This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way
affilitated with this place, just thought it might be some
inspiration for someone who is looking for (hopefully) a long term
project to work on and just can't come up with anything.

http://www.cowboyslastride.com/

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Having a cabinetmaker father, Mennonite grandparents, and Amish
greatgrandparents, I had the teenage experience of building coffins for
several relatives. It is a good way to deal with the loss of a loved one,
thru building a resting place for their body. And it is a chance to see
people you rarely see. A few family members would get together and were
done a day and at the funeral the next.

My grandmother's was white oak, with straight sides and six handles -- I
think it weighed more than she did. My dad's dad wanted cherry; he picked
out the stock at 93, three years before. That was a bit more complex as he
wanted a "coffin" shaped coffin.

I don't know if this (building coffins) was a tradition (religion, Iowa, or
otherwise) or just because woodworking ran in the family.

Matthew

"Robert Allison" wrote in message
news:NXaNd.6363$uc.33@trnddc04...
This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way affilitated with
this place, just thought it might be some inspiration for someone who is
looking for (hopefully) a long term project to work on and just can't come
up with anything.

http://www.cowboyslastride.com/

--
Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 9:32pm (EST+5)
(Robert=A0Allison) posts:
This is a site for handmade coffins. I am not in any way affilitated
with this place, just thought it might be some inspiration for someone
who is looking for (hopefully) a long term project to work on and just
can't come up with anything.

But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.
Not only cheaper, so more money for them, but I prefer it. After that,
they can put the ashes in an old oatmeal container, or toss 'em into the
wind, I won't care, I won't be home anymore. Preferred is being shot
out of a muzzle loading cannon - but that ideat really got my mother
going. Of course, if she goes first, up to the kids. Hehehe

And, I can think of one whole Hell of a lot to work on for a long
term project, rather than a coffin.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

(J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
3151.bay.webtv.net:
snip
But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.

Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.

I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)

One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
;-)

Patriarch

Patriarch responds:

(J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
3151.bay.webtv.net:
snip
But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.

Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.

I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)

One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
;-)

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
after you're dead.

Charlie Self
"I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush

Charlie Self wrote:

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
after you're dead.

Charlie Self
"I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush

Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.

;-)
Glen

otforme (Charlie Self) wrote in
:

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the
bend on some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is
illegal--plant me shallow and then plant a tree on my bellybutton.
Otherwise known as how to be useful after you're dead.


My variation on the theme (mostly in writing):

Reuse the body parts still usable.
Burn what's left, cheaply.
Throw away the ashes.
There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

I rather liked Lee Hayes' (of the old folk group, The Weavers) idea.
He wanted to cremated, have his ashes mixed into the compost pile then
put on the vegetable garden. That way, after his friends ate the
vegetables and they made their inevitable way through the alimentary
canal, They could wave him a fond farewell as they flushed.

Dick Durbin

In article . net, wrote:

Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.

Reminds me of an old joke... widow brought her husband's ashes home from the
funeral, poured them into an hourglass, set it on the mantle, and announced
"At last, you worthless *******, you're finally going to work!!"

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:51:05 GMT, the inscrutable Han
spake:

(Charlie Self) wrote in
:

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the
bend on some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is
illegal--plant me shallow and then plant a tree on my bellybutton.
Otherwise known as how to be useful after you're dead.


My variation on the theme (mostly in writing):

Reuse the body parts still usable.
Burn what's left, cheaply.
Throw away the ashes.
There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.

Ditto here. My driver's license has ORGAN DONOR checked on it
and my instructions are to burn me and scatter me as fish food.


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http://www.diversify.com Comprehensive Website Design
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Matthew wrote:
Having a cabinetmaker father, Mennonite grandparents, and Amish
greatgrandparents, I had the teenage experience of building coffins
for
several relatives. It is a good way to deal with the loss of a loved
one,
thru building a resting place for their body. And it is a chance to
see
people you rarely see. A few family members would get together and
were
done a day and at the funeral the next.

