In article , polygonum
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On 18/08/2013 05:48, harryagain wrote:
"SteveW" wrote in message
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On 13/08/2013 18:11, harryagain wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message
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I'd just like to make the point that any electric car that does not
have an alternative means of propulsion once the battery is flat, is
particularly stupid and so were the designers. Unless of course it
has a range of many hundreds of miles.

I never drive "many hundreds of miles."

I have had a couple of times where I have received a call to say a
relative has died and they are being buried the next morning - on the
West coast of Ireland! Too late to get a flight that night; the first
flight the next morning too late for us to get there. Jump in the car,
drive 2-1/2 hours, catch a ferry, drive 4-1/2 hours and once, get
there with 15 minutes to spare! No way with an electric car.

SteveW

Muslims? Only muslims bury the next day. Or they didn't really want
your presence. What's all this pre-occupation with death anyway?


In Jewish custom, burial takes place as soon as possible. That can and
does mean often mean next day - could be same day.

"It is a Biblical commandment to bury one's deceased immediately after
passing, and it is forbidden to leave the deceased unburied overnight
unless it is for his honor (i.e. to perform a proper Tahara, obtain
shrouds, arrange for a burial plot, gather family, etc.)."

http://www.chabad.org/library/articl...Basic-Laws.htm

This tradition was started by the need to bury a body as soon as possible
in the Middle East were the ambient temperature is high. At the time there
were also no funeral parlours with cool storage facilities. Like many
Jewish and Muslim customs the initial reasons were health & hygene related.

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