X-Message-Number: 22699 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:38:06 -0400 From: "Henry R. Hirsch" <> Subject: How to find cooperative funeral directors My method: Make an appointment to see the head mortician. When you go, look like a serious cash customer. Jacket, necktie, pressed slacks, haircut, shave, etc. Don't be apologetic about cryonics, but don't dwell on the subject. Act as if you were just another customer shopping for a plot in the cemetery. The funeral director will treat you with due respect if he believes it will be profitable to do so. Maybe it was just luck, but this worked for me in both of the major funeral homes here in Lexington, KY. One of the directors was so eager that I went further asked him what he would do if the airline refused to handle a corpse that was not embalmed or if the airport was shut down due to weather. He said he had a 4-wheel drive truck and could make the 400-mile run to Detroit under any conditions. Now that's what I call cooperative! Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22699