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Burial or Cremation
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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I want to have myself stuffed in a standing position and set up in the living room for future generations to enjoy.
Kid - "Look, mom. Dad's a coat rack and a cup holder."
Mom - "Hmmmmmmm........."
Kid - "Look, mom. Dad's a coat rack and a cup holder."
Mom - "Hmmmmmmm........."
Before I went to Iraq, I worked with an attorney to make my final arrangements in the event that I did not return alive. That way, no one in my family would have to make the arrangements. My body was to be cremated and my ashes were to be spread in the pacific ocean. Of course I am no longer in the military and clearly I escaped Iraq alive. But I still have the same arrangement for when I kick the bucket.
Funny this thread is posted at this time.....
My sis-in-law passed suddenly in Feb and having just gone thru the passing of her mom, she was adamant that she didn't want a funeral, etc and that she wanted to be cremated, so that's what was done, she's in her cookie jar in a velvet bag that looks like Crown Royal, sitting on our piano, waiting for her 'send-off' which happens in July on her birthday. We are going to spread her ashes on Lake Utopia, fireworks, BBQ, live music, alcohol. She had a camp on the lake, (which my daughter is inheriting), and spent a lot of time there, that's why her wishes to be scattered on the lake. A *lot* of her friends were quite upset that there was no funeral, they 'need' that closure, personally, I don't need to check out dead people to make sure they are actually dead.
I am not sure about cremation, I don't like the idea of those ghouls pumping me with formaldehyde and propping me up in a box with all the people saying; "Wow, dosen't she look good", duh!, I'd be dead, that's not good. Is there a soul? I believe that and I'm wondering where the soul is when you are cremated.
My body or parts will not be donated to anyone, sold yes. So I guess I'm leaning towards burial, (ASAP - no embalming), no big funeral unless my family wants that, put me in a home-made pine box, load me in the back of my pickup. A small marker is fine, that's up to the survivors. And if they can do it on the cheap, even better. I don't want to be buried with anything, sell my gear.
Michelle
My sis-in-law passed suddenly in Feb and having just gone thru the passing of her mom, she was adamant that she didn't want a funeral, etc and that she wanted to be cremated, so that's what was done, she's in her cookie jar in a velvet bag that looks like Crown Royal, sitting on our piano, waiting for her 'send-off' which happens in July on her birthday. We are going to spread her ashes on Lake Utopia, fireworks, BBQ, live music, alcohol. She had a camp on the lake, (which my daughter is inheriting), and spent a lot of time there, that's why her wishes to be scattered on the lake. A *lot* of her friends were quite upset that there was no funeral, they 'need' that closure, personally, I don't need to check out dead people to make sure they are actually dead.
I am not sure about cremation, I don't like the idea of those ghouls pumping me with formaldehyde and propping me up in a box with all the people saying; "Wow, dosen't she look good", duh!, I'd be dead, that's not good. Is there a soul? I believe that and I'm wondering where the soul is when you are cremated.
My body or parts will not be donated to anyone, sold yes. So I guess I'm leaning towards burial, (ASAP - no embalming), no big funeral unless my family wants that, put me in a home-made pine box, load me in the back of my pickup. A small marker is fine, that's up to the survivors. And if they can do it on the cheap, even better. I don't want to be buried with anything, sell my gear.
Michelle
Take whatever parts can be recycled and then stick me in the oven. I don't want my kids to feel like they have to visit my grave and place flowers etc. They can sprinkle my ashes all over my workshop, or Gold's Gym.
PS, I DO want to take my final ride in a KISS coffin though
PS, I DO want to take my final ride in a KISS coffin though
I want to be cremated & thrown into a snow drift at the top of a Mountain, so the spring snow melt carries me down....
