newshooter12 0 #26 January 15, 2003 do you know how bad flesh smells when it burns? the family would have to be wearing nose plugs and disposible clothes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #27 January 15, 2003 ooops... I had no idea. Never mind I'll come up with a better idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freebird 0 #28 January 15, 2003 If I had the money I'd like to be frozen. Maybe donate but I already know my kidneys are not donateable I tried to donate to my hubby a whlie back and they do not filter well. My heart would be ok and liver oh and what ever else anybody wants. I do not want to be creamated though, for some reason that thought bothers meI don't want to die ever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #29 January 15, 2003 Try pulling out a couple pieces of hair and burning it..... you'll get the idea. I smelled real flesh burning in an OR while the Doc was clotterizing (sp?) a patient. nasty stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #30 January 15, 2003 Quote I don't want to die ever I'm the opposite. I dont' want to be the last one of my friends/loved ones alive I have no fears and love to try new things and do whatever I feel like, but the one thing that I'd be scared of is being old and lonely. I know it's selfish but I'd rather people mourn me than me have to mourn them. It would break my heart I'd also be the first one to run in to a burning building to save your life. I don't mind putting my own life at risk but I can not BARE others at risk. As for your organs, don't forget even your eyes can be donated to a blind manPaint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #31 January 15, 2003 Quote do you know how bad flesh smells when it burns? the family would have to be wearing nose plugs and disposible clothes. not really, if the pyre is large enough and scented (lots of nice things that can and have been used as funeral offerings in the past) the smell of flesh would hardly be noticable.. it is however still illegal..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freebird 0 #32 January 15, 2003 I have no fears and love to try new things and do whatever I feel like, but the one thing that I'd be scared of is being old and lonely. Quote This is true. ***love to try new things Thats a beautiful way to think of death Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #33 January 15, 2003 Ha ha ha...well I wasn't referring to death as "trying new things" but whatever makes you less afriad of it, works for me Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #34 January 15, 2003 Quote the one thing that I'd be scared of is being old and lonely. it's not so bad... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #35 January 15, 2003 Quote I have no fears and love to try new things and do whatever I feel like, but the one thing that I'd be scared of is being old and lonely. Quote This is true. ***love to try new things Thats a beautiful way to think of death its the door you only get to leap from once per life..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #36 January 15, 2003 I still wouldn't want to be downwind... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #37 January 15, 2003 maybe that's one of the reasons the Vikings sent their funeral pyres out to see... other then their mythology and traditions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #38 January 15, 2003 its really not such a big deal...when my friend Jake died we burned his body in his boat.. even when the wind shifted you could only smell canvas, wood and weed..(there was a good bit in the pyre) and all the surfers there thought of the smoke as a last blessing.. we painted his board black and let it go on the next sunrise.. i miss jake..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #39 January 15, 2003 sorry to hear, but good to know your friend got sent off the way he would have wanted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #40 January 15, 2003 Just a general note to everyone: If you are on an ash dive, know that the bones don't totally cremate and they leave little "chips". If you get over the top, these chips will cut the hell out of you. Also, make sure that someone doesn't accidentally unseal the bag (even a little bit) on the plane. You will all look like you were in a baking accident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iezyka 0 #41 January 15, 2003 A mummy maybe! Or put me fire? Or give me to starving hyenas in the third world?? Actually I don´t care. When I´m dead, I do not exist, and am never going to exist again. I couldn´t care less about what happens to "me" then. I´ll let my family choose what to do with my body and how they want to remember me. The funeral is a good thing for them to take farewell and move on, the best should be to do it their way. How is that? I guess no one could decide before it has happend, it depends on the circumstances, for example how I died and their financial situation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #42 January 15, 2003 Quote 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? Just guessin', but I'll bet a persons value to another person wanes a little after you cook them and compress them. (Disclaimer - but I think you're special.) How about a taxidermist instead? Gives new meaning to the phrase "I mounted my g/f last night." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #43 January 15, 2003 Im keeping all my parts... its just a spiritual thing. Then burn me up... and yes, throw me out of an airplane. I know its the been there done that, but hey Im a simple guy. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #44 January 15, 2003 Like everyone else, donate the organs they can use. I have a feeling the liver is going in the incinerator.Then they can dump my body wherever. Like Wendy said, it's just stuff. After that...I want to come back as a ghost and eavesdrop on all the skychickies. I will know all of Skymama's deep dark secrets. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #45 January 15, 2003 I have my instructions written in my will..some cash is left to buy the load and fund a party....a small party.;-) My cremated remains are to be taken aloft on a warm summer evening...preferably on a day after we've had a thunderstorm the sun has come out and the meadowlarks are singing...and then released on a skydive by the one person I have given the job to and whoever else he decides to bring along on the jump. And that's it.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iezyka 0 #46 January 15, 2003 QuoteWhere did you hear this? Any links? It sounds interesting. I only have a link in swedish about the diamond thing, not any help for most of you! According to that notice it was Brian Crawfords company Fountain Garden in Edmonton, Canada, who sold the grandma-diamond, made in Italy. Maybe some facts which anyone who is interested could use to make it easier to search for information about the diamond. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #47 January 15, 2003 [serious]One thing to consider is making it clear to people likely to survive you what your wishes are if you have any. It's extremely comforting to them to know they "did the right thing." At least most of the time -- obviously some people are jerks no matter what the circumstances. Been there a couple of times recently, and it helped. [/serious] That said, I want to be sunk into a lake imbedded into concrete. Then tell my survivors to enjoy the fun when I surface a few years later... Wendy W.There 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
dterrick 0 #48 January 15, 2003 Oh does that description evoke memories of Gimli in mid-summer ... ...indeed we had a charter member of the Winnipeg Sports Car Club have his ashes spread around turn 3 (just a long spot West of the peas) last year. Should I decide on an ash dive I'l get to cover BOTH sports in one pass ... and may even have the estate cover a BIG plane... although an "accuracy urn dive" into the yard of the cottage would also be cool - since I started skydiving I've always wondered if (or when) I could sink a landing into our cul-de-sac. Dave We never truly die until we are forgotten by those we have touched in life. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #49 January 15, 2003 I am actually pretty morbid and I think about my own death alot! I see it happening all the time but not in the skies! stupid drunk drivers car wreck or some silly shit like that! after I die??? fuck it!! ill be better off!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chivo 0 #50 January 15, 2003 Links I found... (for those curious) Life Gem ABC News ~Chivo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
