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wtg
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Originally posted by Daniel:
The fuel consumption involved in cremation bothers me but I can't do anything about it.


There's also water cremation, which is a misnomer. It's really something called alkaline hydrolysis.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com...-of-death-180980479/


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Would be nice for my ashes to be spread at the top of my favorite chairlift. An alternate plan is to take off from this planet and turn back into stardust and settle into the rings of Saturn.


A guy I dated in university died a few years ago. On Monday his ashes were launched into space on the Vulcan Centaur Cert-1.


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Whatever costs the least.
 
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On a related note...the mysterious woman buried in the pet cemetery.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/0...8ddfP&smid=url-share


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Not the cheapest way.

I randomly clicked on Amazon's $899 caskets (in three colors!).

Not the cheapest way.
 
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