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16. Maybe the wood chips alfalfa and other biodegradable materials stuffed into the steal box mask the

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 04:31 PM

Sep 2022

smell initially. I don't know how long a body stinks for but it's not forever.

Kind of like people buried in shallow graves are not found by smell.

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California's dead will have a new burial option: Human composting [View all] Auggie Sep 2022 OP

The church will come around. At one time cremation was not liked. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #13

ROFL Auggie Sep 2022 #4

Well, if someone is asleep on the job, maybe... hlthe2b Sep 2022 #8

just markie Sep 2022 #5

it is still markie Sep 2022 #6

Only nuclear waste is (essentially) permanent... hlthe2b Sep 2022 #7

I'm in... bahboo Sep 2022 #9

I love it but can you even imagine how bad that would smell at the end? Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #10

There is a concern Repug bodies could contaminate gardens. Sneederbunk Sep 2022 #11

I am going to the body farm in Tennessee. Butterflylady Sep 2022 #12

I'd like my body to be devoured by mockingbirds GenXer47 Sep 2022 #14

+1 Auggie Sep 2022 #15