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Thu, Oct 20, 11 at 15:39
| My husband and I were discussing funeral expenses and the importance of life insurance for this purpose. He then says, referring to if I died and how he would take care of my burial expenses, "We have a compost pile." Hilarious. I instantly thought of posting in this forum. |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Thu, Oct 20, 11 at 18:31
| Ha! I once told a department director (this would be like 5 levels above me, works for the Gov.) that if he didn't work out, we now have a compost bin out back for the coffee grounds, and we could just recycle him. :-] |
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| I think it was Joepyeweed that once posted how long it would take to compost a body. Makes you wonder how she knows! :-) Val |
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- Posted by berryman135678 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 21, 11 at 14:04
| Its quicker if you shop anything you want to compost, up.....sorry just a little Halloween humor....speaking of which almost time to go pumpkin road hunting, they are usually smashed for you and you do the community a service. |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Fri, Oct 21, 11 at 15:05
| Well if we're going to go that route, get a chipper, a la "Fargo". :-p |
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| Six months - hot pile. Lloyd |
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| Six months - hot pile. And you know this.....how?! Umm....your wife's doing good, Lloyd....yes? :-) Val |
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| Wife?? ;-) Lloyd |
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- Posted by Sun-n-Clay 7 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 22, 11 at 9:19
| It disturbs me that I am laughing at all this! |
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- Posted by JamesMarconnet 7 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 22, 11 at 11:45
| This thread reminded me of something that I heard on the radio a while back. According to this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42711922/ns/technology_and_science-science
/t/earth-day-co-founder-killed-composted-girlfriend/#.TqLkFrLpyAg the cofounder of Earth Day killed and composted his ex-girlfriend. Oops! That's not funny at all. Jim |
Here is a link that might be useful: Earth Day co-founder killed, composted girlfriend
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| gruesome story... I'm sure it will be a plot on csi, law and order or some-such tv show soon (if it hasn't been used already) |
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| "gruesome story"...agreed, but even rookie composters know that isn't composting. Lloyd |
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| Years ago on the farm, we called Orestes Fertilizer Company when we had a large farm animal die. |
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| The writer and founder of Garden-Ville, Malcolm Beck, wrote about this very topic. It's posted on his web site. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pushing up Daisies
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Mon, Oct 24, 11 at 11:17
| Yikes, that story's a surprise to me. Yeah, the way that was described, it was not proper composting. :-[ |
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- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Tue, Oct 25, 11 at 12:38
| There was a compost murder on a episode of Bones. There was someone on this forum awhile back that was writing a murder mystery that involved composting the evidence. It was a great thread with lots of good ideas. I've composted a deer carcass, so if a human body decomposes at about the same rate as a dead deer, then I agree with Lloyd. Six months in a hot pile should do it. |
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- Posted by gonebananas 7/8 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 25, 11 at 14:05
| While it's not in a compost pile, there is a fair amount of very carefully compiled data on the rate of decomposition on the ground. There are one or more secluded and I presume (or hope) fenced off areas of forest in the US where human bodies are left out to decompose. They are used for forensic (police/coroner) research and training. I've seen at least two news articles on them. Ugh. But I'll bet peoples' ashes have gone onto a garden more than once. |
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| I do not need meat products for composting, so I do not use them. However,I was a big fan of martial arts & a catalog I mail order from. It had a Illegal section for "academic use only". IT described using lime in a pancake batter consistency in a 55 gallon drum, to dissolve a body in days,even the teeth. My family is fine, it is my mind that is troubled. |
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