nickc Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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. DJR and Sepia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li Mu Bai Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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... Sepia, Bonus, Patchelicious and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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. Sepia, Uni and Lurch the stalker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch the stalker Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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, Sepia, nickc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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. Help.Me., Lurch the stalker and Hairy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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, Patchelicious, nickc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch the stalker Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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..? Patchelicious and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrightJnr Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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. DJR and Halfdoesyn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted January 23, 2018 Share A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk Blokman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted January 23, 2018 Share A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using Tapatalk Welcome to the party boet Blokman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted January 23, 2018 Share 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. nickc, Wannabe and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted January 23, 2018 Share A+ Known that since I did my first blood donation. Think I was 17, or thereabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch the stalker Posted January 24, 2018 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 24, 2018 Share 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. Lurch the stalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfdoesyn Posted January 24, 2018 Share A+ known courtesy of the SADF Sent from my LG-D958 using TapatalkAaaaah. Die goeie ou ES AA WA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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