Great player of course and a decent coach. Isn't he the only english footballer to have played at every international level ?
Known at White Hart Lane affectionately as 'The Veg' !
I always thought Terry Venables was a good 'un :)
Ah no, much more indelicate than that, I'd get a Bad Mark for it :)
Does anyone know the difference between Del Boy and El Tel?
Where I grew up in Lancashire the widows (of whom there were a good number) always kept the ashes urn on the sideboard ! And there was a Lancashire joke about that which it is much to un-PC to relate :p
All depends on timing then: Time of year, best time of day and you've got your bit of heaven.
Sounds like me and SWMBO!
Peter, It takes these situations for us to learn a bit about ourselves I think? We are but humans with all the contradictions that entails. WE will make an interesting study a few hundred years from now?
I recall my uncle who worked in a crematorium after the War telling me things about what happened when the curtains closed! Body out, coffin redeemed for re-use, and bags of ashes to fill up the urn. Maybe 10% residue?
No you're not a cyniical old sod, but a realist.
Peter,
each to their own and Malt is not a regular tipple with me either, can't afford the good stuff _ otherwise good old Lidl Vin Rouge - which I developing a perverse taste for!
I am prompted by all this to add a cautionary tale, following the experience of a friend of mine who transported her father's ashes to be scattered in the USA: If you are contemplating taking ashes on a plane, make sure the box, tin or whatever is completely sealed before putting it in your luggage. What with the air pressure changes (especially in the hold) and general joggling about - well, suffice to say a rubber band is not enough, and in my friend's father's case the scattering happened a bit prematurely!
Frances I think the new treatment will HAVE to come in soon. I was reading the other day that even China is running out of burial space, big country but big problems - so sooner rather than later eh?
True enough Norman
I have to admit to being a heathen, I can't stand whiskey !!!!!
A nice drop of Gaillac red would be my preferred embalming juice...
Peter you don't need your gnashers in to drink Malt!
Embalming Nico ?
Miracles we can do but the impossible takes a bit longer !
Would you insist on keeping your gnashers in ?
Weird thing is Brian, I didn't really want to see my missus again after I watched her at the end of her life but I felt the responsibility of making her 'presentable' to others, especially her aged mum who was feeling bad enough. I did see my good lady her again in the 'viewing room' and i'm really glad I did, she looked brill and it was a great way to put an end to the physical side of things...morbid maybe but true.
Brian good point, maybe the laneway between our two houses might be better at that! This is what it currently looks like, so not a bad spot to die?
Mine is an old Laphroaig - what would they say? I reckon it might be 'peat to peat...'
I'm studying the possibility of self embalming with Singleton malt. "Afore ye go" - to quote another popular brand.
Embalming! Blimey, what a strange thought. Perhaps I should put something in my will about being made up like David Bowie or Danny la Rue in their prime just to put a spanner in the works.
Blimey Norman, €1800 sounds pretty cheap ! I paid €2400 for the basic crematorium 'do'. Agreed, the embalming added about €350 but it was worth it (she never looked better !!!) and the cheapest urn at €30. The funeral company did a great job. The only negative point was the ceremony itself which was mega-quick and pretty impersonal. One piece of music which I had to fight for at the expense of a short speech. The crematorium at Limoges is a veritable conveyor belt of dead bodies. I don't even suppose the ashes given to me indeed those of my good lady ! But I would say that wouldn't I, being a cynical old sod ...
Thanks for the advice Norman. I'll have to make it a Tuesday (morning only) or Friday and probably sit on the mairie doorstep to do it. I shall have a large malt in hand (well in me by then...)