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In reply to the discussion: Cremate, people. [View all]Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)111. I just want a big barbecue with plenty to drink
As for my body I dont care but do it simple and cheap.
Shame on you if you thought something bad.
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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