yeah just to clarify i think you are much less of a risk not soaked in formaldehyde but i could see people who are against letting you be buried without a casket, etc. using the 'groundwater' contamination' thing as an excuse
2/18/2010 2:04:52 PM
Are there laws about burying your pets in your backyard? I mean I don't really see much of a difference...they are all dead bodies that are being buried.I think it's just the taboo of death
2/18/2010 2:08:42 PM
If a horse dies they just drive the backhoe out to the field, dig a hole beside it, and push it in.
2/18/2010 2:10:06 PM
I'd like to secretly be buried in the mulch pile at Lowe's in the middle of the night.
2/18/2010 2:18:41 PM
When my grandfather died due to Alzheimer's, we donated his body to science. I can't remember what happened with the funeral, but it was much more worth it to donate him than worry about viewing.
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2/18/2010 2:49:29 PM
i've also read you can be donated as a crash test dummy.i mean, the plastic ones work ok but nothing beats the real thing
2/18/2010 5:00:38 PM
^ Wait, they're dead?
2/18/2010 5:04:59 PM
mmmm hmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmm hmmmm
2/18/2010 5:06:19 PM
^^^^No, we just went to a hospital and dropped him on the front steps with a sticky note on his forehead that said "Attn: Science"[Edited on February 18, 2010 at 5:06 PM. Reason : ^]
2/18/2010 5:06:20 PM
2/18/2010 5:15:52 PM
...I just realized that I expect 100% that he will die before me.And he says I don't plan ahead
2/18/2010 7:12:36 PM
^^^ hahahahawell played
2/19/2010 8:38:26 AM
you can bury pets in your yard, at least in rocky mount. your city will have it's own ordinance.
2/19/2010 9:50:03 AM
I told my mom today. She was all like I thought you said you wanted this big to do. nd I was Ll like nab I was kidding. And then she was all like well that doesn't really matter cause I won't have to plan your funeral you will have to plan mine.
2/19/2010 11:12:01 PM
2/19/2010 11:15:02 PM
When I die, I just want to be sat outside. No donation. No cremation. Definitely no burial. No nothing.I have this deep seated fear of a "layover in Heaven." No one knows how long you stay with your body after its physical death. I am terrified that I'll still be trapped in my body for a period of time after I die. So, just prop me up somewhere and let me rot.
2/19/2010 11:24:25 PM
No organ donation, but I would be willing to donate my body to science. Frankly I don't really care what happens to my body after I cease to exist.
2/19/2010 11:38:11 PM
I, too, am going the Oregon donation trail route.
2/20/2010 1:19:07 AM
If you donate your body to the human gifts registry that supplies med/pod/dental schools with bodies for gross anatomy labs, then your body is cremated afterwards. Also parts of the body usually are cut off for more specific classes e.g. a lower extremity anatomy lab, and then burned with the other parts of the body later. There are human tissue waste baskets that stay underneath the tables so that pieces of the body that are removed, usually fat, are burned with the body. Besides just being respectful and decent, it's done so for religious reasons also. There is a "Celebration of Remembrance" done in the honor of those that donated their bodies, which is attended by family members and the students. I think it's a great to donate your body and having a legacy of helping physicians learn about the human body. I probably wouldn't do it just b/c I'll end up being an organ donor. Plus my blood type is O- so they can be accepted by more people. Although that doesn't guarantee that there won't be complications b/c of MHCs though.
2/20/2010 2:34:21 PM
i'm donating my remains to OCP in New Detroit
2/20/2010 3:04:19 PM
2/20/2010 3:27:41 PM
is said donation tax deductible?
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