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Mean Mama
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kkknitter
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 Posted - 04/05/2011 : 4:02:50 PM
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Why not, I guess it would keep me warm:-)
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robinstephanie
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Posted - 04/05/2011 : 5:15:31 PM
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That's great! I want one!
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LJ
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Posted - 04/05/2011 : 5:25:28 PM
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Hmm, I might have to start knitting one with the all the single skeins of Cascade 220 I've collected. It will be colorful!
Linda in Va
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hillstreetmama
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Posted - 04/07/2011 : 12:07:23 PM
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Now, really, if Clara had posted this story, you would expect the date to be April 1st. Yes, it's "green", but as soon as the ground is wet, that cardboard and wool casket will collapse, won't it? Somehow, the idea of having wet wool in my face as I decompose....
How about a wool cremation shroud?
Jan
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Clara
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Posted - 04/08/2011 : 12:59:12 PM
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I have to say, I checked that story SEVERAL TIMES before adding it to the newsletter. Because it seemed like, well, just like you said. Like an April Fools joke.
But if you think about it, for a long time everybody in England had to be buried in a wool shroud. It was decreed by law (as part of several laws they enacted to protect the wool market). So... this is more of a returning to their roots, as it were.
Clara
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weavingway
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Posted - 04/11/2011 : 07:00:54 AM
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Lanea
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robinstephanie
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Posted - 04/12/2011 : 08:25:41 AM
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OK, this may be a little grisly, but i thought it was interesting. My boyfriend and I live down the street from a former funeral home, and one day we got to talking with a woman who used to work there. She told us that when the body is dead and above ground for 5 days, that's when the law requires that preservatives--nasty, toxic, long-lasting, stinky--be used. So, if you can have your wool casket on standby and can manage to get underground in less than five days, you can avoid the use of said toxic ick and have a much greener decomposition.
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