A number of years ago (I've got the clipping somewhere in my files), a pub was selling final resting places in the brick wall of the pub and under the brick floor.

Jay Smith still owned The Press Room at the time, and I suggested the idea to him. I wanted the spot behind the painting above the bar or maybe a plaque under my favorite bar stool (even though I spend most of my Press Room time holding down a chair in the session/singaround corner).

I know I'd like to have all that conviviality and music around my final resting place.

There's a guy in Boston who has a grave warming ceremony every year. He has a piper lead the parade to the cemetery, then he lies down on his plot for a few minutes, and then everyone retires to the local pub for a pint.

Linn