Stephen F Logan wrote: > If the moment of inceneration was unimportant. You could be > precremated and then your ashes placed in a much smaller boat. Then > you could have your Viking funeral with the footprint of a small > campfire. Good idea! Make a small SOF, say 3 feet long, out of scrap wood, cotton canvas and thread, and linseed oil to waterproof the skin. Add the deceased's ashes, and maybe a rock or two for ballast (The one time you want to stay upright when it's hot), pour some ethanol with maybe a little of a favorite beer or a nice scotch added onto the ashes, light, and launch! The whole deal is biodegradable, and carbon-neutral as far as materials are concerned, and very flammable as well. Come to think of it, that's a pretty good way to go on your final paddle, especially if you're launched after dark.........maybe I'll put it in my will.........going out on fire after dark in my little SOF -- what an exit! -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Smith wsmith16_at_charter.net Check out my website!: http://webpages.charter.net/wsmith16/home.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 11 2007 - 03:27:31 PDT
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