Crematorium installs super-size incinerator to cope with the overweight

On Mar 14, 5:51*pm, "L. Moeller" <emai...@Use-Author-Supplied-
Address.invalid> wrote:
> http://swns.com/crematorium-installs...ator-to-cope-w...
> the-overweight-201528.html
>
> A crematorium has forked out 145,000 of taxpayers cash on a super-size
> incinerator to cope with FAT BODIES.
>
> Staff have had to turn grieving families away because their deceased
> relatives were too large to fit in the current machines.
>
> But Cambridge City Crematorium are to install the 145,000 FTIII, which
> will enable them to cremate coffins up to 43in wide.
>
> Cambridge City Council, which manages the crematorium, said the move was
> necessary to deal with the growing problem of incinerating larger bodies.
>
> Cllr Tim Bick, the council s community health chief, said: We want to
> make provision for us to be able to cremate wider bodies than we can at
> the moment.
>
> There is some evidence there is a demand for that in the sense that on
> several occasions we have been unable to meet the need when people have
> come to us for cremation.
>
> The super-size incinerator will be installed next year, alongside two
> conventional ones, which can cremate bodies up to 33in wide.
>
> Cambridge City Crematorium manager Tracy Lawrence said: It will allow us
> to serve that local need rather than having to turn away a grieving family
> and send them to another crematorium that could be miles away.
>
> The move to install the FTIII comes in response to a quarter of adults in
> England now being officially classed as obese.

Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
Are the Brits that wimpish?

On Mar 15, 5:55 pm, walt tonne > wrote:

> Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
> Are the Brits that wimpish?

Andy comments:
I think it has to do with economies of scale. With a big oven ,
the
operator can have several funerals at a time, increasing the
throughput.

Also, when nobody has died lately, it could be used to back up the
local trash incineration facility.... or the local Pizza Hut......


I'm pretty sure the engineer who suggested it was Scottish......
..... you just gotta understand the mindset :>))))

Andy in Eureka, Texas

On Mar 15, 7:34*pm, AndyS > wrote:
> On Mar 15, 5:55 pm, walt tonne > wrote:
>
> > Stupidity! *Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
> > Are the Brits that wimpish?
>
> Andy comments:
> * I think it has to do with economies of scale. *With a big oven ,
> the
> operator can have several funerals at a time, increasing the
> throughput.
>
> Also, when nobody has died lately, it could be used to back up the
> local trash incineration facility.... or the local Pizza Hut......
>
> I'm pretty sure the engineer who suggested it was Scottish......
> * ..... you just gotta understand the mindset * :>))))
>
> * * * * * * * * * * Andy in Eureka, Texas


Cremating somebody who needs a coffin that's almost 4 feet wide is
liable to create one big, nasty grease fire.

On Mar 15, 8:32*pm, Christopher Helms > wrote:
> On Mar 15, 7:34*pm, AndyS > wrote:
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> > On Mar 15, 5:55 pm, walt tonne > wrote:
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> > > Stupidity! *Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
> > > Are the Brits that wimpish?
>
> > Andy comments:
> > * I think it has to do with economies of scale. *With a big oven ,
> > the
> > operator can have several funerals at a time, increasing the
> > throughput.
>
> > Also, when nobody has died lately, it could be used to back up the
> > local trash incineration facility.... or the local Pizza Hut......
>
> > I'm pretty sure the engineer who suggested it was Scottish......
> > * ..... you just gotta understand the mindset * :>))))
>
> > * * * * * * * * * * Andy in Eureka, Texas
>
> Cremating somebody who needs a coffin that's almost 4 feet wide is
> liable to create one big, nasty grease fire.

Or a sense of joy knowing that the family doesn't have to feed "it."

DCI

On Mar 15, 10:50 pm, DCI > wrote:
> On Mar 15, 8:32 pm, Christopher Helms > wrote:
>
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> > On Mar 15, 7:34 pm, AndyS > wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 15, 5:55 pm, walt tonne > wrote:
>
> > > > Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
> > > > Are the Brits that wimpish?
>
> > > Andy comments:
> > > I think it has to do with economies of scale. With a big oven ,
> > > the
> > > operator can have several funerals at a time, increasing the
> > > throughput.
>
> > > Also, when nobody has died lately, it could be used to back up the
> > > local trash incineration facility.... or the local Pizza Hut......
>
> > > I'm pretty sure the engineer who suggested it was Scottish......
> > > ..... you just gotta understand the mindset :>))))
>
> > > Andy in Eureka, Texas
>
> > Cremating somebody who needs a coffin that's almost 4 feet wide is
> > liable to create one big, nasty grease fire.
>
> Or a sense of joy knowing that the family doesn't have to feed "it."
>
> DCI

Andy comments:

But look at the extra money they could make leasing it out to
Pizza Hut for banquets........

