nickc Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Ja but when you are dead you're dead. Have no problem with this. Gooi weg, it is done/bust.We live in a disposable society. Ja but to let the Tow Truck drivers take your body like that - apologies, had a closer look, they are real vultures.
Li Mu Bai Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 We've just been talking about this and I actually don't know my own blood type. I suspect I should find out and write it down somewhere, just in case . . . Part Jose Cuervo, part Johnny Walker, part Stella, part chocolate ice-cream...
Hairy Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Do this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnISAAZa3YsDon't know about the negative comments, I think for a people so closely connected to nature, this way of burying the dead is rather poetic / beautiful way of continuing the circle of life with their bodies energy giving life.
Lurch the stalker Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Don't know about the negative comments, I think for a people so closely connected to nature, this way of burying the dead is rather poetic / beautiful way of continuing the circle of life with their bodies energy giving life.There is a downside to it these days, unfortunately.I saw a documentary on this a couple years back (can't for the life of me recall the name of it) and they were saying the animals were getting sick.If I recall correctly, it was something to do with the build up of 'western' medicine in people's bodies and the animals can't handle it. (If anybody knows better/more about this, please correct me.)
Uni Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I am so for sky burials - Im convinced I saw a flier the first time I went to Van Gaalens that said something along the lines of donate your body to our vultures - that's when I got the idea and started researching and found out it's illegal. Which is bollocks - if you can feed the worms, why not the vultures?
Patchelicious Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Don't know about the negative comments, I think for a people so closely connected to nature, this way of burying the dead is rather poetic / beautiful way of continuing the circle of life with their bodies energy giving life.To clarify, I agree its a poetic way of going. Its however not so poetic to see this as you bite into your chicken mayo sarnie, which is what I did.
DJR Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Ja but to let the Tow Truck drivers take your body like that - apologies, had a closer look, they are real vultures.Tow truck drivers? Where? I only see SARS officials all over the body. (And I refuse to post this in Comic Sans)
Lurch the stalker Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 To clarify, I agree its a poetic way of going. Its however not so poetic to see this as you bite into your chicken mayo sarnie, which is what I did.Did you finish the sandwich..?
WrightJnr Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I’m an organ donor. The 2nd kind, lock stock and barrel. Although my ID card has the sticker saying so and have the medic alert bracelet etc you need to remember it’s up to your next of kin to sign off and allow it. In the meantime they will keep you organs best preserved but your loved one will need to give the ok. (Well this is how it’s been explained to me and based on its nature guess I’ll never find out). On this topic, I have a good mate who received a kidney via a organ donor. No words can explain what it meant.
NotSoBigBen Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk
SwissVan Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk Welcome to the party boet
Wayne Potgieter Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I’m an organ donor. The 2nd kind, lock stock and barrel. Although my ID card has the sticker saying so and have the medic alert bracelet etc you need to remember it’s up to your next of kin to sign off and allow it. In the meantime they will keep you organs best preserved but your loved one will need to give the ok. (Well this is how it’s been explained to me and based on its nature guess I’ll never find out). On this topic, I have a good mate who received a kidney via a organ donor. No words can explain what it meant.i have received three transplanted corneas in my life. When my sister passed away I took a lot of solace in her being a donor. Here in NZ you are a default donor. You have to opt out.
dev null Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 A+ Known that since I did my first blood donation. Think I was 17, or thereabouts.
Lurch the stalker Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 it’s up to your next of kin to sign off and allow That's how I understand it as well, though I've always wondered about that.In my case, I want to be cremated, so even if my next of kin said no, surely they could just take the organs and nobody would be any the wiser?
DJR Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 That's how I understand it as well, though I've always wondered about that.In my case, I want to be cremated, so even if my next of kin said no, surely they could just take the organs and nobody would be any the wiser?The process is a highly specialized and technical one, from precisely how the donor is kept on life support to optimize the quality of the organs, to how it is removed by highly competent and specialized surgeons and how it is preserved, transported to its recipient. All of that need facilities and expertise and is unlikely to happen somewhere in a back room without anyone knowing. (Not that dodgy doctors in dodgy deals in dodgy hospitals haven't done it in the past.) But yes, I get your point. I like the New Zealand way, which will make you a donor by default.
Halfdoesyn Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using TapatalkAaaaah. Die goeie ou ES AA WA.
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