When at the end of the road
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Little more elaborate than what I have planned. I got a book a few years ago at Woodcraft, I think, that was about building your own coffin. Very compelling idea to me. Plan to use red cedar - kind of like what I am going to use for some things in the bus. Another good use of the sawmill.
Am getting older and haven't made them yet (1 for me, 1 for wifey), so guess I better get started soon....will just have to store them until I need it.
Only big question is how to move the thing around for burial when it has to be big enough for me and the bike??
Am getting older and haven't made them yet (1 for me, 1 for wifey), so guess I better get started soon....will just have to store them until I need it.
Only big question is how to move the thing around for burial when it has to be big enough for me and the bike??
Here are two pics of the Airstream coffin.
This is a full size coffin carved in wood and painted by Anum with a fabric resting liner inside. Made in Ghana where this tradition began. Made in 1995 by the Kane Kwei disciple Nii Anum. It's in excellent condition. Dimensions: 96L x 28W x 40H inches.
In Ghana, funerals are both important ritual and decadent affair. Children of the deceased are assigned new parents, and mourners spend days in heartfelt conversation with their lost loved ones. Women give the body a ritual bath and set out objects the person will need in the afterlife - a spoon for tea, a clean t-shirt, and perhaps a comb. Money, wrapped in a cloth, is waved over the face of the deceased so they will know how much friends and family have donated toward the cost of the funeral.
Kane Kwei was born in Teshi in the 1920s and began as a carpenter, making not only furniture but also coffins. A man named Ata Owoo made coffins for tribal chiefs. One of Ata Owoo's most talented young apprentices was Kane Kwei, was powerfully inspired by the chief's cocoa-pod coffin. When Kane's grandmother died in 1951, he built a coffin just for her -- shaped like an airplane. People loved that airplane coffin so much that Kane Kwei understood that he'd found his true calling. He opened his own shop and started making custom coffins symbolic of the deceased's status and worldly occupation: boats for fleet owners; fish or crabs or lobsters for fishermen; cows and bulls for breeders; lions and leopards for hunters; cocoa pods, peppers, green onions or corn cobs for farmers." Nii Anum was one of his apprentices and now has his own studio.
This is a full size coffin carved in wood and painted by Anum with a fabric resting liner inside. Made in Ghana where this tradition began. Made in 1995 by the Kane Kwei disciple Nii Anum. It's in excellent condition. Dimensions: 96L x 28W x 40H inches.
In Ghana, funerals are both important ritual and decadent affair. Children of the deceased are assigned new parents, and mourners spend days in heartfelt conversation with their lost loved ones. Women give the body a ritual bath and set out objects the person will need in the afterlife - a spoon for tea, a clean t-shirt, and perhaps a comb. Money, wrapped in a cloth, is waved over the face of the deceased so they will know how much friends and family have donated toward the cost of the funeral.
Kane Kwei was born in Teshi in the 1920s and began as a carpenter, making not only furniture but also coffins. A man named Ata Owoo made coffins for tribal chiefs. One of Ata Owoo's most talented young apprentices was Kane Kwei, was powerfully inspired by the chief's cocoa-pod coffin. When Kane's grandmother died in 1951, he built a coffin just for her -- shaped like an airplane. People loved that airplane coffin so much that Kane Kwei understood that he'd found his true calling. He opened his own shop and started making custom coffins symbolic of the deceased's status and worldly occupation: boats for fleet owners; fish or crabs or lobsters for fishermen; cows and bulls for breeders; lions and leopards for hunters; cocoa pods, peppers, green onions or corn cobs for farmers." Nii Anum was one of his apprentices and now has his own studio.
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When at the end of the road
Bury me in a plain plywood box, or did I hear something about cardboard coffins that are environmentally friendly.
Or wrap me in a blanket and plant me under a tree
Lois
Or wrap me in a blanket and plant me under a tree
Lois
Bash On Regardless!
I have let my family know and also in my will that I prefer to be cremated, and my ashes scattered going down the road in some of my favorite spots, nothing spactacular, just a very simple ceromony, I hope there will be enough money left for a small party to celebrate my passing on to a new LIFE or existance, what ever happens is OK with me. I feel that my Indian heritage of burning a body trumps any piece of expensive real estate in a cemetary. It is just my personal opinion and not meant to reflect on the views of this web site or anyone involed in its promotion or existance. This post is not meant to excite a religious riot or negative opinions anywhere, it is just my personal preference. Hopefully the here after is a kinder, gentler existance, no one knows for sure, everyone is just depending on faith, and sure not going to buy a 8x35 foot plot to bury me in my bus, the cemetary would probably want to charge for the benches, patio area and full hookups.
James in da GRAYDAWG
James in da GRAYDAWG
I ONCE WAS A MIGHTY GREYHOUND
I THEN GOT OLD AND RETIRED
I LOST MY SEATS AND GOT A NEW GIG
I AM NOW A HAULIN SOME OLD DAWGS &
I BECAME THE GRAYDAWG
I THEN GOT OLD AND RETIRED
I LOST MY SEATS AND GOT A NEW GIG
I AM NOW A HAULIN SOME OLD DAWGS &
I BECAME THE GRAYDAWG
Mr Percy and his buddy Mr Graham were notified of thier good friend, Mr Charwell's sudden death at the ripe old age of 83 of a sudden heart attack.
They made plans to attend the funeral.
During the service they were suprised to learn that thier dearly departed friend had made plans to be buried in his favorite fishing boat, holding his favorite fishing pole with one of his best cigars between his teeth. They decided they would not miss the graveside ceremony- they had to witness this grand event
As Mr Charwell's boat was slowly backed into the large hole dug in the graveyard, his pole held tightly between his hands, with the big Cuban stogey in his mouth, his friends could only look on in amazement and say "Man, that guy really knows how to live large! "
They made plans to attend the funeral.
During the service they were suprised to learn that thier dearly departed friend had made plans to be buried in his favorite fishing boat, holding his favorite fishing pole with one of his best cigars between his teeth. They decided they would not miss the graveside ceremony- they had to witness this grand event
As Mr Charwell's boat was slowly backed into the large hole dug in the graveyard, his pole held tightly between his hands, with the big Cuban stogey in his mouth, his friends could only look on in amazement and say "Man, that guy really knows how to live large! "
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In Denmark cremation places are being connected to the local heatingsupply. A lot of people think to let all that good heat go to waste, is inappropiate. So I'm definitely going to be cremated.
Since I always have made so much of my own stuff, I will also make my own coffin. I'll put it on wheels, so the wife can roll me downhill on her own, in case nobody's left to help her. ;o)
Since I always have made so much of my own stuff, I will also make my own coffin. I'll put it on wheels, so the wife can roll me downhill on her own, in case nobody's left to help her. ;o)
When at the end of the road
I agree, death can be a bit of a bummer. I've lost several close friends in the last few years and I have given up going to funerals.
Doing a joint farewell tea for my parents was the last straw, even though Dad died 15 years before Mum.
I'll help clean up after the funeral is over and comfort whatever family there is, but no more funerals for me!
Lois
Doing a joint farewell tea for my parents was the last straw, even though Dad died 15 years before Mum.
I'll help clean up after the funeral is over and comfort whatever family there is, but no more funerals for me!
Lois
Bash On Regardless!
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