Dead set

[Neville Roberts]

Talking about crabs I know where they have been , and I know where they have gone .EEEEK

[happy daze john in oz]

Gulliver never eat crabs you don't know were they have beenjp

Particularly if they have a bluish colour.

[happy daze john in oz]

AS to the sacttering of ashes at sea here is a good one for you. In Port Melbourne bay you may scatter ashes with a permit and you will b etaken out on a tug to do so, the licence issued by the port authority. Problem is only three persons are allowed to go as passengers.
the Greens and envirionmentalists, notice they have mental in their name, say the practice must stop as it is polluting the bay!!!!
Howver what they are not aware of is the number of private scatterings that take place from private yachts out on the bay. It is estimated thta about five a week go this way, ex fishermen and sailors.

[John Arton]

Biggest fright I ever had when I was on the Empress of Canada was at 0230 one morning doing night rounds with the Master at Arms.
Going through the butchers flat we saw that one of the fridge doors was open so we went to close it and hanging right by the door was a body, all done up in a body bag but the zip had come down a bit so you could see part of it. Gave me and the M.A. a right scare, nearly **** our pants thinking that it was a suicide but it turned out it was a someone been transported back to the U.K. for burial. Cannot for the love of me think why it was not in a coffin but maybe there was some customs regs or summat.
Guess that it must have been a pretty expensive funeral having had the body transported 3500+ miles before internment.
rgds
JA

[robpage]

My understanding John is that air repatriation of a body from Southern Europe is around £5-6000 , and I think the Funeral Director has a lot of paperwork involved in that . I remember with Union Castle in the case of a death at sea , , because we had a doctor on board and there were no suspicious circumstances there was a burial at sea within a day of death . I believe the paperwork to land a body in those days could be horrific , so I suspect it is ten times worse now

[Les Woodard]

Think that a lot of this is just bloody stupid because once you have gone that is it. We have all sorts of burials out here that do not cost the earth (pun intended). Have had ash's thrown out of helicopters and tossed of surf boards. If anyone is creamated then the ash's can be tossed out without authorities knowing a damn thing about it. Mean to say if I wanted my ash to be taken to the UK then would leave enought money for one of the family to pack me in a plastic bag and take me over there as cabin luggage. I would end up over there and one of the family would end up with a holiday. Personally just let the crem dispose of me where ever they bloody well please. Boils down to the fact that they have more money than brains to fork out all that on someone not around anymore.

[Captain Kong]

My mate died last year in Blackpool and his wife a Cook Islander had him cremated and then she took the Ashes in a box to Auckland and buried them in the family grave there and had a holiday. Didnt tell anyone. just did it.
simple.
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When my mother died she wanted her ashes scattered on the beach on Walney Island, from where she came from and played as a girl.
So I took them there, with my brothers and sisters. We had lunch at the Ferry Hotel, with a glass of Sherry, her favourite, stood on the box in the middle of the table, we drank a toast and all had a sip from the glass. put my Masters Uniform on, cos she liked that, I read the funeral Service out of the Ship Captains Medical Guide, and then we made a little hole in the sand and poured the ashes in. with a rose out of her garden on top. Told no one. She would have loved it if she had been there. A nice day out.
Brian.