Just stick me in a freakin' cardboard box, or whatever the minimum is
allowed by law.

Put me in soylent green, for all I care!

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:14:25 GMT, Glen wrote:

Charlie Self wrote:

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
after you're dead.

Charlie Self
"I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush

Another thought - You could be cremated and have your ashes put into an
hourglass. Then your kids could use you to time their eggs in the morning.

;-)
Glen

Or you can have your ashes made into diamonds for your widow to wear.

--RC
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

-- Suzie B

Mon, Feb 7, 2005, 11:04pm (EST-1)
(Patriarch) says:
snip I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain
I'm a little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)
One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you
were.

Maybe you need to trade the present wife for this one. Someone
else can change this to a tiny url if you want, I don't use 'em.
http://www.azod.com/Shooting/Archive...rtridg es.htm

Dunno, I'll have to ask the kids about that one. Personally, I
don't care what they do with the ashes.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 11:51am (EST+5) lid (Han) says:
snip Reuse the body parts still usable.
Burn what's left, cheaply.
Throw away the ashes.
There are pictures to remember me by, if anybody would want to.

You related to me? LMAO



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 4:31am (EST-3) (Olebiker) says:
snip ashes mixed into the compost pile then put on the vegetable
garden. That way, after his friends ate the vegetables and they made
their inevitable way through the alimentary canal, They could wave him a
fond farewell as they flushed.

I woud NOT care to eat any veggies grown like that.

Used to have an Army buddy, he always said he wanted to have his
ashes tossed in the ocean. Then every time any of his friends took a
drink of water, they could say, "Here's to you".



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

On 08 Feb 2005 08:45:26 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

Patriarch responds:

(J T) wrote in news:15413-42081864-215@storefull-
3151.bay.webtv.net:
snip
But, how will they burn. I am not planning on getting buried.
Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.

Put it in writing. With the other important papers. So there is no
misunderstanding when you've left this side of the line.

I have many of the same feelings, but my wife is pretty certain I'm a
little nuts about this (and a few other issues, too.)

One of those wizards might make an interesting alternative to an oatmeal
box. The great grandkids might get some better insight into who you were.
;-)

In writing is a good idea. My wife also thinks I'm a bit around the bend on
some items, but she agrees here. My only variation is illegal--plant me shallow
and then plant a tree on my bellybutton. Otherwise known as how to be useful
after you're dead.

I've made sure to make my wife swear that I will not be buried- I'm
not all that concerned about where my body goes, it just seems like a
waste of real estate that could otherwise be enjoyed by the living. I
told her that she should take whatever money we can afford, and use it
to fund a neighborhood park when I go (or a pavillion or playground
equipment, something like that.) I just figure the world is for the
living to enjoy, not for the dead to take up space in! Might make a
coffin for an oddball coffee table or something someday, though.
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

J T wrote:

Both my sons have been told I want to be creamated. Hope they remember.

I used to want to get cremated, but now I've decided I'd rather be dug up in
500 years and reconstructed for some show on TLC. I gotta figure out how
to get buried some place interesting enough that when they dig me up they
will bother to reconstruct me.

I'd better leave some papers with my bones to tell them what color hair and
eyes to use, and tell them I was a lithe 154 pounds, with a 14" hickory
dickory. So they reconstruct me correctly, see.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

Used to have an Army buddy, he always said he wanted to have his
ashes tossed in the ocean. Then every time any of his friends took a
drink of water, they could say, "Here's to you".



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Unless they're drinking salt water, it doesn't work. Water evaporates from
the ocean as vapor, then condenses as fresh water. Won't transport ashes.
Otherwise, good idea.

Steve

Wed, Feb 9, 2005, 2:33pm (EST+5)
(Steven=A0and=A0Gail=A0Peterson) burbled:
Unless they're drinking salt water, it doesn't work. Water evaporates
from the ocean as vapor, then condenses as fresh water. Won't transport
ashes. Otherwise, good idea.

It's the thought that counts.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold