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Do you like visiting cemeteries? There are so many thoughts
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:03 pm
Especially old cemeteries.
Those people that died 120 years ago had the same human impulses as we do for love, joy, warmth, sex. They gossiped and ate and daydreamed and put pomade in their hair.
The seemingly endless stream of dead children, either at birth or shortly after.
The woman who died in 1999 so close to our current time yet so far from knowing what we are experiencing now.
A stone off to itself with just a name and dates with a death decades ago and no one probably cares other than someone researching their family history. If that.
They are such compelling places if your let your mind wander
Beware my friends as you pass by...as you are now so once was I
Those people that died 120 years ago had the same human impulses as we do for love, joy, warmth, sex. They gossiped and ate and daydreamed and put pomade in their hair.
The seemingly endless stream of dead children, either at birth or shortly after.
The woman who died in 1999 so close to our current time yet so far from knowing what we are experiencing now.
A stone off to itself with just a name and dates with a death decades ago and no one probably cares other than someone researching their family history. If that.
They are such compelling places if your let your mind wander
Beware my friends as you pass by...as you are now so once was I
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Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:12 pm to weagle99
No.
The only time I go to a cemetery is for a funeral.
The only time I go to a cemetery is for a funeral.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:14 pm to weagle99
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:14 pm to weagle99
I don’t visit my family in the cemetery bc I don’t want to be carjacked
I did go to where my ancestors are buried in Ireland - was like ‘hey, yeah we made it - you did good we got indoor heating and a/c now and gmo potatoes that don’t rot’
I did go to where my ancestors are buried in Ireland - was like ‘hey, yeah we made it - you did good we got indoor heating and a/c now and gmo potatoes that don’t rot’
This post was edited on 2/12/22 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:16 pm to weagle99
I spent an afternoon at Glenwood Cemetery when I first moved to Houston. Howard Hughes, several Confederate Generals, Sam Houston, and others big players in the area from way back when. It was cool but I won’t do it again.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:18 pm to weagle99
I love old cemeteries. I once stood amongst 200 headstones and they all had my sir name.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:19 pm to weagle99
I visit weekly. I get comfort in bringing my parents and fiancé flowers/plants at their graves.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:19 pm to Zappas Stache
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. I once stood amongst 200 headstones and they all had my sir name
Stache? Didn’t think it was that common
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:20 pm to weagle99
Nope. In a former life I used to mow the grass and trim around the tombstones of a local cemetery. Calculating how long people lived kept my math skills sharp, but the reality that some punk kid would one day be calculating my age as he cut the grass - it's just too much. Way too depressing.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:21 pm to weagle99
Old historic cemeteries are interesting to visit- the epitaphs, the monuments, the different sections (Catholic, Jewish, Greek, African American, etc), but I don’t visit my family plot that often. I told my wife I wanted to be cremated after we had to plan for her aunt. The plot, the prep, the vault, etc.. it’s all just too damn much for me. Keep me in a jar on the mantle, or spread my ashes where you see fit.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:21 pm to Zappas Stache
sir name
—surname
—surname
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:22 pm to weagle99
We are food for worms, lads.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:23 pm to KurtSchrute
the cemetery in St Francisville by the old church is amazing
there are many union and confederate soldiers buried there, some are two to a grave
there are many union and confederate soldiers buried there, some are two to a grave
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:23 pm to cypresstiger
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sir name
—surname
Suriname
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:25 pm to Zappas Stache
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Suriname
Is this a game?
Do I go with Suri alpaca or Brazil?
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:29 pm to weagle99
My family cemetery is in the country outside a small town. I've never cared much for cemeteries but I don't mind going there -- it's very quiet and peaceful.
One weird thing though: there is a gravestone there with my name on it (a distant relative I never met). Seeing it is a bit disconcerting, to say the least.
One weird thing though: there is a gravestone there with my name on it (a distant relative I never met). Seeing it is a bit disconcerting, to say the least.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:29 pm to weagle99
Went with family back to my moms grave. 15 years after she died, still cried like a baby. Haven't been back since. I hate those places.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:30 pm to weagle99
Yes, but mainly to see notable people. Hollywood Graveyard is a well done YouTube channel that visits notable graves and gives you interesting info on the people.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:32 pm to weagle99
The nicest one I have ever visited is Pere Lachaisse in Paris.
Posted on 2/12/22 at 8:32 pm to weagle99
Laid daddy to rest two weeks ago in a family plot in SWAr. Looked around for a while and many of the dates on stones didn't seem so long ago that I was there for the burials. Time flies isn't a joke.
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