How much does a coffin cost?

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bigpup · #21 Post by **bigpup** » Mon 30 Jan 2017, 22:02

Not sure if Australians have organ donor programs.
If you die, the useful organs are used to save the life of others.
Not sure how useful really old wrinkly body parts are.

However!
Medical students always need bodies.

Just think of yourself as a bigger frog, helping to advance medical knowledge!

Body Donor Program University of Melbourne
http://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.a ... or-program

musher0 · #22 Post by **musher0** » Mon 30 Jan 2017, 22:38

bigpup wrote:Not sure if Australians have organ donor programs.
If you die, the useful organs are used to save the life of others.
Not sure how useful really old wrinkly body parts are.

However!
Medical students always need bodies.

Just think of yourself as a bigger frog, helping to advance medical knowledge!

Body Donor Program University of Melbourne
http://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.a ... or-program

But I am a Frog!

Maybe a big formalin jar would do just fine.

cthisbear · #23 Post by **cthisbear** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 00:53

One of the most poisonous business practices is the Funeral industry.

About time these sods were buried.

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Anyway have a Winfield...humour forour coffins subject.

http://www.ibtimes.com.au/forget-coffin ... es-1511294

http://www.handwovencaskets.com.au/

Costco said 14 different coffins and caskets ranging in price from $360 to $3800 were on offer

http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/c ... oncuo.html

https://www.choice.com.au/health-and-bo ... nd-coffins

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/ ... ls/7322756

Probably not around now

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s2585919.htm

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Do it yourself

http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... wn-caskets

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Coffin/

Chris.

russoodle · #24 Post by **russoodle** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 12:08

bigpup wrote:Not sure if Australians have organ donor programs.
If you die, the useful organs are used to save the life of others.
Not sure how useful really old wrinkly body parts are.

However!
Medical students always need bodies.

Just think of yourself as a bigger frog, helping to advance medical knowledge!

Body Donor Program University of Melbourne
http://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.a ... or-program

Hi bigpup, we do indeed have organ donor programs, along with the body donation ones for the med students. My carcass will be donated to medical science here in Adelaide, thereby saving my offspring the hassle of coffins, funerals etc., and perhaps helping to save one or more lives in the future..

I've not heard of them utilising wrinkly skin from donors, but i doubt other organs suffer from wrinkle syndrome in quite the same way, if at all...i'm not all that familiar with the internal organs of a cadaver

Fossil · #25 Post by **Fossil** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 12:21

Why not become a basket case? Do a search for 'Willow Coffins UK'. I've nothing to do with this website but, the idea is a good one.
http://www.naturalendings.co.uk/our-cof ... w-coffins/
What's more, if you happen to buy 'early' - ahem! - the plaited 'basket' would make a wonderful adornment for large scale picnics; just imagine how many plates and assorted items, bottles of champers, etc (including the roast beef

) could be placed inside.

drunkjedi · #26 Post by **drunkjedi** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 12:22

We too have a donor program here in India too.

My cousin had expressed his wish to donate when he was on deathbed.
The problem was with relatives.
They really believe you don't get to go to heaven if not burned with religious ceremony.
We convinced them somehow.

I have now already told them, I don't wanna go to heaven.
It would be boring with all my friends partying in hell.

musher0 · #27 Post by **musher0** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 18:49

Fossil wrote:Why not become a basket case? Do a search for 'Willow Coffins UK'. I've nothing to do with this website but, the idea is a good one.
http://www.naturalendings.co.uk/our-cof ... w-coffins/
What's more, if you happen to buy 'early' - ahem! - the plaited 'basket' would make a wonderful adornment for large scale picnics; just imagine how many plates and assorted items, bottles of champers, etc (including the roast beef ) could be placed inside.

Great idea, Fossil
You add a country touch to your finish.

However at 520 British Pounds [sorry, can't find the symbol on my
keyboard] ($CAD 832 at today's exchange rate), it's still expensive.

musher0 · #28 Post by **musher0** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 19:02

Interesting list of URL's, cthisbear. Thanks.

Loved the Lavoipierre article on accountant Van Laan. This woman really
blows the cost of funeral services -- and a couple of myths -- apart.

Also the Italian (?) designer's concept of becoming fertilizer for trees. One
could go a step further and have organized burial grounds in the Sahel
(northern Senegal, for ex.) to help reclaim agricultural lands on the desert.

