Speaking of Death...UPDATED LINK (for real)

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  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #22
    PhillieG said:

    Scuttlebug
    I am talking about being put in the ground very soon after death and not having the usual formaldehyde embalming fluids pumped into my corpse. Also, the overkill (pardon the expression) of having a casket that is metal lined placed in a concrete vault and buried so it will sit there and basically not rot the way that everything other life form has done for billions of years. We're organic matter, the concept is that our bodies will decay and become part of the whole circle of life. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...

    I don't think once one is dead that being under the dirt would matter. At least if you weren't dead you'd still have blood in your body and maybe you could tap someone on the shoulder when they lower you down or say "I'm not quite dead yet..."
    ;-)
    -phil

    Actually how long does it
    Actually how long does it take bones to turn into dust? They've already found bones thousands of years old. I googled it and couldn't find a solid answer.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #23
    Hondo said:

    Phil
    Did you say that we return to Dust? That is a very religious statement and I do mean it in a spiritual way.

    One day while looking for some equipment that I put up on a shelf I could not believe what I was seeing, as I got to the top of the ladder. I yelled for my wife to come and bring me the rinse & vac fast because someone was coming or going and I did not want them to do that on my shelf. Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust. lol

    Have a great day
    Hondo

    Hi Hondo
    See, miracles CAN happen...
    I went through 8 years of Catholic school. I paid attention and did get a lot out of the experience.
    Good joke about getting the vac! I like that one...

    I do not know how literally I take the dust to dust thing but I believe we are of the earth so why not return there in the end.
    You have a great day too
    -phil
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #24
    Marcia527 said:

    Actually how long does it
    Actually how long does it take bones to turn into dust? They've already found bones thousands of years old. I googled it and couldn't find a solid answer.

    It depends...
    Marcia, I think under different conditions the time it takes is different. If conditions are just right, they can become fossilized. I'm not sure if they actually turn to dust or if they just return to organic matter like calcium and all that stuff.
    -p
  • stayingcalm
    stayingcalm Member Posts: 650 Member
    #25
    Center for Natural Burial
    I had hoped to check this out, but it seems to now be a dead link.

    *no pun intended!

    There is, however, a very interesting trailer for a documentary (still in the works, I think) about green burials A Will for the Woods.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #26
    stayingcalm said:

    Center for Natural Burial
    I had hoped to check this out, but it seems to now be a dead link.

    *no pun intended!

    There is, however, a very interesting trailer for a documentary (still in the works, I think) about green burials A Will for the Woods.

    Good Pun!
    That's for the info, it seems the are no longer "master of their domain" and it expired.
    I updated the post with another resource, thanks for your link.
    -p
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #27
    AussieMaddie said:

    Hi Hondo
    I know that our beliefs are different, but I have it written on the cover of the music CD I created for my funeral that, while I absolutely believe in spirit, if it turns out that I'm wrong, that's ok because I'm not hanging around for anyone to say 'I told you so!'

    So I'm happy either way.

    AussieMaddie

    afterlife
    I advised my wife that if there is an afterlife and if I go first, I will tap her on the shoulder once. If not, I will tap her on the shoulder twice :).

    Take care,

    Joe
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #28
    Hondo said:

    Hi Phil

    Not a bad idea at all, in my will I give directions to my wife and children to put me in the ground as is and plant an Avocado tree right over me. If they can’t get me home in time then they can cremate me and just put the ashes on the tree. Either way I am dead and will never know the different.

    Good post
    Hondo

    Cremation
    I was all set for cremation too (I figure I might as well get used to the heat!) but then I read about how much energy it takes to cremate someone and how much pollution it gives off. I'm starting to rethink it. I also wonder if I'm too toxic from chemo now.
    Decisions, decisions, decisions!
    ;-)
    =p
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #29
    PhillieG said:

    Cremation
    I was all set for cremation too (I figure I might as well get used to the heat!) but then I read about how much energy it takes to cremate someone and how much pollution it gives off. I'm starting to rethink it. I also wonder if I'm too toxic from chemo now.
    Decisions, decisions, decisions!
    ;-)
    =p

    An aunt told me when I was a
    An aunt told me when I was a teenager that some day I was going to have to make up my mind. She doesn't know I still can't (what am I saying, she's dead now). The good thing is I'll just leave it for someone else to figure out. I've found that people generally do what they want anyway. I'll be on the other side chuckling cause I'll know it doesn't matter.
  • stayingcalm
    stayingcalm Member Posts: 650 Member
    #30
    PhillieG said:

    Scuttlebug
    I am talking about being put in the ground very soon after death and not having the usual formaldehyde embalming fluids pumped into my corpse. Also, the overkill (pardon the expression) of having a casket that is metal lined placed in a concrete vault and buried so it will sit there and basically not rot the way that everything other life form has done for billions of years. We're organic matter, the concept is that our bodies will decay and become part of the whole circle of life. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...

    I don't think once one is dead that being under the dirt would matter. At least if you weren't dead you'd still have blood in your body and maybe you could tap someone on the shoulder when they lower you down or say "I'm not quite dead yet..."
    ;-)
    -phil

    @ phillieg At least if you weren't dead you'd still have blood in your body and maybe you could tap someone on the shoulder when they lower you down or say "I'm not quite dead yet..."

    Or, in the immortal words of Granny Weatherwax's printed sign: "I aten't dead!" - Terry Pratchett

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