CPK that will be buried with you

My former wife’s Japanese stepfather belonged to one of the more serious Buddhist groups and when they die they are sent on their way with a walking staff and a knife. I am going to be cremated, the walking staff would be easy enough (I have several good wooden ones) but the knife would be a little more difficult. If I did take one it would be my EDC blade cause it’s for every day but will not ruin a potential multi-generational knife so my family will get it. Already gave my daughter and cousin CPKs and will divy out the rest to my other family members. Fascinating topic by the way, have actually given this topic some semi-serious thought
 
Retired UPS Driver said:
1/4 to the Eastern Sunrise at my daughters pond.

1/4 to the Western Sunset in my daughters field behind her home.

1/4 in the swamp under my favorite deer hunting stand on my remote hunting property.

1/4 on the shores of my favorite waterfall hunting spot on the Great Lakes near my property.
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Gentlemen, take note, this is the proper way to ensure you don't rise up during the zombie apocalypse. Worst case scenario if it does happen, someone wonders why half an arm, some kidneys, and a testicle are slowly chasing them on the ground.
 
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LibertyFlyer said:
*snip......But there is good news as well... CPKs are plentiful and unlimited in heaven, every model, in any configuration you can think of or desire, they will all be there. ALL OF THEM. I know, I know... hard to imagine, right?
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I read this and thought: "Nate and the crew are never, EVER going to get a break!" 😆


Excellent post, Sir!! 🙂
 
Personally, I don’t see a reason to be buried with ‘things’. Can’t take ‘em with you. Might as well pass them to people who will cherish and enjoy them.

That said, I might make ONE concession to be being buried with an object; a fully charged cellphone in sleep mode, with a subscription paid for at least a week (along with a note taped to it, of the location of my burial plot), juuuuust in case I wake up in a box underground, wondering WTF happened 😅
 
bluemax_1 said:
Personally, I don’t see a reason to be buried with ‘things’. Can’t take ‘em with you. Might as well pass them to people who will cherish and enjoy them.

That said, I might make ONE concession to be being buried with an object; a fully charged cellphone in sleep mode, with a subscription paid for at least a week (along with a note taped to it, of the location of my burial plot), juuuuust in case I wake up in a box underground, wondering WTF happened 😅
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When no one answers...you may regret that last "ackshually"...

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bluemax_1 said:
Personally, I don’t see a reason to be buried with ‘things’. Can’t take ‘em with you. Might as well pass them to people who will cherish and enjoy them.

That said, I might make ONE concession to be being buried with an object; a fully charged cellphone in sleep mode, with a subscription paid for at least a week (along with a note taped to it, of the location of my burial plot), juuuuust in case I wake up in a box underground, wondering WTF happened 😅
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Reminds me of Poe's story The Premature Burial.

Sadly it's not easy finding people who will cherish them. Most people don't see what we see when looking at knives. Best to enjoy them now and not think about where they could easily end up...
 
I find the OP's questions to be more metaphorical in nature - more in line with, "If you can only have one, which would you choose?".

Still, it's a curious thought exercise. Especially when you take into account different cultural and historic practices of how humans prepared their dead. Often they were sent off with items that would be useful to them in the afterlife - food, finery, tools, weapons, pets, etc.

Though I am a proper heathen and not religious at all, and I certainly hope that I am not buried with anything that might be deemed as useful to another, the old ways give me a bit of pause. That said, should I find myself wandering about in the afterlife with nary a stitch or bit of metal, I will just have to hope that someone else happened to drop theirs in the great beyond. Their loss, my gain, right?
 
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bluemax_1 said:
That said, I might make ONE concession to be being buried with an object; a fully charged cellphone in sleep mode, with a subscription paid for at least a week (along with a note taped to it, of the location of my burial plot), juuuuust in case I wake up in a box underground, wondering WTF happened 😅
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Not sure that would be useful.

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