Popular Post 1FinickyOne Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 I have no particular religious beliefs, but I don't understand burying people... For me, and most I would think, being buried alive would be a horrible thing... why would anyone want to be buried after they are dead? It seems very confining and a waste of good land too... 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 Good nutrients for the soil.... 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) I'm involved with a very large land deal, nearly 1000 Rai, the land used for one of these Chinese cemeteries that are popping up all over Thailand. It was kind of funny, the locals voting on whether they wanted lots of Chinese bones as neighbors, what with Thais being so superstitious, but I can tell you for sure, that money talks all that away. . . but the point is, it is indeed a spectacular waste of land, and they weren't even Thai citizens. Kind of funny in a way. Edited December 22, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) i agree, a waste of space, just tradition but will eventually die out.. Edited December 22, 2021 by scubascuba3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KC 71 Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 There is a company that can make a graphite diamond from your ashes. just thinking. 'Diamond Geezer' and all that ! ???????? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Hammer2021 Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 It doesn’t waste the land it fertilizes it and is a very hygiene way of containing a dangerous bio hazard. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Nearly everyone up our way gets burnt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Then go for sky burial.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 Why waste energy cremating somebody ? Burial returns nutrients to the earth . Of course , the person to be buried should ideally have bought the farm and not still in the land of the living. ???? My father was buried. All other relatives up the flume. Those of us who survive him visit his grave if we are in the area and reflect on the many good things he did for us all. For the others , nothing to go see. No connection. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Denim said: Why waste energy cremating somebody ? Burial returns nutrients to the earth . Of course , the person to be buried should ideally have bought the farm and not still in the land of the living. ???? My father was buried. All other relatives up the flume. Those of us who survive him visit his grave if we are in the area and reflect on the many good things he did for us all. For the others , nothing to go see. No connection. Well, it depends. My parents cremains are in Arlington National cemetery on a shelf and there is lots to see there. But I wouldn't make a special trip to see a shelf or a grave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJ Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I plan to donate my corpse for medical school usage (and will be the 3rd generation of my family to do this). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 Next question: Why are people religious. It doesn't make sense but there are many many of them... 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post seedy Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 I just want to make sure I do not have to pay for it. Burn, Bury, trip to the landfill. Who Cares - You're DEAD !!! 555 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stocky Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 37 minutes ago, Denim said: For the others , nothing to go see. No connection. Why do you need a grave to remember someone? I remember friends and family everyday through favourite walks, places, foods, music, films and a thousand and one other things that prompt a memory. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, simon43 said: Good nutrients for the soil.... For some, possibly their only contribution to society ... ???? 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said: i agree, a waste of space, just tradition but will eventually die out.. When food runs out, the dead will be added as a food supplement ... just like horror movies. Waste nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Stocky said: Why do you need a grave to remember someone? I remember friends and family everyday through favourite walks, places, foods, music, films and a thousand and one other things that prompt a memory. I spend a lot of time curating our family photos. I consider them to be very important. As I say to my kids, when we're gone, mum and dad will in your memory and in your heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said: It doesn’t waste the land it fertilizes it and is a very hygiene way of containing a dangerous bio hazard. Fertilizers to grown more headstones? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, KhunLA said: For some, possibly their only contribution to society ... ???? Drinking and smoking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozimoron Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 It provides a place of pilgrimage for the living relatives. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Ossury cemeteries are ingenious IMHO. No ground contamination and zero energy used. When the rent on the compartment runs out the bones are placed in the storeroom in a numbered wooden box smaller than the original coffin thus saving space and allowing for new 'burials'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said: i agree, a waste of space, just tradition but will eventually die out.. A waste of space? Ha! Just wait until you see the size of the Mausoleum I'm sure I will be placed in... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted December 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2021 I prefer to be buried , no religious reasons , I have my plot waiting in the Foreign cemetery here in Chiang Mai, hope I don't need it for a few more years yet ,....thinking of having a wire from the coffin ,up top to a bell..... just in case ???? regards worgeordie 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, sipi said: Nearly everyone up our way gets burnt. Yes.....in one form or another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Jingthing said: Well, it depends. My parents cremains are in Arlington National cemetery on a shelf and there is lots to see there. But I wouldn't make a special trip to see a shelf or a grave. As you say , it depends on the individual. Personally , I wouldn't make a special trip to see the shelves of a lot of people who are strangers to me and for whom I have no memories or connection. In fact , as I said in my post , we seldom make a special trip , especially as I now live in Thailand and the rest of my family have moved elsewhere. But if I am on holiday in the UK visiting friends in the area I also go to the grave . It is not a question of needing a grave to remember someone ( something I never said ) it is just a pleasant place to go for quiet reflection, especially as the church there dates from the 12th century and is in the village of Harmondsworth. The old Five Bells pub is just by the cemetery entrance dating from 1871 and since it is on the way makes another nice place for reflection. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1076991-d14791126-Reviews-The_Five_Bells-Harmondsworth_Greater_London_England.html Everybody has different feelings about all sorts of things. Nobody is right or wrong it is just a matter of each individuals predilections. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Jingthing said: Well, it depends. My parents cremains are in Arlington National cemetery on a shelf and there is lots to see there. But I wouldn't make a special trip to see a shelf or a grave. How did that come about? They must have urned it... is it tough to get in? I think my parents are adrift off the shore at Rockaway Beach.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, Denim said: The old Five Bells pub is just by the cemetery entrance dating from 1871 and since it is on the way makes another nice place for reflection. Wow - they have chicken Kiev - had that in my youth in NYC at Jimmy's La Grange... it was spectacular and I have not had it since... and Jimmy was a character. He used to draw a picture on the tablecloth of how it was made... great showmanship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said: one of these Chinese cemeteries that are popping up all over Thailand. I recently saw a Chinese cemetery outside of CM - why are so many popping up? Are they flying the bodies in? Land is not particularly cheap there in Doi Saket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I'm gonna get burnt and deposited in one of those cute little boxes at the local village temple grounds. They can water me every Songkran. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said: I recently saw a Chinese cemetery outside of CM - why are so many popping up? Are they flying the bodies in? Land is not particularly cheap there in Doi Saket You ever tried buying land in China? A lot of Chinese wealth sloshing around and they want somewhere to put their dead so they can go visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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