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Originally Posted by tyburn
Human Bones dont really decay...contrary to popular belief, neither do they burn.
So if you have a cremation, after your body has been in the furnace, your bones are emptied into what looks like a tumble-dryer with ball bearings. these smash up the bones into dust and then the contents get mixed with the real ash. One Human only equates to a medium sized carrier bag full of powder.
Most of the ash doesnt come from the body or the bones, it comes from the casket...goodness knows what they do with fake limbs and the metalic struts off the caskets. That I dont know.
A decent looking Casket sets you off around the £600 Stirling mark.
But its cheaper then burrial, coz for that you have to buy the plot. I think you have to buy a plot for interment of ashes if you are physically going to burry it, but most scatter and the plaques are memorials only, NOT grave stones.
In Harrogate you have to pay extra to make sure your gravestone is up to new health and safety laws, or they lie them down over the grave, and if they dont come out nicely, they basically knock them down which is to say the council desicrates the grave by smashing the headstones, its VERY sad indeed.
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When my brother-in-law was in highschool, he worked in a cemetary near by that also had a crematorium. The artificial limbs were removed before the body went into the oven. Metal inside (artificial joints, implanted plates, etc.) were removed after the burning and I believe sent to a surgical supply place to be remade into another piece.
{He came home one evening with a bundle of flowers for his mother. She was thrilled until he told her they had a funeral that morning and he took them from the grave. NIce.}
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05-25-2012, 02:06 PM
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