This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way
affilitated with this place, just thought it might be some
inspiration for someone who is looking for (hopefully) a long term
project to work on and just can't come up with anything.
http://www.cowboyslastride.com/
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
I rather liked Lee Hayes' (of the old folk group, The Weavers) idea.
He wanted to cremated, have his ashes mixed into the compost pile then
put on the vegetable garden. That way, after his friends ate the
vegetables and they made their inevitable way through the alimentary
canal, They could wave him a fond farewell as they flushed.
Dick Durbin
Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 4:31am (EST-3) [email protected] (Olebiker) says:
<snip> ashes mixed into the compost pile then put on the vegetable
garden. That way, after his friends ate the vegetables and they made
their inevitable way through the alimentary canal, They could wave him a
fond farewell as they flushed.
I woud NOT care to eat any veggies grown like that.
Used to have an Army buddy, he always said he wanted to have his
ashes tossed in the ocean. Then every time any of his friends took a
drink of water, they could say, "Here's to you".
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
> Used to have an Army buddy, he always said he wanted to have his
> ashes tossed in the ocean. Then every time any of his friends took a
> drink of water, they could say, "Here's to you".
>
>
>
> JOAT
> Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
> - David Fasold
>
Unless they're drinking salt water, it doesn't work. Water evaporates from
the ocean as vapor, then condenses as fresh water. Won't transport ashes.
Otherwise, good idea.
Steve
Wed, Feb 9, 2005, 2:33pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(Steven=A0and=A0Gail=A0Peterson) burbled:
Unless they're drinking salt water, it doesn't work. Water evaporates
from the ocean as vapor, then condenses as fresh water. Won't transport
ashes. Otherwise, good idea.
It's the thought that counts.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
Matthew wrote:
> Having a cabinetmaker father, Mennonite grandparents, and Amish
> greatgrandparents, I had the teenage experience of building coffins
for
> several relatives. It is a good way to deal with the loss of a loved
one,
> thru building a resting place for their body. And it is a chance to
see
> people you rarely see. A few family members would get together and
were
> done a day and at the funeral the next.
Just stick me in a freakin' cardboard box, or whatever the minimum is
allowed by law.
Put me in soylent green, for all I care!
Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 9:32pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(Robert=A0Allison) posts:
This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way affilitated
with this place, just thought it might be some inspiration for someone
who is looking for (hopefully) a long term project to work on and just
can't come up with anything.
But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
Not only cheaper, so more money for them, but I prefer it. After that,
they can put the ashes in an old oatmeal container, or toss 'em into the
wind, I won't care, I won't be home anymore. Preferred is being shot
out of a muzzle loading cannon - but that ideat really got my mother
going. Of course, if she goes first, up to the kids. Hehehe
And, I can think of one whole Hell of a lot to work on for a long
term project, rather than a coffin.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
J T wrote:
> Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
I used to want to get cremated, but now I've decided I'd rather be dug up in
500 years and reconstructed for some show on TLC. I gotta figure out how
to get buried some place interesting enough that when they dig me up they
will bother to reconstruct me.
I'd better leave some papers with my bones to tell them what color hair and
eyes to use, and tell them I was a lithe 154 pounds, with a 14" hickory
dickory. So they reconstruct me correctly, see.
--
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Having a cabinetmaker father, Mennonite grandparents, and Amish
greatgrandparents, I had the teenage experience of building coffins for
several relatives. It is a good way to deal with the loss of a loved one,
thru building a resting place for their body. And it is a chance to see
people you rarely see. A few family members would get together and were
done a day and at the funeral the next.
My grandmother's was white oak, with straight sides and six handles -- I
think it weighed more than she did. My dad's dad wanted cherry; he picked
out the stock at 93, three years before. That was a bit more complex as he
wanted a "coffin" shaped coffin.
I don't know if this (building coffins) was a tradition (religion, Iowa, or
otherwise) or just because woodworking ran in the family.
Matthew
"Robert Allison" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NXaNd.6363$uc.33@trnddc04...
> This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way affilitated with
> this place, just thought it might be some inspiration for someone who is
> looking for (hopefully) a long term project to work on and just can't come
> up with anything.
>
> http://www.cowboyslastride.com/
>
> --
> Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc.
> Georgetown, TX
[email protected] (J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
3151.bay.webtv.net:
<snip>
> But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
> Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.
I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)
One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
;-)
Patriarch
Patriarch responds:
>[email protected] (J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
>3151.bay.webtv.net:
><snip>
>> But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
>> Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
>
>Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
>misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.