Andy in Eureka, Texas .. Scottish by genetic
heritage....

Christopher Helms wrote:
> On Mar 15, 7:34 pm, AndyS > wrote:
>
>>On Mar 15, 5:55 pm, walt tonne > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
>>>Are the Brits that wimpish?
>>
>>Andy comments:
>> I think it has to do with economies of scale. With a big oven ,
>>the
>>operator can have several funerals at a time, increasing the
>>throughput.
>>
>>Also, when nobody has died lately, it could be used to back up the
>>local trash incineration facility.... or the local Pizza Hut......
>>
>>I'm pretty sure the engineer who suggested it was Scottish......
>> ..... you just gotta understand the mindset :>))))
>>
>> Andy in Eureka, Texas
>
>
>
> Cremating somebody who needs a coffin that's almost 4 feet wide is
> liable to create one big, nasty grease fire.

I'd hate to be that chimney sweep.

Can't we bring Tyler Durden into the loop, here? -Eric

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walt tonne wrote:

> On Mar 14, 5:51 pm, "L. Moeller" <emai...@Use-Author-Supplied-
> Address.invalid> wrote:
>
>>http://swns.com/crematorium-installs...ator-to-cope-w...
>>the-overweight-201528.html
>>
>>A crematorium has forked out 145,000 of taxpayers cash on a super-size
>>incinerator to cope with FAT BODIES.
>>
>>Staff have had to turn grieving families away because their deceased
>>relatives were too large to fit in the current machines.
>>
>>But Cambridge City Crematorium are to install the 145,000 FTIII, which
>>will enable them to cremate coffins up to 43in wide.
>>
>>Cambridge City Council, which manages the crematorium, said the move was
>>necessary to deal with the growing problem of incinerating larger bodies.
>>
>>Cllr Tim Bick, the council s community health chief, said: We want to
>>make provision for us to be able to cremate wider bodies than we can at
>>the moment.
>>
>>There is some evidence there is a demand for that in the sense that on
>>several occasions we have been unable to meet the need when people have
>>come to us for cremation.
>>
>>The super-size incinerator will be installed next year, alongside two
>>conventional ones, which can cremate bodies up to 33in wide.
>>
>>Cambridge City Crematorium manager Tracy Lawrence said: It will allow us
>>to serve that local need rather than having to turn away a grieving family
>>and send them to another crematorium that could be miles away.
>>
>>The move to install the FTIII comes in response to a quarter of adults in
>>England now being officially classed as obese.
>
>
> Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
> Are the Brits that wimpish?

Why is taxpayer money being used for this? The city owns and operates
the crematorium? Sheesh. -Eric

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On 04/15/11 13:59, Eric S. Harris wrote:

> walt tonne wrote:
>
>> On Mar 14, 5:51 pm, "L. Moeller" wrote:
>>
>>>Cambridge City Crematorium manager Tracy Lawrence said: It will allow us
>>>to serve that local need rather than having to turn away a grieving family
>>>and send them to another crematorium that could be miles away.

"I'm sorry, we can't take your loved one unless you manage to render out
at least 100 pounds of fat before cremation. We can provide this
service for a purely nominal sum, of course, and we can even create
lovely decorator candles suitable for PERSONAL holiday gifts if that's
your wish. If you'll just take a glance at our price list..."

>>>The move to install the FTIII comes in response to a quarter of adults in
>>>England now being officially classed as obese.
>>
>> Stupidity! Chain saws, band saws, wood shredder, etc, etc, etc.
>> Are the Brits that wimpish?

I would think that a meat-cutter's bandsaw would be perfect for this
use, and far more economical.

> Why is taxpayer money being used for this? The city owns and operates
> the crematorium? Sheesh. -Eric

I guess if you don't pay your property taxes they repossess your body,
process it and sell the reclaimed material. They may wait until you're
actually dead, but there's no real prohibition against immediate
foreclosure.

What, you don't believe it? Maybe not today, but I'm not so sure about
tomorrow...

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