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sammy_wheeler wrote: »i get what you are saying- but i suppose i was thinking about it from another bereaved person point of you. if i went to see someone i that grave and i saw people playing loud music and drinking i wouldnt be happy. i am happy when the graveyards are quiet (and i dont mean no ppl there) because i then would sit and talk to my aunty and grandma, i would go mad if i saw a party happening.
I read the comments re the graveyard with interest and have been mulling over the comments(plus don't have a lot of internet access at mo:()
Anyway, two things firstly Agecroft Cemetery is huge I doubt it makes any difference to anyone.
Secondly as someone who's Sister and also my best friend are burried there. I am far far more offended by the graves that are allowed to fall into neglect. I know it is not always possible to maintain every grave but sometimes I feel its out of sight out of mind. I know which I prefer every time.
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The Romans did it - they'd pretty much have family picnics in the necropolis, and even 'fed' food and drink into the tomb, so that the deceased could 'join in'. And other modern day cultures take a similar 'celebratory' approach to remembrance.0
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Is there an echo in here?
The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
The Romans did it - they'd pretty much have family picnics in the necropolis, and even 'fed' food and drink into the tomb, so that the deceased could 'join in'. And other modern day cultures take a similar 'celebratory' approach to remembrance.
Flyboy had talked about that already; it's still a tradition in some parts of Italy and just maybe the tradition has been handed down from the Romany's ancestors the Dacians (Rome then changed the name of Dacia to Romania) who were destroyed by Rome way back in history. Just a thought.The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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last one tonightIs a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!
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Really? Did she just really say that those dresses were beautiful? Seriously?0
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yep she did!! yuckIs a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!
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oh that dress is horrid! n the mini me one. yuckIs a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!
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urrghh its horridIs a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!
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What's with the one sparkly gloved arm? Its is some kind of michael jackson tribute wedding dress?0
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