Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

I have no idea.  

Actually, I was thinking of a thin metal tube for a burial container. 
Put the corpse inside and drop that baby off the edge.  I would say that
the thin metal would collapse because of depth and allow the contents to
be "absorbed" into the ocean.
Carl


Steven Mills wrote:
> 
> Interesting...how about outside the 200 mile territorial
> limit?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...
> 
> > Hmmmm.  What are the legalities of a burial at sea?  I know the mafia
> > had no problem doing it, but what about us regular guys?
> > Carl
> >
> >
> > Steven Mills wrote:
> > >
> > > >From: Pierre Poulin <pipo305@hotmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > You guys are so stange...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Okay, you want strange. Here's a question.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know or have heard of a person being buried
> > > in a submersible or sub shaped coffin [ at sea or in the ground].
> > > after their demise?
> > >
> > > [ and note, I am not counting the brave souls who lost their lives
> > > at sea in a sub..."iron coffins"..., regardless of nationality and
> > > regardless of times of war or peace ].
> > >
> > > I ask this because last year I had to make funereal arrangements
> > > for a close relative and among the arrangements was following
> > > instructions as to the characteristics of the burial.  Also, in conferring
> > > with a close relative, I was shocked to find out that I had funereal
> > > insurance coverage on me since I was 16.  So, I asked myself the
> > > macabre question, "How do I want to be buried?" Quietly or with
> > > some "character" and "fanfare"?  How about a facsimle of Lake's
> > > Argonaut Jr.?  Or the Nautilus?
> > > Crush depth would be inconsequentual. It could be a wetsub?
> > >
> > > It's not unheard of for people to be buried with a theme or characteristic
> > > in mind.  The pyramids are an example.  I believe or it's rumored that
> > > Liberace was buried in a piano shaped coffin.  Sir Richard Burton
> > > [ the explorer, not the actor ] and his wife are entombed in a pyramid
> > > structure. I have heard of persons buried in their favorite car.
> > >
> > > So how about it guys?  Too strange and bizarre for commentary?
> > > The grim reaper has everyone's name carved on that scythe's shaft!
> > >
> > > If I ever build a pSub, it just could be a coffin shaped as one...a last
> > > testament from a "Submadman".
> > >
> > > --Steve
> >
> > --
> > "Indeed, desire is the seed of thought, the prime force that activates
> > the mechanism of the mind." -- Kama Sutra

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"Indeed, desire is the seed of thought, the prime force that activates
the mechanism of the mind." -- Kama Sutra