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GrumpyOldMan 07-14-2021 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Carlsondm (Post 1972785)
Economics may prevail. The mortuaries or compostatories will determine a price to do this properly. Storage costs will be interesting. Disease control will also be factored in. I wonder if they need to “roll” you periodically.

Actually, they do "roll" you occasionally. The original plan was a tall building where bodies are dropped in the top, and compost comes out the bottom and there were stirring mechanisms built in.

GrumpyOldMan 07-14-2021 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 1972813)
I just don't know if I'm ready to go to Lowes to pick up a bag that says "Human Mulch" on it.. :shocked:

It would take some getting used to. And the political (emotional) considerations of selling the milch to farmers would be a real hurdle.

petiteone 07-14-2021 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy (Post 1972540)
GE,

my wife wants to be cremated and then for me to play around at a TPC course, preferably TPC Sawgrass, and use her ashes to fill in my iron and wedge divots. . and spread the remaining ashes on the 18th fairway. . .

I am like, will do!

golfer guy

I hope you meant "play a round" not "play around"

petiteone 07-14-2021 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1972895)
Actually, they do "roll" you occasionally. The original plan was a tall building where bodies are dropped in the top, and compost comes out the bottom and there were stirring mechanisms built in.

Sounds like the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" sort of.....except they turned dead bodies into food not mulch.

GrumpyOldMan 07-14-2021 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by petiteone (Post 1972951)
Sounds like the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" sort of.....except they turned dead bodies into food not mulch.

Sort of, and you could then use the compost to grow food plants, and then it would be very much like soylent green. Especially if we start encouraging people to accept euthanasia to help reduce population and contribute to healthy farms.

Two Bills 07-14-2021 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosebud1949 (Post 1972884)
I have not talked to any foxes lately, but being shredded to death by a bunch of hounds cannot fun for them...Neither can being a horse ridden recklessly to death in pursuit of the fox. What is romantic about that. Yes another "class" of entitled rich folk. Enough of that here. If you cannot care for any animal then you cannot care much for humans.

Not so good for chickens, ducks, young lambs etc. being shreaded by foxes either.
Always another side of the coin.

Incoblack1 07-14-2021 03:20 PM

If they'll take me I want to donate whatever's left to a medical school or such. Much
 
If they'll take me I want to donate whatever's left to a medical school or such. Much more practical and useful to science than other solutions!

GrumpyOldMan 07-14-2021 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by petiteone (Post 1972945)
I hope you meant "play a round" not "play around"

uh oh... Freudian?

merrymini 07-14-2021 05:46 PM

Spreading ashes is against the law, although people do it all the time. Composting sounds good to me. I am a gardener and so right up my alley.

Nucky 07-14-2021 07:45 PM

Don't compost me, please.

Bury me with my butt sticking out of the ground so you have a place to park your bicycle when you bring flowers. :1rotfl::1rotfl:

butlerism 07-14-2021 07:50 PM

Fact a Mundo.

We go out as we came in.... Naked.

These fancy metal boxes... stop it... throw me into the seas.

Done

We are all worm food.
Eat healthy, stop eating crap otherwise the worms will not devour you....
so you will be left to be a rotting pile of putrid waste.

Watch the Anoles, they only eat lively palmettos.

Get real everyone.

Stop fearing

butlerism 07-14-2021 07:56 PM

Second note.
My father wanted his ashes to be scattered off Jones Beach , Long Island.
Big boat, I dropped his ashes..

Cannot forget it.... those ashes followed us for three hours as we all got plastered having a good old drink fest remembering him.

We kept looking astern.
Everyone said.... yup.... he is still here..
Will never forget that day.

persnickety old booger.

I miss my dad

butlerism 07-14-2021 07:58 PM

You are a nut grumpy.
PM me.
I like your style

Nucky 07-14-2021 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by butlerism (Post 1973171)
Second note.
My father wanted his ashes to be scattered off Jones Beach , Long Island.
Big boat, I dropped his ashes..

Cannot forget it.... those ashes followed us for three hours as we all got plastered having a good old drink fest remembering him.

We kept looking astern.
Everyone said.... yup.... he is still here..
Will never forget that day.

persnickety old booger.

I miss my dad

Love the story! We saw yous guy's that day having a blast! :ho:

GrumpyOldMan 07-14-2021 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Incoblack1 (Post 1973050)
If they'll take me I want to donate whatever's left to a medical school or such. Much more practical and useful to science than other solutions!

This is an excellent way to go. And it high on my list. Sadly, most of those require you to have made arrangements for the disposal after they are done with you. At least the ones I looked into - if you know of one that will take everyone/anyone and pay for pick up and disposal let me know, I am interested.


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