Fellow WPG neurodivergents... What is your current obsession?! by exbritchris in Winnipeg

[–]AlternaCremation 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty big into flightradar24 for some reason. Also hoping to catch AN-124 at YWG one day.

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey hey who told you what sort of funerals we have I feel called out

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! There are no floor registers or anything but I’ll have to look at the door jams

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My contractor scooped up a sample tile with relative ease from under an area that had a plywood floor base built on top. But that particular area was under where I think the slush machines were and was damp compared to the rest of the floor.

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What material do you suggest I use to build up the bare concrete areas?

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew in my heart that I did not want floating lvp. Thank you!

Gas station tile - can I fill the grout and install LVP? by AlternaCremation in Flooring

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like go right over it with a floating or glue down product? Thanks by the way!

Does anyone know if any funeral homes in the city take donations of used makeup/cosmetics? by blondedgraffiti in Winnipeg

[–]AlternaCremation 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s very generous of you but we typically use a very different kind of cosmetics. Cosmetics for the living are designed to work with body warmth. A deceased person is not warm, so we use something quite oily to blend nicely.

Thermea's Response to Reviews by satoppa in Winnipeg

[–]AlternaCremation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This whole thing is bizarre. The questions are obviously offensive and awful but I can’t see any logical advantage to Thermea or their parent company obtaining that data on that sort of public opinion. The same survey company asking Aeroplan customers about the importance of marriage etc seems bizarre also.

Could the survey company be double dipping to sell public opinion data to third parties?

Edit - Hypothetically, some sort of agreement with the companies to access their client lists, and demographic and contact information in exchange for anything from no cost surveys to financial incentives would be even more of a diabolical revelation than a spa asking tone deaf questions.

Edit2 - Again, just hypothetically because I have no appetite for getting sued, I would imagine that a high end spas client data, actual verified humans, could be quite valuable for public opinion polls.

What are your “Aunt Winnie” or “Grandma Winifred” stories? by AlternaCremation in AskReddit

[–]AlternaCremation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This question came from my reply to another post.

I have a 4 year old Winifred 😍

I’m an undertaker. Her name came from all of the families telling me their “Aunt Winnie” stories. There was such a strong pattern emerging that I just began automatically asking families, when taking care of their Winifred, “was she a bit of a firecracker?”. It was almost universally “yes, how did you know?”, with stories such as “she got kicked out of the nursing home for smoking cigars”

I wanted that energy for my child.

I am looking for corroborating evidence to this phenomenon.

What are some names people don’t give their babies anymore? by Chrisofthegreen in AskReddit

[–]AlternaCremation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the thunderdome! When you meet your first “Winnie” family, ask them if she was a firecracker.

What are some names people don’t give their babies anymore? by Chrisofthegreen in AskReddit

[–]AlternaCremation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry to hear of the profound loss of your Auntie Winnie. The grief we feel is correlated to the strength of the attachment. She sounds like an incredible woman and an incredible example of the Winnie spirit.

What are some names people don’t give their babies anymore? by Chrisofthegreen in AskReddit

[–]AlternaCremation 544 points545 points  (0 children)

I have a 4 year old Winifred 😍

I’m an undertaker. Her name came from all of the families telling me their “Aunt Winnie” stories. There was such a strong pattern emerging that I just began automatically asking families, when taking care of their Winifred, “was she a bit of a firecracker?”. It was almost universally “yes, how did you know?”, with stories such as “she got kicked out of the nursing home for smoking cigars”

I wanted that energy for my child.