[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Once a week a company offers to cremate us not sure if they mean after we are gone though. They do through in a free lunch.

A free lunch for members of the family while they cremate you? How thoughtful!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

A free lunch for members of the family while they cremate you? How thoughtful!

Only friends and neighbors seem to get the free lunch.

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by Southwest737

Our trash is waste to energy. It does not go to a landfill. So junk mail helps keep the lights on. Embrace it.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Once a week a company offers to cremate us not sure if they mean after we are gone though. They do through in a free lunch.

Would it be possible to fold in the cremation process in order to obtain even more energy?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

Would it be possible to fold in the cremation process in order to obtain even more energy?

Well some of us seem to be filled with hot air so there might be something to your suggestion. Would you like the number of the crematory?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Our trash is converted to electricity.
Most junk mail is printed locally, so not really trucked around the country. And TV mail system is a highly sustainable model, mail truck goes to one place and drops mail for a few hundred residents.

And how much to send a birthday card or a check via UPS or FedEx?

I tried to verify what you said but couldn't. Today, I had 6 pieces of junk mail, from The Villages, Louisiana, Alabama, Illinois, Orlando, and Washington, DC. Also, I doubt that the paper and envelopes were made locally.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

Would it be possible to fold in the cremation process in order to obtain even more energy?

Sadly, Cremation consumes fuel and doesn't produce excess heat.

On the other hand there are a few companies working on composting instead of creation or burying. There are legal and health concerns to work out, but that is a great idea. Lower pollution than cremation, lower cost that either of the others. And it enriches the land.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Well some of us seem to be filled with hot air so there might be something to your suggestion. Would you like the number of the crematory?

Great reply! I hadn't thought of that, we could hire those that are unemployed and give them a pin to poke the corpse with and point the hole with the hot air escaping towards a wind turbine. By golly, I think this may be a viable business model - at least here. LOL!

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Only friends and neighbors seem to get the free lunch.

Not a problem, wedding crashing is easy, just say, " I am a friend of the bride". We could just do the same and get a free meal!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

Not a problem, wedding crashing is easy, just say, " I am a friend of the bride". We could just do the same and get a free meal!

Well for some reason my favorite wife has no interest in the free lunch so you will have to proceed without us.

However please let me know how it all turns out.

[Stu from NYC]

Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion of the pros and cons of junk mail and whether or not it plays a part in global warming.

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Well some of us seem to be filled with hot air so there might be something to your suggestion. Would you like the number of the crematory?

Sure. What do you usually order from the free lunch menu?

[retiredguy123]

I won't pay for a cremation in advance for the same reason that I don't have life insurance. When I die, I want it to be a "real" tragedy.

[Finchs]

Thank you so much!!!! I hate them too, I consider it such a waste of resources to have them continually sending me things I throw away unopened. I just applied to get off their list--Thanks Again.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

Sure. What do you usually order from the free lunch menu?

The lunch special

[OhioBuckeye]

I know this isn’t the right thing to do but if I get any junk mail & it doesn’t have a mailing address on it, I re-mail it! Problem solved.