tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post2668250597996125612..comments2023-12-14T15:36:02.123-06:00Comments on The Daily Undertaker: Finding Green Graves: Interview with Stephen Laing, Director of ASSETtracPatrick McNallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264369363269384639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-78797470561835944382010-10-12T04:43:31.122-05:002010-10-12T04:43:31.122-05:00Thomas, quite agree with all your comments. I woul...Thomas, quite agree with all your comments. I would only add that the chip is really for the benefit of the burial ground owner not the family, as it is a last resort confirmation to ensure the owner buries family members next to each other or to assist an exhumation. Get it wrong and at the very least there is family distress. As you say there are far better material choices over memorialisation than a microchip, and here in the UK you have to choose your site very carefully as some owners allow more or less anything on the grave, others nothing at all!Bereavement Serverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840432806732372198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-10563706794008695222010-09-13T09:52:21.034-05:002010-09-13T09:52:21.034-05:00Thanks for this, Patrick. Finally some illuminatio...Thanks for this, Patrick. Finally some illumination about electronic marking. Evidently my fears about technology becoming incompatible are unfounded, as least in the first century.<br /><br />But I'm still left with the feeling that this will always be an accessory to the real thing, which remains a tangible lasting marker. With electronic saving of data, we ultimately need not even visit the cemetery - that can be done from home. And that may satisfy some.<br /><br />But those who want to visit a grave site also want to see a grave. Knowing 100% that you are as close to Uncle John as is possible is not the same as seeing his name on a stone. <br /><br />And in 200 years, for those who care about the cultural legacy of cemeteries, it is the stone that makes the contribution, not any chip, even a still functional one.Thomas Friesehttp://perpetuasgarden.orgnoreply@blogger.com