Way to go

[slowsider]

So although described as a green or eco cremation, it seems that Desmond will be dealt with post-death in s way I hadnt heard of. Anyone given much thought to their own processing?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -cremation

[MrLongbeard]

Funeral pyre in the middle of some woods somewhere

[wheelnut]

So although described as a green or eco cremation, it seems that Desmond will be dealt with post-death in s way I hadnt heard of. Anyone given much thought to their own processing?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -cremation

Essentially put in a pressure cooker for a few hours then dumped in a sewer.

[Horse]

Essentially put in a pressure cooker for a few hours then dumped in a sewer.

With acid instead of water.

And, like with cremation, the bones are crushed.

[wheelnut]

Essentially put in a pressure cooker for a few hours then dumped in a sewer.

With acid instead of water.

And, like with cremation, the bones are crushed.

Alkali - according to wiki.

[David]

Wasn't that his pyre in the centre Cape Town?

[gremlin]

I'm with Tutu on the cheap coffin gig. In fact, the least spent on the actual funeral the better, with more money behind the bar for the few that bother to attend.

I've always said that I want my last words on my deathbed to be, 'All the hidden money is in the....in the...all the money....hidden...in the....'

That'll keep the bastards guessing for years.

[Dodgy69]

Thrown from a plane and fed to the polar bears. They ain't got much up there.

[KungFooBob]

My mate Rossiter got done in a wicker coffin. I've told the wife I want to be buried, under no circumstance do I want burning.

[Yambo]

My mate Rossiter got done in a wicker coffin. I've told the wife I want to be buried, under no circumstance do I want burning.

A slow decomposition rather than a quick one. I suppose when you've got eternity stretching out in front of you you might as well spend some of it watching entropy.

Personally, I'd prefer my body to be burnt as I don't want anybody to feel they've got to look after another grave, but it doesn't matter that much, I'll not feel any of what happens. But there are no cremation facilities here so I'll be buried and probably before most people know I'm dead.

[Horse]

I told my family to cremate me, spend as little as possible on my funeral/send off and then dump my ashes in the ocean.

I wasn't popular when I said that I didn't even want any sort of memorial stone either. For me, people 'live on' in my head, I don't need to visit [something] to prompt them.

[Noggin]

I don't know when my BDad is 'sprinkled'. My step mother may still have him on a shelf and be sticking pins in the container. But she has never told us

Even if I did know, I would still remember him when in places or doing things that remind me of him. And, as I live so far from the graves of anyone I love, I do tend to do the same - remember them in my head

I do want to try and find my Grandpop's grave - he died as they were setting sail from Ostend and is buried somewhere there. But, I still remember him even though I don't know where the grave is


I want a simple cremation - be sprinkled on a mountain (or a race track corner!) - and a sodding big party for anyone that fancies going!! LOL

[Mr Moofo]

covered in lye - that's what they did with plague victims

[Horse]

covered in lye - that's what they did with plague victims

Ooh that's a dirty rotten lye!

[Mr. Dazzle]

covered in lye - that's what they did with plague victims

And pretzels.

[Trinity765]

I talked to my Mum about this years ago (glad I did) and she said "I don't care. Cremate me." That pretty much runs through the family.

My Nan died about five years ago at 106 years old. She was cremated and I met with my Dad and my brother in Peasedown St John where she grew up and we spread her ashes on a path that she must have walked and then had a cider in the pub there.

I don't think any of us will keep my Mum's ashes so we'll do the same - go somewhere we know she liked and let the wind take care of her.

Same for me - the only thing that should cost a lot of money when I die is the bar bill. I like the idea of celebrating a life instead of lots of wailing and crying though I guess it's only natural. I'll be sure to tell my sons "Have a party - it's ok to have a good time at a funeral". I've told some folk that I'd like my ashes spread at the Elan Valley but that's only because I want to force them to go there and see how nice it is - not because I particularly care.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I don't give a crap what's done with my corpse, hopefully whoever ends up disposing of it will have the sense to spend as little as possible.
My stupid sister decided to spend £4K of the money left by my father on his funeral, we could have done it for half that, but she wanted to put on a show for a bunch of people she doesn't like.

[Pirahna]

I can't think of anyone in my family that isn't buried. They're either in the churchyard in Almley, Hertfordshire or the cemetery in Roscommon, Ireland.

A typical example of an Irish funeral was mum. There's one undertaker, one church and one cemetery. She died last October on a Thursday. The undertaker said he could do the funeral on Saturday, the old man asked if he could do it Monday to give people time to come over from England.

Saturday morning we're off to the undertakers to view the body. All the family seem to arrive at the same time then stand around the coffin discussing what a good job the undertaker has done and how the corpse still looks like my mum. I wandered outside. On Sunday the body was brought to the house, the lid taken off the coffin and mum was left lying in state in the hallway. In the evening family, friends and the priest show up, do a short mass in the house and bugger off. Dad had said no drink that day. Next day is the the funeral. Posty turned up with some post, I let him into the house, he said a prayer then went on his way. Undertaker turns up, lid on the coffin, we load mum into the hearse and it's off to the church. All the neighbours were outside, those from up the hill had walked down, those on the route to the church were outside their houses. When we drove through the town the people from the shops she used were standing outside, all in all a decent show of support for the old man. Then it's a full mass in church and then off again to the cemetery. A lunch in town for family and friends then more drink at the house in the evening. A typical Irish funeral.

Taking about it next day the old man said that was exactly the way he wanted his funeral to be. I did point out that there weren't that many options. Later that day the undertaker emailed a video of the drive to the church from the dash cam in the hearse, I haven't watched it.

Dad is 86. He's got family next door, friends along the road and the dog. He gets a few hours care a week, it's the same people mum had for the last 8 years of her life so he knows then well. The dog is 13, the old man won't last too long once the hound dies, she's still fit as a fit thing but slowing down a little.

[Horse]

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My stupid sister decided to spend £4K of the money left by my father on his funeral, we could have done it for half that, but she wanted to put on a show for a bunch of people she doesn't like.

Just reminded me.

A friend died, massive heart attack.

Bunch of us decided to do fund raising, get cash to buy a defibrillator. Might not have made any difference for him if there had been one available, but for the next lucky person, perhaps.

About £1200. Given to his sister. Who decided that a better use was new banners for her church.

[slowsider]

'Jesus saves'?