PLFXpert 0 #1 January 15, 2003 what do you want to have done with your body? As skydivers, a lot of us want ashes thrown from an airplane. Some people have other ideas. What is yours? This is not meant to be a morbid discussion or for people to argue their beliefs, but just taken lightly b/c I find it kind of interesting what others think. Here's mine: I used to want my ashes released on a skydive. But now... First, I want all useful organs, etc. taken from my body and given to those who may need it. Second, burn me up. Third, the best part, there is a new company that can make diamonds from a person's ashes using the carbon or oxygen or nitrogen or whatever of those it is (I forget) that is found heavily in human ashes. They can make up to 100 diamonds from one person, or just one. I want to be made in to a diamond for BZ to wear forever and that way he can skydive w/ me, too Ha ha ha! I'm so serious. They really can do that. It's quite pricy; about 4k and up, but I think I'm worth it, don't you? OK...you're turn...what would you have done?Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #2 January 15, 2003 I'm having my ashes sent to you so that you may treasure them. Please try to think of an appropriate design for a shrine to display them on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #3 January 15, 2003 I'd hope that any useful organs can be used. After that, it's just stuff. Hopefully my family won't want to bury me to make themselves feel better. My preference would be cremation, dissection by medical students, cadaver decomposition study -- it really is just stuff. Wendy WThere is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #4 January 15, 2003 I hate thinking about stuff like this. It just freaks me out and I lose sleep. But, I think that it would really depend. At this point in my life I think that I would want to be creamated because the thought of being put in the ground just irks me. If I had a husband and children I would want them to keep my ashes so that they would always have me close. But, since that is not the case - I would want to be sprinkled into the ocean - I love the beach. I would want my organs to be donated though. That is cool that you be made into a diamond ...I've never heard about that before. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #5 January 15, 2003 Donate body to medical scienceThat way at least my skeleton will get to go to some killer medical / nurse student parties Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #6 January 15, 2003 I'm an organ donor and my relatives know it, so that's first. Then I want to be cremated. Not really sure what I want done with my ashes. If I haven't decided by the time I die, I'm sure my family will think up something cool. Edit to add: Whatever happens, I really don't want my family to spend a whole bunch of money on a nice suit and a fancy box just to put me where nobody will ever see me again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 January 15, 2003 Quote Donate body to medical scienceThat way at least my skeleton will get to go to some killer medical / nurse student parties I was going to donate by body to science, but decided to donate it to science fiction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chivo 0 #8 January 15, 2003 Where did you hear this? Any links? It sounds interesting. I have an organ donor's card in my wallet. Guess, after they took any usable organs from me, I just want to be buried in the traditional way... upside down, so the world can kiss my ass!!! LOL! Ok, now seriously, I don't care. If *something* happens after we die. And I am able to see what's going on... I won't care about how they bury me, selfishly, I'd be worried to see if I'm going up or down! Unselfishly, I'd be worried to see how my family and friends are affected by my departure. Hopefully they'll know how much they have influenced my life, and made it much better. ~Chivo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #9 January 15, 2003 He he he...Sabre's litter box comes to mind JUST KIDDING! Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #10 January 15, 2003 Quote Donate body to medical science Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highfly 0 #11 January 15, 2003 This is a question I have found myself asking myself a lot recently since I lost someone close to me. 1. Burial. Where do I get buried? Parents are divorced so where is it fair to be buried? My Mum lives 200 miles from my father so is it in the middle? Then it would be harder for people to visit my grave. 2. Cremation. Seen a documentry on cremation. Ugh!!! They just get them in and burn them up in the same oven as the previous coffin and then they scrape enough ashes out to fill an urn. Not for me either. It would be nice to have your body sent for a deep space burial. Shot out into deep space on an eternal journey. So I am not really sure. www.myspace.com/durtymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #12 January 15, 2003 Quote He he he...Sabre's litter box comes to mind JUST KIDDING! A pic of what your kitty does when you're not home... