[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by Carlsondm

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]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

I just don't know if I'm ready to go to Lowes to pick up a bag that says "Human Mulch" on it..

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

[petiteone]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

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]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

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]

Originally Posted by petiteone

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]

Originally Posted by Rosebud1949

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]

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]

Originally Posted by petiteone

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

uh oh... Freudian?

[merrymini]

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]

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.

[butlerism]

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]

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]

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

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by butlerism

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!

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by Incoblack1

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.