I was at a friend's house today. He's a mortician. He was getting ready to
go to the dump and I noticed what looked like a coffin lid next to his
garage. Upon closer inspection, I saw it was solid cherry. Under it were
the sides of the coffin. I asked him what it was, just to be sure I wasn't
imagining things. He said it was a coffin used in cremation and that the
"customer" was a rather large individual so the sides and lid couldn't be
used. I asked if he was hauling it to the dump too and he said yes. He
must have seen the "are you outta your mind?" look on my face because he
said "Do you want it?" I said Heck yeah so we loaded up the pieces in my
truck. One of the sides is solid and the other is veneer ply for some
reason but the solid parts are big enough to make a real nice mission style
coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's not
gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Will