introsp3ctive

I did 1142 funerals in ANC. I can confirm that you do get numb to the idea of death and mourning after a while and that is the way to cope with it. I can also confirm that the hardest thing I've ever encountered on a ceremony is keeping from laughing when Aunt Suzie is taking pictures and walks backwards before going head over heels over a tombstone.

I haven't seen one fall out twice. Only once. I have seen an auto bugle go off twice and another time where it started playing, stopped, was silent for twenty seconds and restarted again from the beginning. Fortunately for us, it was an out of town funeral and we did it as a five man team. That was our secret for the rest of the time we were in the guard.