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<p>[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 983633, member: 23874"]I concur with the vast majority of opinion here. MD'ing in a cemetary or graveyard, regardless of age or condition, is a big no-no. Aside from the sanctity of a cemetary, I also I know firsthand family members who have buried small items at the base of my relative's headstones. Ashes have also been spread amongst our family plot. In the case of one family member who was cremated, among his ashes was the remnants of his pacemaker. I wouldn't have wanted that dug up.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, I would also be mighty uncomfortable with someone MD'ing in the perephery of a cemetary too. Regardless of how realistic the probability, I would be concerned about the person moving from the perephery to the cemetary itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I wouldn't recommend it Abe.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>(On a somewhat related topic, there was some guy on ebay a while back who was trying to sell a bunch of coins removed from dead people's eyes. Something about a relative or friend having been an old undertaker. Prior to the 20th century, it was very common for relatives to place coins over a dead person's eyes. My personal impression of this guy, after reading one of his auctions, was that he was a P.O.S. )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 983633, member: 23874"]I concur with the vast majority of opinion here. MD'ing in a cemetary or graveyard, regardless of age or condition, is a big no-no. Aside from the sanctity of a cemetary, I also I know firsthand family members who have buried small items at the base of my relative's headstones. Ashes have also been spread amongst our family plot. In the case of one family member who was cremated, among his ashes was the remnants of his pacemaker. I wouldn't have wanted that dug up. All that said, I would also be mighty uncomfortable with someone MD'ing in the perephery of a cemetary too. Regardless of how realistic the probability, I would be concerned about the person moving from the perephery to the cemetary itself. [B]I wouldn't recommend it Abe.[/B] (On a somewhat related topic, there was some guy on ebay a while back who was trying to sell a bunch of coins removed from dead people's eyes. Something about a relative or friend having been an old undertaker. Prior to the 20th century, it was very common for relatives to place coins over a dead person's eyes. My personal impression of this guy, after reading one of his auctions, was that he was a P.O.S. )[/QUOTE]
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