically simple as that.

The funeral director concept is brilliant.  There are no reasonable or 
responsible arguments otherwise. Funeral directors are not buffoons.  The 
stereotyping by some is thorough BS.  I met quite a few all over Western, NC 
as a marketing representative (i.e., sales rep) for Xerox in the early 
Eighties.  As a commercial real estate appraiser over the last decade, I have 
spoken with several funeral home owners; they tend to be "very real" as 
individuals. I have found that many are more open minded than the typical 
citizen and also they are often intrigued by the idea being in the "life 
extension business" a bit for a change. (Yes, over the last 18 months, I 
bring up the subject each and every time I meet a funeral director.)  That is 
just the way it is.  Or, you could move to the city of your cryonics 
provider.  Short of that, the funeral director concept is brilliant.  You can 
go meet the "undertaker" if you like.  Give it some more thought, Driven.

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