Andrew-

I agree!

Um, honestly I don't really know. It has just always been something that I've wanted. The "party" thing came from the different sides of me brought out in full force in my crazy life. I want my colorguard people that got to see my performance side, get to meet the bowling people that got to see my competitive side, college friends showing my procrastinator/cheapfixeruper/artistic/broke side, and all my random friends sharing my pixie side....lol

as I ramble

as for the mountain thing...I was doing a ropes course and climbed up the pole for the "leap of faith", and as i stood there frozen, fighting my fear, and slowly losing.... I knew that this wasn't my time to jump....

:)

I knew we had the funeral museum here, but I"ve never been and would love to. Next time Pixie comes for a visit..I"m taking her there!!! LOL

I find death and funerals fascinating. Every culture has a different take on the rituals of buring the dead. Even in the military, they have their own set of rites. And the same goes for the religious like when the Pope died.

Ashes to ashes.
 

I was responding to congratulate you on your excellent decision to donate your organs.:thumbsup:

Then I started thinking how funny it would be for the helicopter to be surrounded by homeland security after being observed dumping white powder all over the stadium-lol. Yes, perhaps a permit would be best!
:giggle:

The mortuary thread
 

Did you know...

As part of your will/living will you will be asked if you want your body :
A. Buried
B. Cremated

I responded with C. Neither A or B appeal to me and I am awaiting a better option.

My lawyer was not amused and stated that I am voiding my will with this declaration as when the time came my body would lie in probate (years) until my true wishes were decided.

Lawyers have no sense of humor and no, I never changed it.

Peace

La_La,

What about freezing your body?

Hey Andrew,

Not an option on a standard will.

Peace

Oh, ok. :bellydancer:

b\greatbook yest it is fiction
 

ok read the disclaimer...it is dark comedy...
" A Field guide to burying your parents "

It is comic fiction about the hawkes family who needs to do the unthinkable...and it travels along with them in this act..the ups the downs the downright outrageous....and unbeleivable...
author Liza Palmer




Ok just some food for thought....last wishes can not be in wills,,wills by the time they are found, probated, etc are usually long after the ummm decesed body has been disposed of.

Best thing to do if u want certain things doen is do prearrangement and sign the legal documentation entrusting a Power of Atty for the final wishes to someone u trust...(course it doent matter cause not like u will know)


I urge people to make their own arrangmentsnot to make sure u get what u want..but mainly to make it a little easier on the survivors. My father died very suddenly and not only did we have the shock of his loss to deal with,,,we had to in that shock,,pick out a coffin, a burial site, and all the stuff that goes with it. For years the only membry i had of my fathers funeral was the "casket shopping room" and my brother, mother and i looking at ourselves when the Funeral director mentioned that the one he was pointing to had 3 inches of padding in the mattress...we all looked at each other and could only nod ...thank goodness my uncle stepped in and said...lets look over here....and guided us to more appropriate areas of concern..and told the director we were not interested in hermeitclly sealed, fire resistant, rust resistant, mildew resistant....options. :deal:

Dean,

You are so right about your post. Make sure everything you want is written down, and you tell someone about it. And get it notorized. Just cover your ass because nobody else will. Trust me.

Dead like me
 

I have always had a deep fascination with human body decomposition.As a matter of fact right up until my late 30's I thought about donating my remains to one of those body farms.That are finding someone to claim them after my death and take the body home and sit 'me' in a chair out in the garage somewhere and watch me...rot.*snort*Now days I don't care what they do to my remains after i'm dead.


Like my mother once said.Bring me flowers NOW!,and not after i'm dead and buried.

-- i have heard that even after u go -u still fart-imagine that! don't know how long. wonder if its like that if a tree falls in the forest thing?

As your body starts to decompose, the internal gases will build up, and then come out out the orafaces (sp?). It happens to all human beings, young and old alike.

Right now I am waiting for the toxicology report back on my friend's aunt who was murdered. It should be interesting. The cornoner said that even after the autopsy, the blood tests & tissue testing can take up to 3 months or more for the results to come back. Does anyone know anything about this kind of testing? I would love to know more.


:cowboy:

BUMP de BUMP BUMP
 

Anything new?


:party:

Apocalipstic...I'm so sorry to hear that happened. That's really tacky and not professional. Did you report them to the local funeral directors assc? Embalmers and Directors are all licenced by provincial/state boards.

It's fine to advertise....I mean, a funeral home is a business and there are costs associated but I would NEVER call up the family of someone who's passed away asking them to buy a pre-plan. My fear is that it would retraumatize the family.

The best way to get business is to have reasonable costs, make sure the family gets what they want, and it's a profession where it's just a given that you'll go out of your way in some respects. It really upsets me that the funeral home called you and asked you to buy a pre-plan. They should have called to see how you were doing.

I'm about to start a Foundations course so I can become an Embalmer & Funeral Directors apprentice. I've done quite a bit of research and spoken to other embalmers. The embalming process is so much more than I thought it was....some people find it gruesome. I find it fascinating....

Bu tmost of all, I want to make sure the family can see thier loved one the way they remembered them from when they were well, if possible. There's hours of reconstruction that can take lpace depending on cause of death.

If people want to donate thier body to science/frozen, they need to be embalmed to preserve the body because it begins to decompose almost immediately.

I've been considering donating my body to Body Worlds for plastination.