Cremation or burial ? What is your choice ?

[OregonGuy]

Cremation I have already paid to have my remains spread over Yosemite National Park ... where I married my wife.

 

[Murrmurr]

I've been told if you have had hip replacement or a pacemaker in your body they would have to be removed before the cremation.

Quite a bit of stuff is removed from a corpse before it is cremated. Most organs are removed, cremated, and disposed of separately.

 

[Timewise 60+]

Cremation...advised my wife to spread my ashes wherever she feels is best. I will never know...

 

[Fort Ott]

Cremains within the gray-to-beige color range means everything is as it should be. Color differences depend on what type of casket or box the remains were put into for cremation; wood, wicker, heavy cardboard, etc.

Some funeral homes filter out the bone bits before giving the ashes to you.

Is there a way to post photos on here from my laptop, not from the internet?

So is the dark grey powder, my grandmother or not?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Cremation !!!

 

[Murrmurr]

Is there a way to post photos on here from my laptop, not from the internet?

So is the dark grey powder, my grandmother or not?

It is your grandmother. The dark grey color is from whatever type of container her body was placed in before cremation. My guess is, they used a heavy cardboard container, possibly a black one, but not necessarily.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Already contracted and paid for cremation. When I was a kid I saw The Fall of the House of Usher and developed a major phobia about being buried alive.

 

[Olivia]

Cremation 'cause l'm claustrophobic.

 

[Babs2u]

I've been told if you have had hip replacement or a pacemaker in your body they would have to be removed before the cremation.

I have 2 spinal cages. Does that count?

 

[Babs2u]

Quite a bit of stuff is removed from a corpse before it is cremated. Most organs are removed, cremated, and disposed of separately.

Wow! I didn't know that.

 

[papa tiger]

I choose cremation and Cast into flowing water, tour the world, mix back in immediately.
No laying in a dank vault in the ground for eternity. A thing to be eventually dug up.

 

[papa tiger]

Wow! I didn't know that.

Or sold on the black market?

 

[MrJim]

I'm going to be cremated and my ashes spread in my backyard.

I don't like the idea of being stuck inside a box and/or buried underground.

Makes me claustrophobic.

 

[Murrmurr]

Or sold on the black market?

Organs aren't, but a few crematories have been busted for illegally selling arms, legs, feet, and torsos.

I remember reading about a guy who sued a lab that his grandmother had donated her body to...for science. The lab sent the body to some outfit that tests explosives, and they blew up gramma's body.

The grandson found out, and was extremely upset about it. But for his lawsuit to go forward, his attorney had to prove that formulating and testing experimental explosives is NOT a science. (I believe that it is)

I don't know if he was successful. I never saw an update.

 

[Murrmurr]

My position on burial is that it's a waste of space (literal real estate), and that the use of caskets and mausoleums is unnatural and grotesque. Bodies are designed to rot, and burial enclosures prevent that from happening at a *normal* rate.

I donated my body to a medical university, and they've accepted it (you get a letter of acceptance).

I'd have chosen to be buried if it was legal to be buried either without a casket, or in an enclosure that rots at pretty much the same rate as corpses.

 

[papa tiger]

Organs aren't, but a few crematories have been busted for illegally selling arms, legs, feet, and torsos.

I remember reading about a guy who sued a lab that his grandmother had donated her body to...for science. The lab sent the body to some outfit that tests explosives, and they blew up gramma's body.

The grandson found out, and was extremely upset about it. But for his lawsuit to go forward, his attorney had to prove that formulating and testing experimental explosives is NOT a science. (I believe that it is)

I don't know if he was successful. I never saw an update.

Most likely settled out of court.

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

No cremation.
Full sea burial with 3 shot salute.
Eco friendly fish food.

 

[Medusa]

I will be cremated in a gown, that I will be making in the new future, surrounded by sunflowers, in a thin pine box (or cardboard or whatever they use).

 

[papa tiger]

I will be cremated in a gown, that I will be making in the new future, surrounded by sunflowers, in a thin pine box (or cardboard or whatever they use).

Mz Death ! eek! ... ...

 

[Medusa]

Mz Death ! eek! ... ...

Yes, well, I refuse to end up with the last thing I ever wear being something someone pulled out of the back of my closet I wouldn't wear, or worse, the yoga pants I live in. No, I'm wearing this gown and I'll be surrounded by sunflowers. The last thing I ever wear is going to be something beautiful that I made myself.

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

Yes, well, I refuse to end up with the last thing I ever wear being something someone pulled out of the back of my closet I wouldn't wear, or worse, the yoga pants I live in. No, I'm wearing this gown and I'll be surrounded by sunflowers. The last thing I ever wear is going to be something beautiful that I made myself.

Did you create the gown?

 

[Medusa]

Did you create the gown?

No, that's a picture I found on the net, closest to the image I had in my mind. I will create the gown from the picture.

 

[papa tiger]

I could use a finders fee. $$$ ... ...

 

[Rich]

I donated my body to a medical university, and they've accepted it (you get a letter of acceptance).
I'd have chosen to be buried if it was legal to be buried either without a casket, or in an enclosure that rots at pretty much the same rate as corpses.

What does the medical university do with whatever remains exist when they are done with your body?

 

[Rich]

If you have an image stored on your laptop and you want to insert it in a post, click on the little box that looks a bit like a landscape. It will open another box that says "Drop image (or click here)" (see the red arrow below) Click on that box and navigate to the picture you want to insert, click on the picture and it will be added to your post. It works best if you type your message first then hit enter to drop down a line and before you insert the image. Otherwise the image may end up in the middle of your message.
I hope this helps.