Baron Frederick's question started me thinking.
How do you want to go?
I want to be cremated and made into a diamond... (http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx?BType=GTxt&BAg=HCrem&gclid=CNbijpiL3qoCFUeW7QodT3Zc9Q)you know like the song.
I'm just an old chunk of coal
But I'm gonna be a diamond someday.
I was aiming for cremation but if my kin want to save a few bucks and just prop me up on a cross county bus and let me ride into eternity, that's fine by me too. ;D
I feel like cemeteries are a waste of space, but to each their own. When I leave this vessel, which in the distant past was not nearly as scary looking, what remains is useless, unless put to use. If there are any parts that are worth harvesting, they should be harvested. Otherwise, if sending my corpse to a body farm will assist in gaining scientific knowledge, then do that.
If I know I'm dying, I'd like to throw a party to let everyone know that I'm ready. Death is nothing more than the next step in the cycle.
if i know i am about to take a different journey in my life.....i want a wake that will be one helluva party!
only laughter, music and great food....allowed!
and when it is time to grab that brass ring....cremation is my choice and let my ashes, drift over the gorge.....
put me in the ocean off the coast of Peru heck i won't need my body i'm getting a new one anyway.
Cremation, I'm pretty sure.
One word: cryogenics.
I'm not going to die, I'll be leaving this ole world in a twinking of an eye when the trumpets sounds, and that time is almost here.
I would like most of my ashes given to the wind at a particular point on the Peak to Peak highway overlooking the Great Divide in Colorado... and a small portion of them mixed into the paint for the next intersteller space probe, so at least a bit of my physical self can wander freely about the Universe.
I'm hoping there isn't anything left to go. I'd be happy if my last words were "Watch this".
Ferret
I shall be creamated. Ideally I would love to have the ashed fired with the morning cannon shot opening day at TRF. However, most likely I shall have a friend scatter my ashes secretly around the Sea Devil Tavern at TRF, as I spend so much time there when alive.
We have family plots in the 2 oldest cemetaries in Houston, with 4 generations of folks buried there. The problem is the plots are full! In old case the whole cemetary is full! Truth be told, I would like a 'traditional' burial, but I don't want to be away from my family. I had the plot where my mother and my dad's mother are buried probed, and there is enough room for a couple of cremains 'caskets' between the other burials, so my dad and I will be cremated and interred near our mothers. We will have markers and everything, so folks that walk by can say "my, this family has been here since the 1880's"
I've told my family- when I go, donate every part of me that can be then cremate whatever is left. I don't care what they do with those ashes, throw them in the garbage if you want! My husband used to be in full agreement until his father died now he isn't so sure that he can do that so here's hoping he comes back around before the time comes. (Preferably far, far, FAR in the future.) Though most likely, he'll go first...
I want to go to the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee after my organs are harvested (should they be viable). Maybe after I reincarnate I'll change my persona at Faire...new body, new storyline, new garb :-)
Hold me Ale and watch this... ;D
Would prefer cremated and my ashes spread someplace pretty. Family would likely have a fit as they even talked my mother out of cremation after years of making me vow to spread her ashes along her favorite river spot, but I don't consider it their choice to make. My last requests will be put in writing.
Cremation, then scattered over TRF.
Wife wants one of those natural burials in a biodegradable container, then plant a fig tree over her.
Lord Dragon, in some states, and I know this to be true in Arkansas, even with written wishes, the family can override the cremation request.
If my family doesn't want me to come back and haunt them, they had BETTER accede to my wishes... in this matter, at least!!! :o
Luckily, it's not a problem in my family. The issue was brought to my attention by my parents when they pre-arranged their disposition. They called everyone together to make sure there were no objections because the funeral home warned them about this. Well, Pop's already toasty and comfortable in the Arkansas Veterans Cemetery, right in the flight path of the NLR airport, which is fitting for an Air Force man...
Cremation, then thrown into Kilauea volcano.
The arraingements have been made.
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on August 22, 2011, 04:58:57 PM
Lord Dragon, in some states, and I know this to be true in Arkansas, even with written wishes, the family can override the cremation request.
I have heard of that. My mother never put it to paper, I figure me doing it all legal like will keep them from tossing too much of a total fuss. Not to mention I live in another state and pretty sure I always will no matter where I move, from them. In writing and crossing state lines with legalities will make it hard for them to get all uppity.
I think I'd like to die in an exploding spaceship. That would take care of any body disposal, too.
I think you missed your flight?
I want to be cremated. My ashes to be divided - half going to TRF and half going to BARF, to be loaded in opening cannon and FIRED! ;D
Load part of me ashes up in TRF's cannon and the rest scattered to the winds, in the mountains outside Inverness.
