Funerals by motorcycle and sidecar

[Mike Kruger]

http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
are pretty slow.


"Motorcycle-mad minister Paul Sinclair has built what he has hailed to be
the world's fully enclosed sidecar hearse....there is something a bit sad
about bikers being carried off in the back of an estate car."




--
Mike Kruger
Blog: http://mikekr.blogspot.com/

[Dale]

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
> wrote:

>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>are pretty slow.

There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.

A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
a canoe trailer would do it.

[Tom Keats]

In article >,
Dale > writes:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
> > wrote:
>
>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>are pretty slow.
>
> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>
> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
> a canoe trailer would do it.

If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
buckling knees.


cheers,
Tom

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[Zoot Katz]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:16:20 -0800, (Tom
Keats) wrote:

>In article >,
> Dale > writes:
>> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>>are pretty slow.
>>
>> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
>> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>>
>> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
>> a canoe trailer would do it.
>
>If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
>some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
>deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
>buckling knees.
>
The JFK funeral left an impression on me. The empty boots hanging
inverted from the stirrups of an empty saddle is a lasting memory.

I think that San Francisco tradition of throwing the deceased's bike
into the bay is also a fittingly powerful gesture.

(Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)

[Tom Keats]

In article >,
Zoot Katz > writes:

> The JFK funeral left an impression on me. The empty boots hanging
> inverted from the stirrups of an empty saddle is a lasting memory.

That was a military funeral, with all its conventions & protocols,
including the matching and configuration of the team that pulled
the caisson.

At the time of JFK's assassination, I had fallen off a log while
playing in the woods, and grasped the stem of a devil's club (not
knowing what was) to steady myself. My hand subsequently festered
and swelled-up to the size of a rugby ball. The ol' family sawbones
had to punch a hole in it and manually squish all the pus out, from
my elbow down to my hand itself. He said I almost died from blood
poisoning. That made a lasting memory (and an education.)

> I think that San Francisco tradition of throwing the deceased's bike
> into the bay is also a fittingly powerful gesture.

Before his death, Haida artist: Bill Reid stated that on his death
he'd like his body to be commended to the ocean. And then for
everbody to have a subsequent crab-feast in his honour.

Bikes do become personal, don't they? But after my demise, I think
I'd prefer my rig to live on under the auspices of another, than
to follow me into the abyss.

> (Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)

aioe.org is working for me right now.


cheers,
Tom

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[Zoot Katz]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:10:46 -0800,
(Tom Keats) wrote:

>> I think that San Francisco tradition of throwing the deceased's bike
>> into the bay is also a fittingly powerful gesture.
>
>Before his death, Haida artist: Bill Reid stated that on his death
>he'd like his body to be commended to the ocean. And then for
>everbody to have a subsequent crab-feast in his honour.
>
>Bikes do become personal, don't they? But after my demise, I think
>I'd prefer my rig to live on under the auspices of another, than
>to follow me into the abyss.

I liked the "Viking funeral" that obsessed one of the characters in
"Beau Geste" (1939). He wanted to be set adrift in a burning boat
with a dog at his feet except he died in the North African desert.
His brother substituted their sadistic commander for a dog and set
fire to the fort.

If I buy it on a bike I think I'd want to follow Pratt & Whitney's
policy and have the "death bike" destroyed or otherwise rendered
useless. The rest of the bikes would, of course, be up for grabs.

Pratt & Whitney can claim that none of their engines flying today has
ever been responsible for a death. After a fatal crash that engine
ceases to exist. It can never be repaired and put into another
aircraft. It's stricken from the books. Repair or replacement parts
for it cant' be bought. . . legally.

>
>> (Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)
>
>aioe.org is working for me right now.

Mee tooo. (thanks to your headers)

[Tom Keats]

In article >,
Zoot Katz > writes:

>>> (Juggling news servers again, grrrrr!)
>>
>>aioe.org is working for me right now.
>
> Mee tooo. (thanks to your headers)

Over the weekend, my ISP's newsserver had one of its
usual conniptions. So I had to leap into action,
Google around, and came up with aioe.org for a freebie,
fallback, postable, public newsserver.

It's adequate, which is all I need.


cheers,
Tom

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[David L. Johnson]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:16:20 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> If pall-bearers just carried the thing for the full distance, at least
> some folx would get some exercise. And the downlooking spirit of the
> deceased might get a kick outa watching their strains 'n struggles 'n
> buckling knees.

Wasn't there a Power-Bar ad about that a while back?

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[Mike Kruger]

"Dale" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:37:11 GMT, "Mike Kruger"
> > wrote:
>
>>http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
>>Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
>>are pretty slow.
>
> There's a trailer around here that is a re-purposed mountain rescue
> stretcher with a roll cage structure. It couldn't carry a casket.
>
> A casket would only need detachable wheels and tongue. Something like
> a canoe trailer would do it.

Dang! I already have a canoe carrier for a bicycle. I can get one of those
ministerial qualifications from the Universal Life Church and start a nice
little side business for when I go into semi-retirement. Thanks!


Mike "Probably not going to try this" Kruger

[Mike A Schwab]

How about a truss frame trailer from http://www.bikesatwork.com with a
300 lbs capacity? Just have to have a tandem pulling and a lightweight
casket.

Mike Kruger wrote:
> http://www.assistnews.net/ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010107.htm
> Can a bicycle funeral be far behind? After all, those funeral processions
> are pretty slow.
>
> "Motorcycle-mad minister Paul Sinclair has built what he has hailed to be
> the world's fully enclosed sidecar hearse....there is something a bit sad
> about bikers being carried off in the back of an estate car."
> --
> Mike Kruger
> Blog: http://mikekr.blogspot.com/