BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Deckman
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 10:57 PM

Don Firth ... until your last joke (bad) I was going to offer my services as a pyramid builder! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 25 Dec 01 - 05:42 AM

Neither, I have a better idea. One of my Xmas presents is a book of britain's rare wildflowers, on one page there is a beautiful picture of the cliffs below the summit of Ben Lawers. The near vertical slope is covered in flowering alpine plants and has views out over Loch Tay
I should like nothing better (when I am much older) than to be clambering along the cliffs on the sunny side of the Mountain when I fall to my death in a dramatic Homer Simpson style after overreaching to view an interesting looking plant....DOH...DOH (bouncing off rocks as I go)
Thinking all the way down, I knew that was going to happen, it probably wasn't really Bristle Sedge anyway and now I ain't never going to see it
If I survive the fall for a while I hope I have plenty of Whisky ( is it available in unbreakable plastic bottles?)to dull the pain as I slip off to oblivion; warmed by the sun and taking in the beauty of the mountains, and if I fall just right, a picture postcard view of Lochan nan cat
On me I would have my national trust membership card and a will that stated that I would like to be left where I had fallen, not buried, just left to feel the sun on my bones as ever so slowly my beloved plants started to colonise them.

I would hope not to be discovered for several months so that the bloaty smelly stage had passed and only bones remined. Nearby would be an empty whisky bottle with my will inside

I like this idea so much I think I will drop the NT a line right now and see if they would be prepared to lay me to rest on Ben Lawers when the time comes.
For now I am off out to take photos of life, the sun is out, its a beautiful day.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 07:44 PM

I'll take that with FRIES

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 08:25 PM

I think this Song Challenge story settles it for me. You wouldn't get that kind of thing happening with a planting.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Crazy Eddie
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 05:46 AM

When my life is over,
And my time has come to pass,
I hope they bury me upside down,
So the world can KISS MY ASS!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,Gary Don
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 01:28 PM

"Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground."

Creamated definetly When I'm dead and gone baby I'm going to what last bit that I've been living for another life on another plane.

Besides have you ever heard of anyone mentioning a past life of reincarnation in which they were creamated. The most ancient of all funeral rites

Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Trinidad
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 07:07 PM

I wanna be buried. I just don't dig cremation - if ya get what I mean! The whole idea of having a send off, either burial or cremation, is to help the people you left behind recover after your gone - their "closure" I think the americans call it. When you're buried there is the grave to visit - which, as I have found, can be very useful for genealogical research! I discovered ten members of my family in the summer from their Grave stones! When you get cremated, there is nothing, at least in Britain. You can't keep the ashes, except in sme posh crematoriums where you can have a plaque. But it ain't really the same. You can't really think, that's where my grandad is, at least I know where he is, I can keep an eye on him, and I know he's safe.Know what I mean? I just know that I want to buried in our family plot in South Shileds, with my grandparents and my two uncles. It's all I've ever thought I wanted when I'm gone. but I suppose the Bible doesn't mind whih way you go - it makes it right for wither way - dust to dustm ashes to ashes!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,hrothgar
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 08:20 PM

Not yet, thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Mickey191
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 11:48 AM

There is another alternative. The other night there was a CBS program with little snippets about life in America. Kinda like Charles Kuralt used to do. Anyway,this fellow died while passing thru this small town and his family didn't have enough money to bury him. They gave a down payment and promised to mail the balance due. The undertaker embalmed him, put him in a coffin & stored him in his garage. The money was not forthcoming-and the lid was taken off the casket. The townspeople were encouraged to come and pay a visit, have the corpse at their lawn partys, have their picture taken with the remains. This went on for 75 yrs. Finally some politican put an end to the fun and had a law passed-a Christian burial was ordered. What do you think? Mickey191

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 03:43 PM

Sorry I don't remember who the outlaw was but packing corpses in alchohol for shipping home was quite common in the 18 & 19th centuries. Jack Slade was one such outlaw who suffered that fate. The fire would burn for days and days. neil

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,hrothgar
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 08:42 PM

Rum is known as "Nelson's Blood" because he was pickled in a cask of it to be taken home to England for burial after Trafalgar.

The Jack Tars, with their insatiable desire for grog, sucked the rum out of the cask and replaced it with sea water.

