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In reply to the discussion: Cremate, people. [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,151 posts)3. Cremation ashes are not so easy to just throw off into the wind.
First if they sit for any length of time, they become like a brick due to absorption of humidity. Second there are regulations to where you can throw or put the ashes. You can't just decide to throw them off into the Grand Canyon. Some places require permits and authorizations.
But yes burial are outrageously expensive.
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The whole burial thing is so extremely costly, we'll see more cremations frankly because there isn't
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
#1
I want to be cremated, then have the ashes buried in my yard with a camellia bush planted over me.
lark
Aug 2019
#4
I read a book on cremation once. Ashes are not recommended to be used in gardens
tavernier
Aug 2019
#32
I have a friend who wants his ashes thrown into the Long Island Sound. I am guessing that
CTyankee
Aug 2019
#40
Damn, since the St. Johns empties into the ocean, guess I'll have to see what the rules are for that
lark
Aug 2019
#43
i would like to be buried and a tree planted on top of me so as I rot, I feed the
demigoddess
Aug 2019
#127
This is, to me, another great example of how funerals and the question of what to do with the body,,
EarnestPutz
Aug 2019
#38
Yeah, but do you really want to send your loved one off into a place they are NOT wanted?
Farmer-Rick
Aug 2019
#41
I feel the same. If nothing else, use it for cat food, if that's medically safe.
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2019
#85
My mother donated her body to the cadaver lab at the medical school
PoindexterOglethorpe
Aug 2019
#114
Is there any explanation for the "Stair Step" graph line on the first chart"?
EarnestPutz
Aug 2019
#24
Thanks, any idea about the very regular increases that create the stair step graph?
EarnestPutz
Aug 2019
#42
That's what I thought. The funeral industry has been accused of collusion in the past.
EarnestPutz
Aug 2019
#62
Probably the data base from which the info was taken was sampled about every 6 months.
Lucid Dreamer
Aug 2019
#135
I really think that this is something personal people get to decide for themselves.
Coventina
Aug 2019
#14
What's the "objective advantage" of having your body slid into a file cabinet?
Goodheart
Aug 2019
#15
Certainly not questioning your decision. As I said, just never heard of it before.
Fla Dem
Aug 2019
#44
I can't be buried on my land, so I told my family to flush me down the toilet.
zackymilly
Aug 2019
#23
I like that. I wonder if they do that on cruise ships going to the Greek Islands...that would
CTyankee
Aug 2019
#45
I am partial to burial... I kind of hope that in five hundred years...if we are still around
Thomas Hurt
Aug 2019
#65
Okay how about creamation and have someone collect the ashes of a lot of people. If you split
avebury
Aug 2019
#105
Way more people have died than are living. I wonder where are all of those bodies? nt
live love laugh
Aug 2019
#130
Only a small percentage would have been buried in the first place.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Aug 2019
#134