Solus wrote on Jul 5^th, 2019 at 8:48pm:

MossBack wrote on Jul 5th, 2019 at 5:45pm: I completely agree with everything, everyone said.    But, I am not sure what it says about the group, me included,  when the subject of "The Last Portage' " garners more posts than any other conversation in recent memory? What it says: We're getting old. On another note when my brother's large dog passed recently he had it cremated- $225. If I can't have my bones scattered by critters in the woods wrap me in  a fur coat and a plastic bag and take me to the pet crematorium.

When my old rescue Tom Cat was about 20 yrs old he had a bladder blockage, very common in male cats. I spent the bare minimum to get his up and running. They wanted me to spend $1500 for the best surgery.

I said I was spending more than I ever had for ALL the pets I've EVER owned and that he still had a few of those 9 lives left. ;)

THAT comment didn't go over well at all. ;) ;D ;D
What people spend on their animals even in death is beyond me. I buried all my dead pets and planted a small tree/bush on top of them. The plants loved the fertilizer and I thought that was a fitting memorial to them.

I knew a guy years back who went to Hawaii and "accidentally" fell into a volcano.  :-?
  Turned out he had Stage 4 bone cancer. That saved ALL the funeral costs. ;) ;) ;D ;D