The newest and most enviromentally friendly way to be buried would be; freezing your body, and putting it in a wooden box then proceeding to freeze that too. Then you and your coffin laid in a metal coffin, and shacken (yes, actually) until you are icy slush. Then you are poured into another coffin again made of some easy-to-rot organic material, and buried one feet below the ground. This ensures you are quickly broken down and recycled by nature! If you are buried six feet under, it's too deep to be a part of the eco-system, so you are really of no use to the nice plants and earthdwellers which surely wants to feast upon your body. The freezing-and-shacking-part, which is frankly disgusting, results in a quicker rottingprocess and thus you will be a part of the eco-system faster.
I on the other hand, would prefer being burned or buried. I don't really care, there is no soul or afterlife, only electric pulses resulting in your brainactivity. Though I wish to donate my inner organs if some sick kid or anyone needs them to survive. I mean, I don't need them once I am dead. A dead person is a lump of meat, and if the meat inside me can ensure prolonged survival of a sick person, hell yeah I'll give them my kidney/liver/whatever. But I don't want to give away my body for scientific research. Yuk. Doctors cutting in me and poking around, nuh-uh. To save a life, aye, but not for research.
I on the other hand, would prefer being burned or buried. I don't really care, there is no soul or afterlife, only electric pulses resulting in your brainactivity. Though I wish to donate my inner organs if some sick kid or anyone needs them to survive. I mean, I don't need them once I am dead. A dead person is a lump of meat, and if the meat inside me can ensure prolonged survival of a sick person, hell yeah I'll give them my kidney/liver/whatever. But I don't want to give away my body for scientific research. Yuk. Doctors cutting in me and poking around, nuh-uh. To save a life, aye, but not for research.
D
So about my gear...if it's before i have kids-it's up to my 'rents. Whatever they want to keep for sentimental reasons-is up to them. The rest-donated to my former high school & school system so that the kids can actually have decent gear to play on.
If it's after i have kids-all my gear goes to them. The idea of having my Ray5, Fender Jazz [my first one] & New Standard Cleveland become heirloom instruments is hip. However, i'll be dead. If they want to sell it all & buy pizza and beer-more power to them.
If it's after i have kids-all my gear goes to them. The idea of having my Ray5, Fender Jazz [my first one] & New Standard Cleveland become heirloom instruments is hip. However, i'll be dead. If they want to sell it all & buy pizza and beer-more power to them.
Cremation, a burial is just a way for funeral homes to make big bucks off of loved ones grief.
If is was rich? Encased in amber, forever giving the world the finger for the rest of eternity.
If is was rich? Encased in amber, forever giving the world the finger for the rest of eternity.
Im on the top of the world lookin down on cremation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that Ive found ever since youve been around
Your loves put me at the top of the world
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that Ive found ever since youve been around
Your loves put me at the top of the world
I think there should a mandatory law for cremation...
... that way the zombie threat could be dealt with once and for all.
... that way the zombie threat could be dealt with once and for all.
I've always leaned towards being cremated. Preferably on 9-10 lbs of the finest ganj that was available. Actually, while I do think that I'll be cremated, my wishes are to have some of my ashes spread in the Pacific, the rest to be planted at Arlington Cemetary.
Also, a few years ago when I was down south meeting my dad's family for the 1st time, I overheard some of the ladies talking about how shocked they were that one of the locals had decided to be cremated rather than be buried. What's up with that? Is that just something that is peculiar to the south?
Also, a few years ago when I was down south meeting my dad's family for the 1st time, I overheard some of the ladies talking about how shocked they were that one of the locals had decided to be cremated rather than be buried. What's up with that? Is that just something that is peculiar to the south?
I think there's at least an even chance that the occasion of my death will see my corpse hanging upside down from a lamp post for awhile before the angry mob tosses it out in a field for the vultures to pick over.
In any case, it's certain that none of my organs will be worth much to anyone else.
In any case, it's certain that none of my organs will be worth much to anyone else.
Organ donor please. Better for my body to save a life or be of some use than rot underground or disintigrate into ashes.
