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23 Aug 02 - 09:47 AM (#770131) Subject: Humans are forever From: Michael in Swansea Chicago based company Lifegem is taking orders to make jewellery from the carbon remains of people or pets. They collect the carbon created when a body is cremated, turn it into graphite then send it to a lab in Germany who put it under intense pressure to make diamonds. Might help pay the funeral expenses |
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23 Aug 02 - 10:06 AM (#770148) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Sandra in Sydney In my job I hear many ideas from folks wanting to start a small busines & needing my organisation's help, but this is a new one. I'll pass it on to my colleagues. In the 18th & 19th centuries there was a vogue for mourning jewellery using hair from deceased relatives, this is just the 21st century version. What next? Sandra |
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23 Aug 02 - 10:11 AM (#770155) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: MMario ligegem.com
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23 Aug 02 - 11:01 AM (#770193) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: EBarnacle1 This way you will always have a remnant of them with you--for a fee. But it's the brightest part! |
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23 Aug 02 - 11:40 AM (#770234) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Airto How wrong I was! I thought this might be a thread about humans, like pets, not being just for Christmas. Seems they are to become just that. |
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23 Aug 02 - 11:56 AM (#770238) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Mr Happy always remember, a hanky is for life, not just for christmas! :-) |
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23 Aug 02 - 12:09 PM (#770243) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Amos The worship of molecules reaches a new high of farce! This religion is sooooo innerestin'!! A |
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23 Aug 02 - 12:13 PM (#770249) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy 'An urn on a shelf may be quite continental But diamonds are a man's best end' |
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23 Aug 02 - 09:48 PM (#770589) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Genie I like the idea that the guy who 'perfected' the Frisbee had. His ashes are to be molded into Frisbees so he can fly above the earth even in death. May not be "forever," but what a neat idea while the Frisbees last! Genie
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24 Aug 02 - 12:50 AM (#770644) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Blackcatter Genie - what happens if a dog suddenly takes a liking to the frisbee? A tug of war with a loved-one's remains is kind of a horrifying thought (or funny as all Hell!). Also - I doubt the diamonds would have a great deal of monetary value. The ones I've seen also had a black sheen to them. |
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24 Aug 02 - 12:54 AM (#770646) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Blackcatter I'm no good at blue clicky things, but the above link is inconvienent. The cottect URL for cuttin' an' pastin' is: http://www.lifegem.com/ pax yall |
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24 Aug 02 - 01:31 AM (#770660) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: GUEST,.gargoyle Can they retreave MY DNA from the new diamond? So they can clone me 2000 years from now? |
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24 Aug 02 - 01:49 PM (#770831) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: GUEST,chimaera Question is: would they want to? :-> |
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24 Aug 02 - 01:56 PM (#770833) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: khandu Plans are in the working to use these bits of remains to, in the distant future, create a super-human, a compilation of many people into one being. Hence, gargoyle's DNA is vital to the effort. It will be used to create the super-man's anus. khandu |
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24 Aug 02 - 01:57 PM (#770834) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: khandu Damn, I been reading too much Mudcat postings. That last one sound like Spaw! khandu |
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25 Aug 02 - 12:06 AM (#771122) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Genie Blackcatter, I think the Frisbee guy had that sort of 'fate' in mind when he asked that his ashes be molded into the flying disks. Why not give a pooch or two some good times after you're gone instead of just feeding worms or hanging around some relative's neck?
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25 Aug 02 - 07:29 PM (#771447) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: kendall Wait a minute here...we are supposed to believe that a man made machine can exert enough pressure to turn carbon into diamonds? |
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25 Aug 02 - 07:41 PM (#771448) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: catspaw49 Hell khandu, you're at least on the right track. Garg's such a tight ass himself that he shits diamonds already.......the quality ain't much, but the smell is really the problem. He dropped one he had made into a ring and a cat covered it up. Spaw |
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25 Aug 02 - 08:11 PM (#771464) Subject: RE: BS: Humans are forever From: Bill D They collect the carbon created when a body is cremated, turn it into graphite then send it to a lab in Germany who put it under intense pressure to make diamonds. Its already been done....haven't you ever heard of Diamond Jim Brady? |