*When i go into the oven, they'd better have dressed me in my best Fraser...*
Makes me think of a bad joke: 'When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers'
If money were not an issue, I would want to be launched to sea in a boat, and have it burned to the water. Realistically, cremated. After all, to paraphrase, its better to release the spirit in a quick blaze, then to moulder in the earth.
i want to be shot out of the opening cannon at TRF on a highland fling weekend. 1. because it will be the first time i ever made for opening and 2. so my ashes will be scattered on the ground with all the kilts walking over me. ::)
When my time comes my sons to have my body cremated. They are to leave a little of my ashes in all of my favorite places in TX, NM, OK, CO, UT, and AZ. It will be the last time we make a trip to these places together as a family.
After the events of the past 10 days, I am going to have to say, the way I want to go is "later." Too many faires yet to visit, and too many friends yet to hoist an ale with. Texas, you're too damned hot, but you have a lot of my friends within your borders. Take care of them!
Merlin, I heartily agree!!!
Quote from: Baron Frederick on August 25, 2011, 10:26:13 PM
I think you missed your flight?
Funny. Better this than an old-folks home.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6qgeWVXWLfY/S2zFATJ_THI/AAAAAAAAAoY/Tq1ksB3zbXY/s400/the-shootist-wayne.jpg)
...The Shootist... I always felt that to be a very fitting movie for him to cap his career with. He wasn't really much of an actor, but he was a hell of an entertainer.
the thread is how do you want to go, not how do you want to be disposed of. so, how i wnt to go? having sex. with many beautiful women.
Or maybe, Shot at the age of 98 by a jealous husband?
How I want to go? I didn't realize I had a choice. ;)
Quote from: Bob of the Lake on September 14, 2011, 07:21:53 PM
How I want to go? I didn't realize I had a choice. ;)
All wishes are heard; but sometimes the answer is no.
over exertion with three 21yr olds? 8)
*bottle of Scotch in one hand, service pistol in the other... one's to kill the pain and so is the other.* ;)
Oh I don't know about this but I think if I gotta go, going to sleep and just not waking up would be the thing. Then there is that disposal question and I have a Volcano on Hawaii waiting on me. Just saying. ;D
Quote from: angusmacinnes on September 19, 2011, 06:33:30 PM
Oh I don't know about this but I think if I gotta go, going to sleep and just not waking up would be the thing. Then there is that disposal question and I have a Volcano on Hawaii waiting on me. Just saying. ;D
Yeah, I think disposal is a good word for it. Volcano, huh?
tempting, very tempting.
I think the volcano sounds about as fun as the electric chair! A little too much pain before the end for my tastes!
I think the volcano is for after you're already dead.
assuming I survive parenting two teenage daughters who are 1 year apart (currently 14 and 15)..........IDK, sometimes I wonder if Im going to make it!! lol....Id like to be old...old enough to have attended my kids graduations, proms, weddings...old enough to have held my grandchildren and watched them grow...old enough to enjoy the irony of my youngest daughter parenting a teenage daughter with her exact personality:).....
I would say I want to be around long enough for these things, but not so long that I forget who I am, who my husband and children are, and become essentially an overgrown infant. My paternal grandparents lived to nearly 100...but had no idea who they were for probably 10-15 yrs before that. Thats...an awful thing, IMO.
I am not a person who enjoys, or really even understands, the American tradition of three days visitation at the funeral home misery. Ive asked my husband to do whatever is cheapest, and quickest. Just get it over with. Im not going to care what happens to my shell once Im gone, and I would rather he take my kids and use my insurance money to do something fun/adventurous/memorable, not come to stare at my shell and weep.
Following is a local obituary. How I applaud this family's decision to honor their loved one. At the end of the obit, is the husband's comment on the sympathy guest book.
Mrs. ******* worked for nearly 30 years in Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Roanoke as registered nurse specializing in gerontology. Her death was the result of a vicious attack by a renegade pack of Miniature Schnauzers. With her bulldog, Bella, at her side, she fought gallantly. Mrs. Church had a unique sense of humor and seldom followed a path of traditionalism. She enjoyed cruising, taking tropical vacations, cooking, retail therapy and touring wineries. She made it clear to her family that they have no formal or traditional service. Therefore, in lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider sending a bottle of your favorite wine with a personal note attached. It is the family's hope that over the years they can continue to toast her memory with family and friends while re-reading the kind words. The Laker Beverage and Tobacco __________ can assist, if needed. The family will meet friends at _____________ from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2012.
*Post by her husband on the funeral home guest book*
My sincere thanks to everyone who has been supportive during this difficult time. Jen's cancer was difficult and vicious. Her humor has been what has kept both of us going for the last few years. Most people understood exactly what we meant by our metaphor and found the levity it was meant to create. Cancer is no way to die. Some have taken our story literally. I am saddened that they did not know us well enough to understand. My family is celebrating Jennifer's life in the manner to which it was lived; with humor and laughter.
I think that obituary is really terrific. It gives me an idea of how I want to write my own, and I do want to write my own. Nobody knows me as well as I do. I've already told Nim that one of my life insurance policies is to be used for a wake.
my high school health teacher said he wanted everyone to write the one thing on a balloon they loved about him the most and have a balloon release at his wake.
me personally, i am going to get a bumper sticker that says i'd rather be breathing!