Preparedness for when

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the_cake wrote: »

I would definitely like to be buried here, with my favourite horse and cat.

I don't think you meant this, but I will mention it anyway.

You cannot bury/cremate an animal, in the same coffin as a human being.

nuatha

elaine241 wrote: »

Hello All

Havent written anything for a while, tbh nothing really that interesting to say! Not that anyone missed me :-(

I noticed you weren't posting in this thread, but as I post irregularly I can't complain if others do the same. There's a few folk who used to be regular posters on the OS board who do the same, by the time I realise it is a long time since they've posted its generally too long to ask if anyone's heard from them - then sometimes they re-appear (like Softstuff and its good to see/read them.

Unfortunately there are also those who are taking advantage of the system and have no shame doing so! Getting something for nothing seems to be a mantra with some community members taking advantage of every free or subsidised service organisations offer.

Someone I know was turning up at a local foodbank in a brand new BMW last year, she was eventually turned away when she turned up in a new Porsche Cayenne. However for everyone who abuses the generosity of people who donate to food banks there are a lot of people in desperate need.

Funeral plan, I dont have one! Not being at all religious I would feel uncomfortable ( if I could feel at all when dead) with someone I never met saying generalist things about me and adding in the odd prayer. There are some hymns I do like but on the whole its not for me. I would love to be buried under the oak tree on the farm where my pets and horses are. The view is stunning , all along the Severn estuary ( yes BB I know I cant see either!)

I attended the funeral of a close friend earlier this week. She'd written the whole service, which was presented by a Humanist friend, no hymns, a blessing she'd written and a bit of biography. Until recently my will instructed my executor to dispose of my body as she saw fit, before informing my family of my death. My will became invalid when I married last summer and I still need to draw up a new one. (Bad prepper that I am) Though I understand Herself has different plans for my disposal (hopefully after I'm dead)
Buried under an oak tree on land that I love has a definite appeal. Make sure people know your wishes, its doable.

greenbee

nuatha wrote: »

IThough I understand Herself has different plans for my disposal (hopefully after I'm dead)

I'm sure that as long as you carry on being useful, you'll be fine. But it's always worth going the extra mile occasionally, just in case

GreyQueen

I once shocked the hell out of a sensitive little flower by expressing my preferred disposal after death; cut me up for spares and chuck the rest in a hole and plant a tree over it.

I think it was Chapterhouse Dune (SF novel) where the Bene Gesserit sisterhood had burial in the form of vertical holes drilled in the ground to put their bodies in, then planted trees over the top. To which I went Hell, yeah!!

greenbee

This might appeal GQ

GreyQueen

I'm very pro waste reduction, re-using and recycling in general. If the spare parts are any good to anyone, take 'em with my blessing (registered organ donor). As a gardener, I'm very familiar with rot and decay, we're all just random atoms gathered together in one particular format, then those atoms will go off and be in another format. It's all good.

That's as close to spirit as I get. I'm listening to TED talks about simple living and knitting dishcloths this evening, because even when one if thinking Deep and Meaningful Thoughts about consumer society, one should always be practical.......:rotfl:G'night, all. GQ xx

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Or how about a Sky Burial?

WARNING. Don't Google images, if you have a week stomach.

maryb

Black Friday was just disgusting. And there is an ad I can't seem to escape because it appears as a pop up on every page of the online version of the DT, and that's the Mulberry ad - "Win Christmas" . It turned my stomach!

Used the Aldi £10 'vulture' (DD1's baby speak for voucher, now part of family vocab) so I have nearly everything sorted for Christmas apart from veg. I have stocked up the freezer and larder shelves are fullish after the summer run down so I feel I have some options if the weather turns foul

elaine241

Well quite a few comments on burials and funerals. My sister has always known of my dislike for religious services and the fact I dont want to be buried/scattered with a load of strangers! LOL We do have a green burial ground near by and apparently the services are wonderful. I just wouldnt want all the fuss! I would like to be put in a box and buried on the farm, no undertakers, vicars or service. I would never ask permission in life so in death I doubt if I will change, whats the council going to do dig me up? I'll haunt the bug*ers if they do! One thing I would like is a good "bun fight" after I've been planted!

charlies-aunt

Frugalsod wrote: »

Actually you cannot get even accepted at a food bank unless you have been referred by another government department.

I can refer clients to our local food bank through the housing association that I work for and a couple of the local Community Advice Associations also have a secret stash of vouchers


I am not really happy that the food bank, which is run by the Baptist Church insist that anyone accessing the food bank joins with them to pray before they are given anything :mad: Talk about having to sing for your supper!