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Old October 24th 04, 01:26 AM
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"Doink" wrote in message
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Did you know you could buy a casket at Costco?????

http://tinyurl.com/5mx6h

That's strange!

Doink


The whole idea of caskets is NUTS. Just burn 'em. Reduce and Reuse. We
are all born of stars.


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Old October 24th 04, 01:36 AM
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The whole idea of caskets is NUTS. Just burn 'em. Reduce and Reuse. We
are all born of stars.



I'd actually rather have my body just left out in the desert someplace =
for
the coyotes, ravens and vultures.=20

-Florian


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Old October 24th 04, 02:02 AM
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"Florian" wrote:

The whole idea of caskets is NUTS. Just burn 'em. Reduce and Reuse. We
are all born of stars.


I'd actually rather have my body just left out in the desert someplace for
the coyotes, ravens and vultures.


I'd prefer medical science or art for mine. Burning seems a bit
wasteful, but the idea of taking up a hole in the ground for a century
of five strikes me as utterly absurd. Being eaten by wildlife seems a
bit of a waste too.

I like the idea of some more permanent memorial (physical or in the
collective memory) but I figure I'm going to have to do something
special to justify that (primarily to myself).


Tim
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Old October 24th 04, 03:24 AM
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Thursday morning I awakened to a beautiful rainbow here at Kitt Peak.
http://www.wunderground.com (Kitt Peak Rainbow)

Thursday afternoon a "band" of Javelinas (23) were grazing in the yard.
The piglets are just too cute!

Coyote sing all night long. It's great!

Ants do not like Lestoil.

If I have it my way, a burial at sea in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast
of New Joisey during a Nor'Easter. I wanna wash up on shore and be
classified as hazardous waste!

Cathy

Florian wrote:

I'd actually rather have my body just left out in the desert someplace for
the coyotes, ravens and vultures.

-Florian



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Old October 24th 04, 10:19 AM
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Tim Auton wrote in message . ..
"Florian" wrote:

The whole idea of caskets is NUTS. Just burn 'em. Reduce and Reuse. We
are all born of stars.


I'd actually rather have my body just left out in the desert someplace for
the coyotes, ravens and vultures.


I'd prefer medical science or art for mine. Burning seems a bit
wasteful, but the idea of taking up a hole in the ground for a century
of five strikes me as utterly absurd. Being eaten by wildlife seems a
bit of a waste too.

I like the idea of some more permanent memorial (physical or in the
collective memory) but I figure I'm going to have to do something
special to justify that (primarily to myself).


Tim


I'm an organ donor, so I hope parts of me will help to save or improve
lives after I'm dead.

So far as the rest goes, I'd prefer that my corpse goes to a medical
school, so people can learn to heal from me.

If not, burn me, and spread my ashes someplace nice. Plant some
flowers or a tree on top of me.

If someone comes up with a way to take corpse ashes and make them into
optical glass, then I'd be all about that! I'd love to become an
eyepiece! They can make a diamond out of body ashes, so perhaps this
isn't too fanciful.

=mark ensley
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Old October 24th 04, 11:19 AM
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Florian wrote:

The whole idea of caskets is NUTS. Just burn 'em. Reduce and Reuse. We
are all born of stars.




I'd actually rather have my body just left out in the desert someplace for
the coyotes, ravens and vultures.


Why not flies, maggots, worms, ants and rats? These are god's creatures
too! They deserve to have a nice meal from time to time.

-Florian

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Old October 24th 04, 03:31 PM
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Why not flies, maggots, worms, ants and rats?

They'd all be welcome.

-Florian


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Old October 24th 04, 08:05 PM
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"Doink" wrote in message
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Did you know you could buy a casket at Costco?????

http://tinyurl.com/5mx6h

That's strange!


Does it have GOTO ?



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Old October 25th 04, 06:14 PM
Alexander Avtanski
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Doink wrote:
Did you know you could buy a casket at Costco?????

http://tinyurl.com/5mx6h

That's strange!

Doink


Why offtopic? Not at all!

You can use one as carrying case for a big dob.

- Alex

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Old October 26th 04, 12:39 AM
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:14:52 -0500, Alexander Avtanski wrote
(in article ):

Doink wrote:
Did you know you could buy a casket at Costco?????

http://tinyurl.com/5mx6h

That's strange!

Doink


Why offtopic? Not at all!

You can use one as carrying case for a big dob.


Just have them fit you into the dob so you can take it with you when you go.
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name for marriage."-12/31/95 issue of National Review

 




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