> teeseari...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Your Body Is 70% Water!
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> SBH
I don't think so...
A 200 lb, human turns into a 5 lb. box of ashes rather easily.
As me how I know. ;-(
On the upside, it's better than burying someone in a cold, dark hole in
the ground. Memory trunks, containing the ashes and keepsakes, are much
better and it's easier to place flowers on......

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Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com - 23 Aug 2005 21:44 GMT
> > teeseari...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Your Body Is 70% Water!
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> As me how I know. ;-(
You don't know as much as you think you know. Cremation ashes
(cremains) are not a simple dehydration product, any more than the
ashes of a wood fire are a simple dehydration product. Not only is the
water gone from cremains, but *also* all the carbon and nitrogen,
because the body fat and protein (major weight components after water
is gone) have been burned into gas. Only minerals are left.
My statement about water % is correct.
SBH
Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com - 23 Aug 2005 22:02 GMT
> > teeseari...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Your Body Is 70% Water!
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> As me how I know. ;-(
COMMENT:
Those crushed cremated bones = cremains ("ashes") aren't just produced
by driving off water. Any more than wood ashes are produced by simply
dehydrating wood. More important in cremation, all the fat and protein
(most of the weight that isn't water) is burned, so that all the
nitrogen and carbon in the body is lost as gas also.
My figures for water are correct.
SBH
Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com - 23 Aug 2005 23:33 GMT
> I don't think so...
> A 200 lb, human turns into a 5 lb. box of ashes rather easily.
COMMENT:
FYI, this is a little light for a 200 lb person, unless a large woman.
Cremains go from 2 to 8 lbs, with average of 5. But the average for
men is 6 lbs and the average for women is 4 lbs.
Helpfully,
SBH
RBR - 24 Aug 2005 03:14 GMT
>> I don't think so...
>> A 200 lb, human turns into a 5 lb. box of ashes rather easily.
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>Cremains go from 2 to 8 lbs, with average of 5. But the average for
>men is 6 lbs and the average for women is 4 lbs.
Perhaps someone should tell Nick. He's looking for a way to lose
weight and lower his cholesterol just like Karen Carpenter did.
Are you listening Nick? Want to fast-track your progress?
RBR
Nick - 24 Aug 2005 08:30 GMT
RB boloney.
I have already found the way.
Eat right!
I know you have a problem with that.
RBR - 25 Aug 2005 05:42 GMT
>RB boloney.
>
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>I know you have a problem with that.
Actually I don't.
RBR
Nick - 26 Aug 2005 05:52 GMT
I don't have to be fat!
Do you have a problem with that?
RBR - 26 Aug 2005 19:32 GMT
>I don't have to be fat!
>
>Do you have a problem with that?
Ummm, no Nick, I don't have a problem with you not having to be fat!
What has this to do with my last response? :os
RBR