Fossil · #29 Post by **Fossil** » Tue 31 Jan 2017, 20:06

Dying isn't cheap! SunLife breaks down the costs here in the UK (2016) as this:- https://www.sunlife.co.uk/blogs-and-fea ... uk-today_/
The last cremation I paid for cost just over 3 Grand - UK Pounds! So if you've got some dosh put away - spend it now, while you can appreciate it!

musher0 · #30 Post by **musher0** » Wed 01 Feb 2017, 03:00

"Dying isn't cheap."
Hm... do poor people stay alive longer?

"Not now, Grim Reaper, I haven't got the money!"

(Sorry, can't find the tongue-in-cheek icon! Actually, this thread would
need a dedicated dark humor icon!)

BFN.

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bigpup · #31 Post by **bigpup** » Wed 01 Feb 2017, 03:58

I wonder.

If you donate a organ to someone.
They die.
Can they donate that same organ to someone, and so on?
IF so, would you get a better transplant cost price, if the organ had been used a few times?

cthisbear · #32 Post by **cthisbear** » Wed 01 Feb 2017, 05:19

They did have a burial service in Kemps Creek NSW in Hemp bags.

Sort of keep on Smokin' if you were heading in the wrong direction.

Just couldn't find it.

Chris.

musher0 · #33 Post by **musher0** » Wed 01 Feb 2017, 08:08

bigpup wrote:I wonder.
If you donate a organ to someone.
They die.
Can they donate that same organ to someone, and so on?
IF so, would you get a better transplant cost price, if the organ had been used a few times?

bigpup is toying with the idea of starting a used parts business.

Dunno. How much mileage can you get out of a used kidney or liver, for ex.?

Fossil · #34 Post by **Fossil** » Wed 01 Feb 2017, 11:54

@bigpup

I wonder. Question
If you donate a organ to someone.
They die.
Can they donate that same organ to someone, and so on?

Yes, sometimes.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... re-donated
A wonderful quote: "What's more, dying involves the entire body shutting down. "The trauma of dying can injure an organ". It don't do a lot of good for the owner, either!

I use Startpage as my search-engine. Inputting 'transplant heart reused' gives some interesting sites and facts.

@musher0.

(Sorry, can't find the tongue-in-cheek icon! Actually, this thread would need a dedicated dark humor icon!)

No worries! How about a single finger emoticon raised in mute salute to the old 'Dark One'.

musher0 · #35 Post by **musher0** » Thu 18 Oct 2018, 15:24

Hello all.

Sorry to revive

this coffin cost thread, but hey!, it's Halloween in
two weeks!

Here's somewhat economical.

No need to buy a burying plot or a coffin. Ask you grand-daughter to mix
your ashes in her school cookies recipe.
https://www.wbtw.com/news/national/cali ... 1531142888

Side benefit: your remains will feed the bodies of several young people
until their next poop. Not quite eternal life, but still.

BFN.

tlchost · #36 Post by **tlchost** » Thu 18 Oct 2018, 17:04

The local library offers 3d printing services...maybe someone needs to have the design online...

musher0 · #37 Post by **musher0** » Thu 18 Oct 2018, 22:26

Hi tlchost.

Gee, your city is advanced! You mean that in a few years from now my
descendants will visit the Baltimore Public Library and admire a 3-D copy
of you in the entrance hall?

That's absolutely terrific!

You know, I might suggest your idea to the Chief Librarian here. Come to
think of it, a 3-D copy of me, however, not you, in the hall of the Gatineau
Public Library, Lucy-Faris Branch, would look nice.

BFN.

headfound · #38 Post by **headfound** » Fri 19 Oct 2018, 16:53

Not to bring the tone down but I recently had to arrange my mother's funeral.
Total cost will be around £4000. I believe you can get very cheap ones for about half the price. It's not just about the cost of a coffin, there are lots of associated costs involved.
If no one wants to pay for your funeral and you have no assets then the local council will arrange a basic burial here in the UK.

musher0 · #39 Post by **musher0** » Fri 19 Oct 2018, 18:55

Hello, headfound.

My sincere condolences.

Thanks for the reality pinch... I have read that our provincial gov't
contributes 5,000 $CAD to the funeral home, for the basic funeral of a
person without means.

BFN.

TyroBGinner · #40 Post by **TyroBGinner** » Sat 20 Oct 2018, 07:30

Baltimore Public Library???? If you go to Baltimore, you will definitely need a coffin.

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