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Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:59 pm
by Spookymufu
see, that's me, I would like to be a mortician but I couldnt make it through the math part, I mean, two years of college before you can attend the 2yr funeral directors school, I barely made it out of High School!!!
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:00 pm
by Belladonna
Ewww is right!!
I would go and see an exhibition. But wow. Without eating first.
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:32 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
Decomposition is NOT bad for the environment. Disolving bodies in acid is probably a lot more environmentaly unfriendly then cremation or standard burrial.
That exhibit does look pretty gross, and I would likely lose my lunch if I went to see it shortly after eating.
I never knew being a mortician was so math intensive, but then I understand that some of they tend to make quite a bit of money, and recession or no recession, people are allways going to die. I don't know if I would go into that field, though.
Mike
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:38 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I just did a quick web search. I checked out two web sites, because I was curiuous as to what kind of $$$ morticians make. The medium sallary range, according to the first web site I checked is 48,000 per year. The low end was 39,000 per year, and the highest or top 75% make abount 58,000 per year. I went to an other web site, and they reported, though I find it hard to believe, that a mortician or funeral director can make over 90,000 per year. Well, maybe if he own's a successful funeral home.
Mike
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:45 pm
by Spookymufu
Pumpkin_Man wrote: I never knew being a mortician was so math intensive
Mike
it's not so much that the mortician side is math intensive but the 2 yrs of college pre-rec's before morticians school that have math in them are......
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:06 pm
by adrian
i'll be a mortician for 75 a year... around here that's good money
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:14 pm
by Belladonna
Not bad money at all!
I had a friend that did the makeup on people. He really like it.
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:21 pm
by Spookymufu
Mike, funeral directors can make a lot of money because they do a lot of different things, they can embalm, they make the arrangements, grief counseling, sales, body retrieval, all sorts of different things and in a more affluent area, they can make a lot.
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:29 pm
by adrian
Spookymufu wrote:Mike, funeral directors can make a lot of money because they do a lot of different things, they can embalm, they make the arrangements, grief counseling, sales, body retrieval, all sorts of different things and in a more affluent area, they can make a lot.
i didn't know they did all that.. you learn something every day don't you?
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:02 pm
by Spookymufu
A funeral director is responsible for arranging the details of funerals and burials.
One of the job duties a funeral director has is to prepare the body of the deceased. A funeral director oversees the morticians and undertakers in picking up the body of the deceased, as well as transporting, and embalming the body. Depending on the wishes of the family, the funeral director may unite and place the obituary, set up the funeral details, and arrange cremation or burial.
If the family of the deceased wants their loved one to have a wake or a viewing before the funeral, the funeral director can set this up. A good funeral director will remain in the background while family and friends comfort each other, but also be attentive to details and available for all the tasks that need to be taken care of during the grieving process.
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:09 pm
by adrian
this is off topic but spook i just followed the link to your web page
really cool
i dig the song... i was looking at the coffin project and i think i'll use yours this year
this year (now that i'll get all of my tools back) will be my project year for HALLOWEEN so a coffin ISN'T out of the question
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:49 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I never thought of that, but now that I think about it, the AVERAGE cost of a funeral and burial is 6000 dollars. That's just AVERAGE cost. So funeral directors and morticians must be doing pretty good.
Mike
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:47 pm
by adrian
i guess it is one market that won't go out of business (a little morbid humor)
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:53 pm
by witchy
Ewwwww is all I'm going to say!!! No it's not, you couldn't pay me all the money in the world to do that!! CREEPY!!!!
Re: The St. James Sag Partr 2
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:04 pm
by Midnite Shadow
adrian wrote:i guess it is one market that won't go out of business (a little morbid humor)
You are also very correct and funny...death is big business for a lot of these places.