Human remains crash through roof...

[FN FAL]

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Human remains crash through woman's roof

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September 2, 2004 — An Oregon woman had a most unpleasant object fall through her roof.

Barbara Vreeland says a bag of cremated human crashed into her house. Vreeland called police who were able to track down the plane that dropped the remains.

People onboard the plane told police they were trying to disperse the remains of a man who died of natural causes.

Police are treating the incident as a case of reckless endangerment. No charges have been filed yet.
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2004

 

[PonchoMan]

DE-FENS.

 

[mar]

My last request:

I'd like to have my ashes scattered over a housing tract please.

Why weren't they dumped over a lake or a mountain or the ocean like everyone else?

 

[s0ldier93]

A co-worker has asked me to fly him over some Georgia mountains to spread his father's ashes. Our operation hasn't happened yet. I have to say that chucking the entire container out of the window never came to mind. We are planning on the "spreading" idea.

 

[vetteracer]

What the he!!, did they throw the entire Ern (sp). ?

 

[mar]

Spelling Nazi

Actually it's "urn".

Ern is how you make your money.

 

[bigD]

Ern is how you make your money.

I thought an Ern is some sort of bird? But I do like to earn money.

 

[TonyC]

I thought an Ern is some sort of bird? But I do like to earn money.

Nah, that's an erne.





I'm curious as to why Merriam-Webster offers "Arne" ahead of "earn" on its list of suggestions for "ern."


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[mar]

We need to have a talk

But I do like to earn money.

Son, you're fishing in a lake with no fish.

(My father's own words. Swear to god.)

 

[bigD]

Son, you're fishing in a lake with no fish.

(My father's own words. Swear to god.)

LOL! Tell me about it. But I'll tell you something mar, I've spent an entire day fishing, didn't catch a d*mned thing, but still thought it a better day than one at the office. To me, flying is the same way.

 

[FN FAL]

A co-worker has asked me to fly him over some Georgia mountains to spread his father's ashes. Our operation hasn't happened yet. I have to say that chucking the entire container out of the window never came to mind. We are planning on the "spreading" idea.

When your plan to spread your buddy's dad over the mountains of Georgia, winds up becoming the "Oh my god! We'll never get this plane interior cleaned in time for the 5:00 rental return!"...maybe then you'll understand why the whole urn wound up going through someones roof in this story.

You better think this thing through pretty good, or at least be prepared for most of those ashes to get spread about the cabin.

 

[coolyokeluke]

I seem to remember a fellow instructor getting an ash-spreading charter. I don't remember how she did it exactly (out the window of a 172) but I think she put a piece of tubing into the urn and out the aircraft and sealed the top of the urn where the hose went in with seran-wrap (sp?) and it just kind of venturi-tubed out without a whole lotta ash in the cockpit. I don't remember for sure but it sounds plausible.

In a related story I was on a merchant ship and the first engineer was asked to spread the ashes of a departed sailor who wanted to be buried at sea. He opened up the urn at sea at the stern of the ship at about 20 knots and ashes went everywhere: the fantial, shipping containers, the engineer, some even went in the ocean. His son happened to be an F-14 pilot and was visiting his dad in port one day. The father is relating this story to the son and says "You just don't have any idea of how turbulent it is there behind the ship" The pilot said "stop dad we know everything about turbulence behind ships". Maybe you had to be there but it was funny.