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Originally Posted by Rochard
My father died when I was nine months old, and his grave - because it was in walking distance of both my grandmother's house and aunt's house - was a place I visited often. It was a very sad place for me. I don't want anyone to have that... I don't want my kid to remember that.
I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread out in the San Francisco Bay. Done. No sad place. If my kid wants to visit me, she can get a shrimp sandwich on the pier and eat it.
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That's what my Dad did...
He didn't want people to visit him at a cemetery, so he contacted the
Neptune Society and arranged to be cremated, and his ashes spread in the Puget Sound, so that we can visit him when we go out boating and fishing (big activities for our Seattle-based family).
I recently read about, and was surprised to learn how fast a dead body can decompose, even in a casket (strange things sometimes fascinate me):
How long does it take for a human body to completely decompose after it's been embalmed?
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