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Pay as you Urn: Graves get Oyster style RFID chips in Japan

Aug 18, 2008
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Dying is an expensive business. No longer do you just grab the nearest incinerator or chuck a box in the ground, you've got burial plots, premium coffins and headstones to purchase. Indeed the expense caused by a death is almost equal to that of a marriage, and since the deceased can't really appreciate the five piece band, should you be saving your pennies for the... [read full story]                    

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Pay as you Urn: Graves get Oyster style RFID chips in Japan

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Pay as you Urn: Graves get Oyster style RFID chips in Japan

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