Anyone thinking about the cemetary they will be planted in??

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Uhh, I'm too young to think of that.

Yeah.......sort of. both my parents are in their early to mid 60s, so it's been a topic of discussion a couple of times lately. Probably turn out to be with every body else in the same cemetary, but there's a streak in me that says to have my ashes planted in Mt. St. Helens, so on it's next eruption, I'll be scattered over a wide expanse of the world.

My mother brought this up. Her family is buried in an Eastern European cemetary in Northeast Philadelphia, but she wants me to donate her body to science. As far as I'm concerned, she tells me I ought to be cremated. I'm not so sure about that, but I don't know about an Eastern European cemetary either.

I would like my ashes spread on top of Glastonbury Tor !

that reminds me i still have to place my mother's ashes.

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: but there's a streak in me that says to have my ashes planted in Mt. St. Helens, so on it's next eruption, I'll be scattered over a wide expanse of the world.

That's so cool

no. Got enough to keep me busy with this life; don't have time to worry about death.

"planted" in? that makes me sound like i'm gonna grow into a tree or something

i think "buried" would be a better idea

Johnny wrote: "planted" in? that makes me sound like i'm gonna grow into a tree or something

i think "buried" would be a better idea

You going to be "buried" in your shed, Johnny? :)

Snorri xxx

State of Love and Trust wrote:

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: but there's a streak in me that says to have my ashes planted in Mt. St. Helens, so on it's next eruption, I'll be scattered over a wide expanse of the world.

That's so cool

You actually log in before school now Jack?

N.B. I want to be cremated, I havn't thought about the ashes yet though. Elland Road maybe

The garden of buried pleasures.. neatly in a row Lies life's greatest treasures...

Man I miss Scratch Acid

i'm donating my organs to science. the rest of my corpse they could toss off the side of the road for all i care; i'll be dead so i won't notice! as long as my organs go to people who need them, that's all i care about. otherwise it would be a waste.

however, if i'm too old for any of my organs to be used by others than off to the body farm in knoxville i go where scientists can watch my body in different states of decay and learn more about how the body putrefies under different conditions (trunk of car, trunk, etc.)!

Always fancied a Tibetan sky burial myself though highly unlikely.

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: Yeah.......sort of. both my parents are in their early to mid 60s, ---in Mt. St. Helens, --.

wouldn't be surprised at all if lots do-- plan to. nice.

whatever is left after science. cremated and into some ocean somewhere. don't mind as obviousLy won't be around. came across my great-grandfather's tinfoiled-urned-ashes that were having their location changed .. scatter them. certainly not recommended to be kept around.

14 -K wrote:

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: Yeah.......sort of. both my parents are in their early to mid 60s, ---in Mt. St. Helens, --.

wouldn't be surprised at all if lots do-- plan to. nice.

whatever is left after science. cremated and into some ocean somewhere. don't mind as obviousLy won't be around. came across my great-grandfather's tinfoiled-urned-ashes that were having their location changed .. scatter them. certainly not recommended to be kept around.

i was thinking of a nice little plot in a rose garden cemetery for my mum. that way we'll always have somewhere to go, in case i ever sell this place.

can always have a plaque at the cemetary or Church of your choice that will be a place of permanence. even a right headstone.

some/ most have marble statues or small walls with families' bronze markers that friends and relations can visit for respects.

After watching the "harvesting" team blitz into the room for my still warm aunt I turned against organ donations for my body. More power to you. But I am going to sapre my family the grief.

twist wrote: After watching the "harvesting" team blitz into the room for my still warm aunt I turned against organ donations for my body. More power to you. But I am going to sapre my family the grief.

so sorry.- that medical team maybe should've been shot and their parts then used for being so insensitive. don't mind the idea of purchasing a tree, a bench or something in honor of someone passed. do think that cremation- quickLy is vaLid.

I don't think the cemetaries round here have any room left. Unless you are buried standing up. They could just prop me up in a local bus shelter I suppose, it'd be a while before anyone noticed.

I'm quite happy for all my bits to be recycled once I'm gone - I'm especially keen on donating my brain, though I guess that's asking a bit much.

we buried my grandmother yesterday and as the procession pulls into the cemetery (which is friggin HUGE btw), they ring these bells to announce that the deceased is coming.

It's really unnerving. My mother said "if I wind up being buried here, please make sure they don't ring the bells". I happen to agree: worst thing ever. It's not nice and it's not peaceful. It's dark.

there were at least 3 occaisions where i could have died. once i was not given any chances by the doctors (that was 15 years ago). it gives you a different perspective of life. i certainly have not thought about my own funeral arrangements yet, nor have i made a will.

14 -K wrote:

twist wrote: After watching the "harvesting" team blitz into the room for my still warm aunt I turned against organ donations for my body. More power to you. But I am going to sapre my family the grief.

so sorry.- that medical team maybe should've been shot and their parts then used for being so insensitive. don't mind the idea of purchasing a tree, a bench or something in honor of someone passed. do think that cremation- quickLy is vaLid.

if the organs aren't harvested immediately they have a greater chance of becoming useless. families need to be aware of this when their loved ones donate organs. it's not about being insensitive, it's about saving the organs as quickly as possible.

there's an urban legend that people who are organ donors and are critically injured are allowed to die so their organs can be harvested. this isn't true--my doctor friends think this is ludicrous and all it does is frighten people away from becoming organ donors.

Ronald Kirsch wrote: there were at least 3 occaisions where i could have died. once i was not given any chances by the doctors (that was 15 years ago). it gives you a different perspective of life. i certainly have not thought about my own funeral arrangements yet, nor have i made a will.

when i had cholera i was too ill to even think about a funeral, it all happened so fast. but it did help with my decision to get a living will. i will NOT end up like terri schiavo, thank you.

AgentWood wrote:

Ronald Kirsch wrote: there were at least 3 occaisions where i could have died. once i was not given any chances by the doctors (that was 15 years ago). it gives you a different perspective of life. i certainly have not thought about my own funeral arrangements yet, nor have i made a will.

when i had cholera i was too ill to even think about a funeral, it all happened so fast. but it did help with my decision to get a living will. i will NOT end up like terri schiavo, thank you.

i had blood poisoning and i was in a coma for a week, so i didn't really have much say in what was done to me. i'm not sure if they would have pulled the plug on me if i had a dnr or a living will. perhaps some day i may post that pic of me hooked up to all those machines, including a respirator. having said that i never want to be in a continuous vegetative state, only being kept alive by machines.