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More Americans choosing natural (environmental-friendly)burials
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| 10/14/2010
| MANUEL VALDES
Posted on 10/14/2010 7:47:17 AM PDT by greatdefender
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How come they don't say anything about this kind of burial:
USS SIGSBEE DD-502 BURIALS AT SEA 0853 APRIL 15, 1945
To: greatdefender
Ah. Now for an upsurge in bell sales.
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posted on
10/14/2010 7:49:26 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: greatdefender
Run me through a wood chipper and spray me on the lawn.
Soylent True Green.
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posted on
10/14/2010 7:51:32 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: greatdefender
I have no problem with this, I actually don't like the idea of being buried in a community cemetery. Now if my family had it's own private cemetery... then I would like to be buried there, but who has that anymore? I don't like the idea of being cremated either.
To: greatdefender
Hikers drink water from runoff and other nearby water sources. Disease anyone?
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:11:10 AM PDT
by
SQUID
To: greatdefender
$4,000 for a 3 foot deep hole in the woods? I gave my 3 cats and my dog rocket a green burial for free.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:11:52 AM PDT
by
ALinArleta
(One shot! One kill!)
To: greatdefender
“As Lou Gehrig’s disease advanced earlier this year, Sall knew it was time to consider end-of-life logistics. He thought about cremation, but didn’t like the idea of pumping gases into the atmosphere, said his son, David.”
Oh please.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:12:08 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
To: SQUID
Cowboy Rule #1. ALWAYS drink upstream from the herd.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:15:30 AM PDT
by
rickb308
(Nothing good ever came from someone yelling "Allah Snackbar")
To: ALinArleta
My grandmother’s funeral was $12,000, so $4000 doesn’t sound so bad. But yeah, I get what you are saying. I actually like this concept and am considering it myself (hopefully won’t need it for many more years!), but my consideration has nothing to do with Mother Earth.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:22:03 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: SQUID
Too funny, unfortunately I bet you mean it.
I guess animal feces, rotting orgainics and the plethora of bateria normal in the woods aren’t a risk?
I mean, nature ain’t exactly sterile.
Hikers who drink runoff or stream water w/o proper treatment are asking for disease.
Digging a hole in the mountain and tucking in in a corpse is a significant departure from critters dying and beeing scattered about, actually, probably safer than the latter.
My only concern would be proper siting to minimize erosion.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:23:14 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally korrect!))
To: greatdefender
We decided years ago not to go the mortuary route. Where we live, we can bury loved ones on our own property within 24 hours of death, provided no autopsy is needed and no communicable disease was involved.
No embalming fluid, $10,000.00 casket, or creepy funeral home for us. It will be a celebration of life, not a gloom and doom crying fest.
The current funeral ritual in the U.S. is one of the most gruesome (and one of the biggest rackets), in the world, IMO.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:23:17 AM PDT
by
teenyelliott
(www.thewaterrock.com)
To: teenyelliott
I am interested in this concept. What can you tell me about it in greater detail? What State? Etc.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:25:19 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally korrect!))
To: SQUID
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:28:56 AM PDT
by
rickb308
(Nothing good ever came from someone yelling "Allah Snackbar")
To: greatdefender
“Our bodies don’t belong to us. They belong to nature.”
Then nature needs to issue a recall on your thinking parts.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:31:37 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: teenyelliott
Amen, it makes me sick to think my family would spend $$$ on such foolishness. I like cremation, it's quick, sterile, and takes up no space once reduced to ashes. Why people want to doll up their dead, putrefying bodies is weird to me.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:34:15 AM PDT
by
pepperdog
(Why are Democrats Afraid of the Military Vote?)
To: cripplecreek
I keep telling my sons to drag me out back and throw me in a ditch.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:34:36 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: SQUID
To: rickb308
Listen tough guy, I've been in more back country than you can imagine. Don't turn my mountains into a damn cemetery. I don't want to see your family putting up your sorry memorabilia in my mountains or fields.
If you people really want to not be a burden to nature then maybe you would reconsider living because every day you spend on this earth eating, drinking, clothing yourself, housing yourself, warming yourself, cooling yourself, entertaining yourself and defecating you are a burden.
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:48:57 AM PDT
by
SQUID
To: teenyelliott
The current funeral ritual in the U.S. is one of the most gruesome (and one of the biggest rackets), in the world, IMO.
Yes, it's really obscene how otherwise financially sensible people are made to feel obligated to participate in these colossal wastes of money. I definitely plan to look into alternatives.
To: ALinArleta; Revolting cat!
Double-cross the mob and your body will be disposed of without a trace for FREE!
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posted on
10/14/2010 9:00:05 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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