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #13 January 15, 2003 Quote Where did you hear this? Any links? It sounds interesting. I have an organ donor's card in my wallet. I, too, have the organ donor's label on my license and so does BZ. I heard about the company making diamonds on the "Today" show, which I watch religiously after the local news. After the initial interview, later on the did a follow-up and since the publicity the company has skyrocketed and is backed up on orders. I was taught how to research and find ANYTHING on the net so I'm sure I could wrestle up a link, but I"m too lazy right nowPaint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #14 January 15, 2003 Quote Quote Donate body to medical science There speaks someone who hasn't seen my bodyActually my body is a temple... Admittedly a temple dedicated to alcohol abuse but a temple nonetheless Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #15 January 15, 2003 Quote I have an organ donor's card in my wallet... Me too. It's more of a "packet" really. I call it my organ donor packet. It's only one organ, but one I don't mind giving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #16 January 15, 2003 I assure you, Sabre leaves wonderous things but NEVER resembling crop circlesSpeaking of Sabre (I'm hijacking my own thread) I really appreciate talking about him (or writing about him) to skydivers b/c when my stepmom first referred to him (having only seen his name in writing) she pronounced it "Say-bra"...poor little "sayber" (Sabre) had his named butcherd by a whuffo! Actually, my stepmom did about 30 jumps in her day, but she's still a whuffo. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #17 January 15, 2003 Well, first I thought, I'd like to be cremated. Then, I was thinking.... you know how some people say, you know what, I'll just live my life well, and when I die, so long as I was a good person, I'll be fine? Well, that's all good and stuff, but what IF the bible is right, and we'll need our corpses at the end.... (just thinking of the scene in army of darkness, where he doesn't say the words right in the cemetary, lol) Well, I think now, I'll be going with cremation. And the lifegem thing (the diamond deal) is damn creepy. What if some evil dude had that done, and then it was stolen, sold on the black market, and you mistakenly bought it for your daughter's grad from a shop one night down in chinatown, and it turned out to be haunted.... OoooOOOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #18 January 15, 2003 Quote And the lifegem thing (the diamond deal) is damn creepy. What if some evil dude had that done, and then it was stolen, sold on the black market, and you mistakenly bought it for your daughter's grad from a shop one night down in chinatown, and it turned out to be haunted.... OoooOOOoo He he he....mine would be haunted...it would be worn on BZ's finger warding off ANY OTHER females to come...[evil laugh]he he he....JUST KIDDING!!!Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #19 January 15, 2003 i'd like to donate anything usefull, just don't make lamp shades out of me. have a wake/funeral for family and friends. then burn me. as for the ashes... just don't leave me sitting in an urn above the fireplace. I'd rather be spread out between a couple places/things I love to do...matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeletor 0 #20 January 15, 2003 I want to become a reef..... http://www.eternalreefs.com/cremated-remains.htm rich. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #21 January 15, 2003 Quote i'd ... I'd rather be spread out between a couple places/things I love to do...matt How about rolling the ashes into tampons? That what you had in mind? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #22 January 15, 2003 bbbbbbbbawwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaa....To dark in there for me. warm and moist yes, but still I'd rather end up in the air or over mountains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #23 January 15, 2003 One option, just in case "medical science" refuses my body... I think I've mentioned it before, but I'd quite like to be dressed in shorts, Tevas and a 'T' Shirt, and placed 20' below the summit of Everest sitting cross-legged, sort of "Lotus" position. It'd be worth it for the looks on the faces of the Oxygen breathing, Multi-layered, Thermofibre-clad "Mountaineers" who have just about got up there...Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #24 January 15, 2003 Quote It would be nice to have your body sent for a deep space burial. Shot out into deep space on an eternal journey. i looked into this once, its not really an option, but there is a guy in NV (i think have to find the link) who will shoot your remains into the atmosphere high enough that you'll burn up on reentry... since the viking funeral or pyre on the mountain are illegal (illegal disposal of human remains) i may go that route..although with the money some of my friends would get from insurance they'd better be willing to break a few laws for my last wishes.. of course you could just come to New Orleans and see me play :) see attachment____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #25 January 15, 2003 Take my organs, set me on fire, and let me drift off in the breeze... I would prefer an outdoor burning of some sort if possible. Like a bonfire with me in it and my friends and family enjoying the warmth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
