Going Out With A Bang

[Cinder & Smoke]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Meredith Smith will be part of his final fireworks display Thursday.

About a half-teaspoon of his ashes will be in a fireworks shell
that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale
of the annual show in his Indianapolis neighborhood
where he ran the displays for 40 years.

He also will be memorialized through hundreds of T-shirts referring to the tribute
on the city's north side as "the last shot."

WOW!

What a NEET Way to *ride outa town*!

Enjoy the Ride, Mr. Smith!!

[Sevaede]

Hunter S. Thompson had that done with his remains as well! But, that didn't really come as much of a shock.

[smokey the elder]

Um, Scotty was Star Trek. Cool idea, though. The other neat one is to have part of your ashes turned into a gem. There's a place that will do your pet's ashes and turn them into a diamond.

[RICHARD]

A friend took the ashes of another pal, who was a huge baseball fan, and snuck into the town's minor league field.

They got to the pitcher's mound and left him there.

[Grace]

Um, Scotty was Star Trek. Cool idea, though. The other neat one is to have part of your ashes turned into a gem. There's a place that will do your pet's ashes and turn them into a diamond.

Oh well, can't win them all -

Personally, I do want to be cremated. And then save my ashes until my husband dies. Our ashes will then be mixed together.

And I want some of mine taken back to Rhode Island, and scattered in Narragansett Bay.

[moosmom]

He died doing what he loved. And it certainly has caught everyone's attention.

RIP dude.

[ramanth]

So great that they can honor his wishes. Fly high!!

[phesina]

I've saved the ashes from my kitties who have gone on to the Rainbow Bridge.

When I go, I want all those ashes to be mixed with mine. I haven't decided yet what I want done with the lot of them then, but whatever it is, we'll all go together. That is what is most important to me.