>
>I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
>little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)
>
>One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
>box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
>;-)
In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
after you're dead.
Charlie Self
"I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush
Mon, Feb 7, 2005, 11:04pm (EST-1) [email protected]
(Patriarch) says:
<snip> I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain
I'm a little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)
One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you
were.
Maybe you need to trade the present wife for this one. Someone
else can change this to a tiny url if you want, I don't use 'em.
http://www.azod.com/Shooting/Archive/2004/Q1/Husbands%20ashes%20used%20for%20shotgun%20cartridges.htm
Dunno, I'll have to ask the kids about that one. Personally, I
don't care what they do with the ashes.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the
> bend on some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is
> illegal--plant me shallow and then plant a tree on my bellybutton.
> Otherwise known as how to be useful after you're dead.
>
My variation on the theme (mostly in writing):
Reuse the body parts still usable.
Burn what's left, cheaply.
Throw away the ashes.
There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 11:51am (EST+5) [email protected] (Han) says:
<snip> Reuse the body parts still usable.
Burn what's left, cheaply.
Throw away the ashes.
There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.
You related to me? LMAO
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
On 08 Feb 2005 08:45:26 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Patriarch responds:
>
>>[email protected] (J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
>>3151.bay.webtv.net:
>><snip>
>>> But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
>>> Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
>>
>>Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
>>misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.
>>
>>I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
>>little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)
>>
>>One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
>>box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
>>;-)
>
>In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
>some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
>and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
>after you're dead.
I've made sure to make my wife swear that I will not be buried- I'm
not all that concerned about where my body goes, it just seems like a
waste of real estate that could otherwise be enjoyed by the living. I
told her that she should take whatever money we can afford, and use it
to fund a neighborhood park when I go (or a pavillion or playground
equipment, something like that.) I just figure the world is for the
living to enjoy, not for the dead to take up space in! Might make a
coffin for an oddball coffee table or something someday, though. :)
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:51:05 GMT, the inscrutable Han
<[email protected]> spake:
>[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the
>> bend on some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is
>> illegal--plant me shallow and then plant a tree on my bellybutton.
>> Otherwise known as how to be useful after you're dead.
>>
>
>My variation on the theme (mostly in writing):
>
>Reuse the body parts still usable.
>Burn what's left, cheaply.
>Throw away the ashes.
>There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.
Ditto here. My driver's license has ORGAN DONOR checked on it
and my instructions are to burn me and scatter me as fish food.
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
>hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.
Reminds me of an old joke... widow brought her husband's ashes home from the
funeral, poured them into an hourglass, set it on the mantle, and announced
"At last, you worthless bastard, you're finally going to work!!"
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?
Charlie Self wrote:
> In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
> some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
> and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
> after you're dead.
>
> Charlie Self
> "I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush
Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.
;-)
Glen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:14:25 GMT, Glen <[email protected]> wrote:
>Charlie Self wrote:
>
>> In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
>> some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
>> and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
>> after you're dead.
>>
>> Charlie Self
>> "I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush
>
>Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
>hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.
>
>;-)
>Glen
Or you can have your ashes made into diamonds for your widow to wear.
--RC
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad
-- Suzie B
In article <[email protected]>,
"Matthew" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having a cabinetmaker father, Mennonite grandparents, and Amish
> greatgrandparents, I had the teenage experience of building coffins for
> several relatives. It is a good way to deal with the loss of a loved one,
> thru building a resting place for their body. And it is a chance to see
> people you rarely see. A few family members would get together and were
> done a day and at the funeral the next.
>
> My grandmother's was white oak, with straight sides and six handles -- I
> think it weighed more than she did. My dad's dad wanted cherry; he picked
> out the stock at 93, three years before. That was a bit more complex as he
> wanted a "coffin" shaped coffin.
>
> I don't know if this (building coffins) was a tradition (religion, Iowa, or
> otherwise) or just because woodworking ran in the family.
There was a show on PBS a while back about death rituals in the US. It
might have been the Point of View program.
Your experience with the family making the coffin was very much like a
ranching family they showed. The great grandfather even watched over the
progress of his box as the son and grandsons made it, branded it with
the family brands, etc. It wasn't some morbid object, but an expected
part of life. The program producers followed up after the man died and
showed the family caring and preparing the body, taking it to the church
and the rest.
They also showed 2 or 3 other and different rituals of death in our
country. Very interesting and informative - in many places, you have no
legal obligation to be funeral homed, emballmed, dressed in a backless
suit and laid out in a $$$$ coffin.
--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____
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as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long