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susquesus
Mad Hermit of the North Woods
USA
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 Posted - January 17 2004 : 01:11:56 AM
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Poll Question:
So what do y'all think? Vote for your final preference.
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Seamus
Guardian of Heaven's Gate
USA
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 Posted - January 17 2004 : 05:18:13 AM
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| I certainly hope you are not planning a looooooooooooooooooong trip! |
Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
~~Aim small, hit the b*****d right between the eyes!~~ |
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Kaylynn44
Mohicanite
USA
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 Posted - January 17 2004 : 06:19:31 AM
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Susquesus,
You left out body and organ donation, but since they cremate whatever is left over, I will let you slide on that one.
Kay |
~ An Infinite Zephyr~
Some things never end
As long as goodness exists
Winds shall always soothe
www.cloudsbooks.com
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Wilderness Woman
Watcher of the Wood
USA
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Posted - January 17 2004 : 09:17:58 AM
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As I said before... organ donation and cremation. Then plant (or dust) in my favorite ancestral cemetery-on-the-hill overlooking the Mohawk River.
Truly "ashes to ashes and dust to dust."
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Christina
Deerslayer
USA
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 Posted - January 17 2004 : 1:18:36 PM
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If I pick cryogenics, can I specify I want to share a shelf with Ted Williams? 
He's one of my baseball heroes.
Christina |
See this face? This is the face of a woman on the edge.
Whoopi Goldberg, "Jumping Jack Flash"
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Ilse
The Dutch Trader
Netherlands
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Seamus
Guardian of Heaven's Gate
USA
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May 19 2002
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Posted - January 17 2004 : 4:50:22 PM
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| Been thinking about this today........I think I want to be bronzed and set on the porch swing with a tankard in my hand.......... |
Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
~~Aim small, hit the b*****d right between the eyes!~~ |
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Wilderness Woman
Watcher of the Wood
USA
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Posted - January 17 2004 : 6:51:01 PM
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Why Seamus! You disappoint me!
I would have thought your preference would be to be stuffed and clothed in your 18th century garb, and propped against the bar of The Painted Rat Tavern with that tankard in your hand!
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Gadget Girl
Gatherer of Gathering Gadgets
USA
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Posted - January 18 2004 : 6:25:52 PM
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Also left out (sorta) was learning to throw a pot on a potter's wheel and then being cremated and your ash being used as the glaze. Hmmmm, of course that would involve Burnin' twice since the glaze would be fired onto the pot! Fancied this method until I fell in love with Table Rock.
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Seamus
Guardian of Heaven's Gate
USA
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Posted - January 18 2004 : 6:56:57 PM
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Well, WW, I thought of that, but chose bronzing because:
1.Stuffed specimens draw moths after awhile,
2.an option would be freeze drying, but I hate the cold,
3.bronzing requires less on-going maintenance, just an occasional dusting and a hose-down if a wayward bird makes a deposit, as they are prone to doing on statues. It would however, require that I be brought inside when it gets really cold so I would not suffer the "Brass Monkey Syndrome"........, and,
4.seating is limited in The Painted Rat Cellar.
(Go to www.homestead.com/tmbnb and click on The Painted Rat Cellar. Shameless plug!)
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Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
~~Aim small, hit the b*****d right between the eyes!~~ |
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SgtMunro
Soldier of the King
USA
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Posted - January 19 2004 : 10:08:13 AM
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As someone who is known by his friends and family to 'color outside of the lines' (I know, "Not you Sarge, you're so normal, when you are on your medication"), I would have to be very conventional and choose traditional 'western' burial in a cemetary plot. The reason for this is very similar to Wilderness Woman's reasoning in the thread "Tibetan Sky-Burial", that it is my interest in geneolgy that would cause me to choose that option.
Your Most Humble Servant,
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Capt. Thos. Graham's Coy.
42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foote
(The Black Sheep of the Black Watch)
"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"
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Christina
Deerslayer
USA
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Posted - January 20 2004 : 3:21:08 PM
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Here's a completely off the wall way of disposing of someone's earthly remains, as conducted by an actual friend of my dad's. (History buffs and gun buffs should like this one!)
One of my dad's best friends was the original producer of "Hatfields and McCoys," an outdoor drama portraying that famous feud, which still is shown every summer in an outdoor theater outside Beckley, West Virginia. This gentleman unfortunately passed away from cancer in early 2001. He had specified in his will that he be cremated, but left no directions as to what to do with the ashes.
His daughter came up with a one of a kind solution.
That summer, for the opening scenes of "Hatfields," when there is a massive gun fight, this man's ashes were placed in the rifles as blanks and fired off above the stage during the first scenes of the play he loved so well. |
See this face? This is the face of a woman on the edge.
Whoopi Goldberg, "Jumping Jack Flash"
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CT•Ranger
Colonial Militia
USA
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Posted - January 21 2004 : 8:12:22 PM
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I kinda like Del Gue's attitude in "Jeremiah Johnson."
"By God I are a Mountain Man! And I'll live 'til an arrow or bullet flies through me, and then I'll leave my bones...."
When it comes time, I'd rather like to walk up into the mountains and with dignity let the wilderness do the rest. Better than slowly rotting away in some stupid "retirement home" or hospital. Seen that, and don't want to go through it. |
YMHS,
Connecticut•Ranger
Thomas Thacher
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