Funerals......other options

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Originally Posted by workingonit

Does an email thread count? Either way I won't be there for you![biggrin]

Wife's parents both died this year, 2 months apart, and my father some years ago. All were cremated, cheapest option. In ground seems to almost double it.

Significant elder Aboriginal man up here, many years ago, decided to have his funeral before he died, so he could see which important people would turn up.[thumbsupbig]

I could be buried on my 360 acres it would seem, with a permit, but the funeral home thought that my being there by the river might devalue the property!

On TV. Body frozen in nitrogen, vibrated into small pieces, put in an oversized pizza box, and buried in the root zone.

My idea. Hope this appeals to the fisher persons. Concrete tubular coffin with your name on it, closed in with steel mesh at one end. Nice ceremony on a pontoon. Over you go. You dissolve faster than the mesh, so when the mesh finally goes you have a nice home for a fish. Thousands of such coffins would make a nice reef. Fish the older end of the reef while adding new to the other end.

Main issue is avoiding the nursing home.

Got plenty of crocs up here...

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What about in a large crab pot. Lower you in off the end of a jetty at sunset and lift you in the morning. Collect the muddies that have come for a feed and set you again. A nice feed of crabs for the wake.

Great thread. I sort of hope I know my numbers up and would like to feed a big fish. Go for a long swim would suit me [thumbsupbig]

As I am on the Organ donor registrer so bits suitable for removal might make that a bit hard. [bighmmm]

Who comes is clearly not an issue for me when its my turn[biggrin] Best funeral I have been to was for The Kite Man in Port Fairy Vic. He picked the time by choosing to stop the longest dialysis in Oz I heard. We all flew kites of course.

A long drive into the mountains in the snow with a hike to the most inaccessible spot would be 2nd but I would not like to leave the bits to be found by some other poor sod enjoying a walk in the scrub[biggrin]

Actually it doesnt mater to me. Feed me to the fish, a wheelie bin or any other method would be of no concern at all. I did hear of a biodynamic burial in Tassie. Sounded a lot smarter than the usual six foot under! Burried at a depth worms and the normal bits can use our bodies. 6 foot down is a desert. Found it Natural Burial in Tassie[biggrin]

Recently I saw an ABC(?) show about Tony Coote who was also very environmentally friendly Important acknowledgements — The Mulloon Institute and he chose to buried in a woven willow coffin eco_friendly_caskets_and_coffins – The Hand Woven Casket Co Eco Friendly Caskets & Coffins Willow Australia Although IIRC he was buried on his farm so it might have been a shallow trench, therefore even more eco friendly.

I started watching the show because Peter Andrews was in it, I think he has some really good ideas and have even used a couple in my garden, such as letting weeds (no pun intended) take hold first in bare soil as they are the best at it.

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Recently I saw an ABC(?) show about Tony Coote who was also very environmentally friendly Important acknowledgements — The Mulloon Institute and he chose to buried in a woven willow coffin eco_friendly_caskets_and_coffins – The Hand Woven Casket Co Eco Friendly Caskets & Coffins Willow Australia Although IIRC he was buried on his farm so it might have been a shallow trench, therefore even more eco friendly.

I started watching the show because Peter Andrews was in it, I think he has some really good ideas and have even used a couple in my garden, such as letting weeds (no pun intended) take hold first in bare soil as they are the best at it.

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That link also has odour destroyers perfect for getting smells out of some cars. corpse deodouriser.

no_odour_smelleze – The Hand Woven Casket Co Eco Friendly Caskets & Coffins Willow Australia

Spealking of which, we must catch up mate before you get too far along this planning route LOL

Viking longboat afire is the way to go I reckon... :)



Your plan sounds like a carbon offset scheme - you can buy a V8 now !

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Both my parents went with the Uni body bequest program. When they each died, one phone call to the Uni and everything was taken care of and the ashes returned a year later.
I will do the same.
Cheers

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That is what all members of my family have done, and I hope, what I will do.
So, we do not have a Funeral, but what we do have is "A service of Celebration" (of the deceased's life). There is no casket, so it really is just a true "Celebration" of one's life. All sorts of relevant artifacts, photographs etc are displayed, friends & family speak if they want to (nothing formal), and a good spread is put on, usually including a moderate amount of alcohol. Everyone I've attended has been a happy occasion,...I hope mine is.
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Viking longboat afire is the way to go I reckon... :)

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For a different take on this see Norsemen on Netflix

YouTube

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Originally Posted by Eevo

inc, after you die, you'll be told to get back to the server room and to get back to work. you can die on your own time.

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No Eevo- he just gets rebooted with a new flash hard drive. Inc is a coder mate [biggrin]
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Mum had the budget casket and it was still thousands!
So I told my son I'm making a pine box and putting it in the rafters for when he needs it. Save him a few thousand I rekon.

Just get cremated and pay about $100 for a basic plastic box. Then display it with photos at a celebration of life gathering of friends and family.