I'm Going To Do It - Life After Death!!

[Vin]

Well, I was a bit skeptical but after thinking about it, I'm going to do it, really. Who else is in?

 

[JoeR]

I dont know about that, kinda seems gimmicky, but I have always wanted a ROR gravestone. Eventually to be fully consumed by the tree, tucked away deep in the woods somewhere.

 

[ColinFraser]

Good for you; planning that kind of stuff in advance does your family a real favor.

This option looks like it starts with cremation, which always seemed like a big waste of energy to me. You can't just light a body on fire like a log; it takes a ton of fuel to reduce someone to ashes. That kind of negates the ecological, if not the poetic, benefits of this particular option. It's still way better than an impenetrable casket in the ground though - we don't have the real estate for that anymore.

 

[M. Frary]

You can't just light a body on fire like a log; it takes a ton of fuel to reduce someone to ashes.

You got to run them through the woodchipper first. Breaks them down and makes them easier to burn.

 

[ColinFraser]

You got to run them through the woodchipper first. Breaks them down and makes them easier to burn.

Kindling!

 

[Smoke]

Good for you; planning that kind of stuff in advance does your family a real favor.

This option looks like it starts with cremation, which always seemed like a big waste of energy to me. You can't just light a body on fire like a log; it takes a ton of fuel to reduce someone to ashes. That kind of negates the ecological, if not the poetic, benefits of this particular option. It's still way better than an impenetrable casket in the ground though - we don't have the real estate for that anymore.

....not really....One of those backyard composters could do the job in about 6 months after the Frary Chipper method, besides I have experience with this...

 

[ColinFraser]

....not really....One of those backyard composters could do the job in about 6 months after the Frary Chipper method, besides I have experience with this...

I think we agree - natural decomposition (or going directly back into the food chain . . . shark burial anyone?) is much more resource efficient. I'm pretty sure swine are a viable option if you're in a hurry . . . for some reason . . .

 

[Smoke]

I think we agree - natural decomposition (or going directly back into the food chain . . . shark burial anyone?) is much more resource efficient. I'm pretty sure swine are a viable option if you're in a hurry . . . for some reason . . .

You thought I had a tick....just lookin over my shoulder.

 

[sorce]

Nice...

I always think about the sharks...

I'd like a root over my skull tree.

I saw a cryogenics company van the other day.

Sorce

 

[Ironbeaver]

I saw a cryogenics company van the other day.

Are you sure it wasn't actually this guy:

 

[Vin]

Good for you; planning that kind of stuff in advance does your family a real favor.

This option looks like it starts with cremation, which always seemed like a big waste of energy to me. You can't just light a body on fire like a log; it takes a ton of fuel to reduce someone to ashes. That kind of negates the ecological, if not the poetic, benefits of this particular option. It's still way better than an impenetrable casket in the ground though - we don't have the real estate for that anymore.

There's another method that encases the entire body - I'd rather get torched first though. The chipper method works best if you freeze the body first otherwise tissue will gum up the teeth and you have to keep cleaning it out.

 

[armetisius]

....not really....One of those backyard composters could do the job in about 6 months after the Frary Chipper method, besides I have experience with this...

Drop me a line we'll exchange notes.

 

[armetisius]

Nice...I always think about the sharks...I'd like a root over my skull tree.
I saw a cryogenics company van the other day. Sorce

Did you think they were shopping for early customers or trial run subjects?

 

[GrimLore]

....not really....One of those backyard composters could do the job in about 6 months after the Frary Chipper method, besides I have experience with this...

Damn, my Wife is having me put in a 90 gallon composter in the utility area when the landscape is done here next week... On a bright note it would take several to house my remains and we don't have a chipper!

Grimmy

 

[armetisius]

Damn, my Wife is having me put in a 90 gallon composter in the utility area when the landscape is done here next week... On a bright note it would take several to house my remains and we don't have a chipper! Grimmy

Don't crow too loudly; chippers are on sale at Tractor Supply.
And from our conversations I know AgWay is just around the
corner from you.

 

[GrimLore]

Don't crow too loudly; chippers are on sale at Tractor Supply.
And from our conversations I know AgWay is just around the
corner from you.

"sigh"

Grimmy

 

[eferguson1974]

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I think we agree - natural decomposition (or going directly back into the food chain . . . shark burial anyone?) is much more resource efficient. I'm pretty sure swine are a viable option if you're in a hurry . . . for some reason . . .

In Fl they use alligators..

 

[milehigh_7]

You got to run them through the woodchipper first. Breaks them down and makes them easier to burn.

Feet first I reckon!

 

[Don Blackmond]

....not really....One of those backyard composters could do the job in about 6 months after the Frary Chipper method, besides I have experience with this...

just be sure to put it in another person's backyard. Preferably, someone you are not too fond of...

 

[Vin]

just be sure to put it in another person's backyard. Preferably, someone you are not too fond of...

That shouldn't be a problem