On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:33:07 +0100, Pete Stockdale wrote:

A timber fired pyre isn't polluting...

Sorry -- incorrect.

Define.

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Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:58 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote:

Burning is polluting. And energy hungry :-(

A timber fired pyre isn't polluting...

The burning corpse is :-)

Better to keep the timber for indoor heating, cooking or baking, I think.

Mary

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In article ,
Martin writes:
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| Somebody running a crematorium said on TV recently that crematoriums were a
| major source of pollution. Heart pacers, mercury tooth fillings etc. give off
| nasty stuff when burnt.

Yes. We need to replace them by compostoriums :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Martin writes:
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| Somebody running a crematorium said on TV recently that crematoriums
were a
| major source of pollution. Heart pacers, mercury tooth fillings etc.
give off
| nasty stuff when burnt.

Yes. We need to replace them by compostoriums :-)

Seconded.

um - they used to be called graveyards :-)

Mary

"Martin" wrote in message
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On 31 May 2008 10:48:26 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article ,
Martin writes:
|
| Somebody running a crematorium said on TV recently that crematoriums
were a
| major source of pollution. Heart pacers, mercury tooth fillings etc.
give off
| nasty stuff when burnt.

Yes. We need to replace them by compostoriums :-)

non compost mentis as they said in Pompeii )

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One of the few things you are advised not to put on the compost heap is
meat - so compostoriums would be a definite nono !


Pete
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