Measure twice, dig once. PSA [N/A]

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

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If you are preparing a plot for someone's earthly remains, measure carefully and make sure that the documentation matches where you dug.

It's kinda annoying to find that what is supposed to be a vacant spot is already occupied and have to second guess to figure out what mistake someone else made (probably) 10 years ago.

Thank You.
 
Nothing new. I just read yesterday where they now think that Queen Nefertiti might be buried in King Tutankhamun's tomb.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Nothing new. I just read yesterday where they now think that Queen Nefertiti might be buried in King Tutankhamun's tomb.
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I heard that she slept around...

or is this just a case of couch surfing?
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
If you are preparing a plot for someone's earthly remains, measure carefully and make sure that the documentation matches where you dug.

It's kinda annoying to find that what is supposed to be a vacant spot is already occupied and have to second guess to figure out what mistake someone else made (probably) 10 years ago.

Thank You.
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The next question is who did you uncover, and how many others are not in their right spot?
 
Don't take it for Granted.
 
I actually had a case like that years ago. Cemetary was supposed to bury mom with dad . but when they opened the grave well it wasn't dad.
 
Someone needs to start marketing gps Casket Positioning to the undertakers.
 
In some parts of the world, Germany for one, graves are reused. A family plot may have multiple graves and when someone dies, the oldest one is opened and the new burial goes in there. Also, the plots are leased, not owned. When the family stops paying the lease, some other family may take it over.
 
Graueradler said:
In some parts of the world, Germany for one, graves are reused. A family plot may have multiple graves and when someone dies, the oldest one is opened and the new burial goes in there. Also, the plots are leased, not owned. When the family stops paying the lease, some other family may take it over.
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That's weird. Seems like it'd be soooooo much simpler to cremate. What's the point of a temporary final resting spot? Why would anyone want to dig up an old grave? And what would you do with what's inside? Ick.
 
Captain said:
That's weird. Seems like it'd be soooooo much simpler to cremate. What's the point of a temporary final resting spot? Why would anyone want to dig up an old grave? And what would you do with what's inside? Ick.
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People get just as irrational over ashes as a full grave. (I got volentould to take care of our memorial garden where we bury cremains.)

There was just a lawsuit against the diocese where a family claimed they got the wrong ashes after a church closed and the containers that could be identified were removed. Now, the rules are that biodegradable containers must be used so they can never be dug back up.

So far, I've only had to dig up one urn - the family wanted to move it to a cemetery. It was full of water so I had to drain it while trying to not lose too many ashes.:dunno:
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
Someone didn't call 811!
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I have a friend who called dig safe so he could have a gasline installed. (Of course, the gas company denied for years the road HAD a gasline.) Gas Co comes out to dig up the line but couldn't find it. Second day on site, new guy shows up. Long time employee and senior engineer. He flipped the blueprints over, walked off the measured distance in the opposite direction, declared the MIA gasline was right here. 20 minutes later, and 10' off the plot, there was the gasline. He said occasionally, when they scanned the original blueprints into the computer, they reversed the prints. North was south.
Damned computers can foul up a free lunch.
 
Captain said:
That's weird. Seems like it'd be soooooo much simpler to cremate. What's the point of a temporary final resting spot? Why would anyone want to dig up an old grave? And what would you do with what's inside? Ick.
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A few bones get moved to a corner of the new excavation.
 
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