Maybe it's lucky they didn't try to cremate him - they couldn't get him to burn too well after that.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 10:58 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 07 Jan 02 - 06:56 AM

I've never gone back to visit the grave of any of my relatives or friends; I've never needed to: I've said goodbye. There's always been a feeling of incompleteness between someone's dying and their being buried or cremated (and don't forget that the ashes are oftem buried in a cemetary). When my grandfather died we went to his empty house several times, and it always felt to Mom an her sister and me as though the door would just open and he'd walk in from the garden, just as he'd always done. When we all came back after the funeral, the feeling had gone: we'd all said goodbye and let him go. I can feel the tears trying to break out as I'm typing this--I know I don't have to "visit" him to tell him how much I cared about him and how much I miss him. I know it will be the same for my family and my friends when I go. Don't come and look for me, just sing a song for me or have a drink for me or just remember me.

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,Chris B (born again scouser)
Date: 07 Jan 02 - 09:50 AM

Do I have to decide now?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jan 02 - 03:40 PM

She walks these hills, in along black veil, she visits my grave, when the night winds wail, Nobody knows, nobody sees . . . As she stands o'er grave and pees.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 08 Jan 02 - 12:50 PM

I'd like to be composted, but not just yet. Burial takes up space, cremation contributes to global warming. I read somwhere that someone's starting composting bodies in Sweden (it's always Sweden that's first with the good ideas)

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Jan 02 - 06:40 PM

Speaking of cremation, has anyone seen "The Shipping News"? Judi Dench has a rather unusual way of paying homage to her deceased brother. I won't spoil the scene by describing it. It's a great movie. See it.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Jan 02 - 06:50 PM

Funny no one has chosen to create an "auto-icon," like Jeremy Bentham.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 09 Jan 02 - 10:52 AM

Oh dont set Les of on Jeremy Bentham!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,Boab
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 12:58 AM

First of all, I'd want tae be deid! To the question, my answer is "yes please"---but the Thursday mornin' trash collection will be quite acceptable. Did post-celebratory depression have any hand in starting this thread??

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Son of the Mill
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 03:11 AM

YES! & YES! BUT ONLY WITH A WOMAN OF MY OWN CHOICE & DEAD AS WELL.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 05:42 AM

The Wyomoing Funeral Directors homepage

http://www.wyfda.org/basics_3.html

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 09:48 AM

I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered in a beautiful place (havent found one yet but I dont bank on dying just yet)in the moon light. I want all those who know me to go to the pub and have a good drink (I had better get saving up now knowing how much they can drink!!)

However most of them will probably turn up to make sure I am avtually dead!!!!

Just make sure I am dead first this burning people alive doesn't really appeal to me!!!

cat x

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: thosp
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 03:04 PM

cremated -- because my mother told me that many souls become so attached to their bodies that when they die they can't pass to the next plane of existence - anyway that's what mom said and if you can't believe your mom --who can you believe?

peace (Y) thosp

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 09:56 AM

The recovery of human remains at a northwest Georgia crematory, where already more than 300 bodies have turned up is continuing.

They plan to to drain a lake on the 16-acre Tri-State Crematory property. It's believed more bodies are likely to be found in the body of water.

The number of corpses recovered since a woman walking her dog found the first remains on Feb. 15 stayed at 339 with 74 bodies identified.

The crematory's operator Ray Brent Marsh remains in jail on 118 theft by deception charges. A new bond hearing has yet to be held in his case. A judge set a $100,000 bond Tuesday before 102 new charges were filed against him.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST,GaryDon
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 05:28 PM

Cremated;

Ever hear anybody talk of their past lives and say oH yes I was cremated

Gary®

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Apr 02 - 04:20 AM

There are media reports that RATS have infested the Los Angeles Coroner's office and have been feeding on the corpses housed there.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 12:08 AM

Rats have gnawed 12 bodies held in long-term storage by the Los Angeles County coroner's office, the department's director said Monday, but he insisted the infestation is under control.

The 12 unidentified or unclaimed bodies had been held up to seven years. Officials say the problem is resolved.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Escamillo
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 04:23 AM

My sons and wife already know that I want to be buried close to some tree, thus to feed the plant and be born again in its leaves and some flower, but the plant should be someone that gives big mellon-shaped fruits to resemble my head.

A detail: I want to be buried along with the receipts issued by my bank for my savings.

Un abrazo - Andrés (in Buenos Aires)

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 05:23 AM

Definitely cremated - it'll save the long queue of other folkies who'd be waiting to drive stakes through my coffin - especially those who were at the Lancaster last night concert.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: alanabit
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 08:19 AM

Cremated - it's the only burning ambition I've got left.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From:
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 03:59 PM

There is no need to be in a hurry to die. My family can choose for me if I die. There are those alive today who will never die due to advances in medical science. Meanwhile I live as well as I can each day.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you want to be buried or cremated ?
From: DonD
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 10:15 PM

Since I must rise and you shall not, I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, Good night, and joy be with you all.