A couple of questions

[struan80]

1. I already like VR better than reality. Will VR become reality for many poor souls?

2. I've got my wife's ashes and don't know what to do with them. She liked taking the dogs for a walk in the woods and down the river. Should I just bury them in the woods?

Thanks.

[Sister Sledge]

This might help for 2: I have a fave spot on a friends farm land - it's a small copse of trees on a small hill which overlooks the Northumbrian coastline. It's my place of peace. I can go there any time day or night. I can sit on the hay bales and watch the world go by and admire the beautiful coastline. My will states my ashes are to be scattered there.
Perhaps a small ceremony and scatter your wifes ashes on the spot you mention? You've already mentioned memories and a connection to the spot. I'm not sure on how you'd do it though - scatter or bury. I suppose it depends on the location more than anything.

My own dogs I've had over the years are buried within a particular spot on a friends land. My dogs enjoyed those walks and that route - I did too. I make a point of passing them on walks whenever possible to simply pass and say a hello.

Probably not much help to you when feeling low but still letting you know you're not alone.
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[Polarbear]

My relatives are buried or cremated at various places including at sea. My animals the same.

I don't need to go to a certain place to remember them anymore. When I'm somewhere I used to go with them, when I'm somewhere beautiful, when I'm in bed and feeling low i think of the good days I had with them.

What I am saying is you don't NEED somewhere to remember someone although it might help. If you scatter her ashes where you know she liked going and you can't go far wrong.

I want to have mine scattered at sea but I think the best I will get is them being thrown in the Grand Union from the boat when wifie is down the marina office arranging the sale of it. In the end it doesn't really matter as I don't believe I will be looking down and watching.

Oh, and booze only helps for a while
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[Easy-X]

Do a better job than we did with my mother-in-law. It was a right stormy day when we tried to scatter her ashes. You want to "visit" her? Let me set you up with an OS map and a half-mile search pattern
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[AldridgePrior]

[chickenstrip]

[Ste]

1. Probably yes.

2. We're the wrong people to ask for any type of sensible advice. Sounds like a good a place as any, try not to be offended if by chance one of your dogs decides to lay an egg where you buried the ashes.

[stinkwheel]

A mate of mine went with his surviving brother to scatter their brothers ashes in his favourite park where he'd been to gigs.

They grossly underestimated how much ash there was and had run out of somewhere surrepticious to put it before they'd gone through half of it.

In the end, they just made a giant cock and balls outline on the football pitch. Anyone who knew him agrees it's what he would have wanted.
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[struan80]

haha, thanks for the ideas. I'm actually now thinking of getting a ring made. They can dispose of the remainder of the ashes for me. No way could I scatter ashes, or even see the ashes.

I've had the ashes for nearly 3 years sitting on the window ledge beside my ridiculous number of model bikes. When she was alive no way would model bikes be allowed as an ornament.

Anyway she has to go soon she's freaking everyone out.

[stinkwheel]

Mrs stinkwheel says she wants to be made into a firework.

I would like my mortal remains to be disposed of at public expense. Although if they aren't, I don't really care on account of how I'll be dead.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[chickenstrip]

[Ste]

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[andyscooter]

I want my ashes chucking in the cut next to my local pub


that way my mates will still come and have a pint with me
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[Polarbear]

I'm considering going with the cheapest quote these do.

No gimmicks, just a 'get rid of the body' scenario.

https://www.simplicity.co.uk/funeral-prices
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[struan80]

We went cheap, at the coop with Lorraine and it still cost £4k. To be fare the government puts £2k towards that.

A firework is interesting but that means ashes being scattered and I couldn't handle getting showered in ashes, which may or may not actually be my wifes, the guy sweeping the oven out doesn't give two sgits whether he stubs his fags out in the ashes.

I've actually got visions that beyond the curtain there are Indians dancing on the hot coals waiting to eat fried corpse.

[iooi]

If you can't stand the thought of getting showered by them. Put them in something and throw the lot in the river, or bury them in the woods.
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[JackButler]

[Polarbear]

My daughter had a few specks of her last horse's ashes put in a pendant which she wears all the time.

I suppose you could do the same although it could be a bit of a show stopper when you are next accommodating a lady in the bedroom and she says 'That's a pretty necklace'. 'Yes, it's my ex wife.'

Passion killer.
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[MCN]

Reincarnate by planting her favourite fruit tree among her ashes. Apple, Pear, Plum and etc.
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[hellkat]

I kept the ashes of one of my cats, and sprinkled it all on the garden out the back where he liked to sleep.

So when I went to change the plants in that little strip of garden, I found myself apologising to him for disturbing him
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Ribenapigeon]

I find memorial benches and the like really depressing.

As for donating your body to medical science, I wonder how much it would cost to have an operation where "I will haunt you for the rest of your life for cutting me up" is lasered onto your entrails.

[UncleFester]

1. They are heavy
2. They don't scatter well.

I can tell you now that it's more like shaking out lumpy ex bbq coals or the remains of a fire that had been running on coke not coal..

Be prepared to do a fair bit of the scattering manually.
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