Woohoo!!
Turns out you don't actually have to do anything until your dead. Just use the above form to make sure your executor knows your wishes, and then call the university when you're ready to go. Well actually you have to get yourself to their back door, but after that they got everything covered. There are also certain conditions under which they don't want you, but as of this moment I don't have any of them.
So I'm glad I have that little item out of the way, and I'm proud to say that my wife filled out hers at the same time. What I find amazing is how good I feel about this. I remember as a young person being horrified by the idea of my body being used for "scientific purposes". I was always okay with donating organs to a living person, but the idea of someone experimenting with my parts was not okay. Now I am totally good with it, and in fact a little proud to have made the decision. Maybe I've just grown up a little.
And so of course I need to give myself a reward, and in this case I'm gonna let myself dream about getting one of these.
Pretty cool eh? My wife and I want to focus on doing some more things together, so I think this is the perfect solution. She still needs some convincing, but I'm gonna work on her. I thought I had her when I told her she could have the front seat, but then I made the mistake of telling her that I would still have the steering wheel.
It's called a Hase, Pino and is made in Germany. From what I can see they are the only company that make something like this, other than some cheap knock-offs. It has significant advantages over a typical tandem bike, not the least of which is that both riders can see where they are going, and have some sense of control. We have a cheap conventional tandem, and believe me, for the person on the back it can be a very unsettling position. They also tout the convenience of two way communication as an advantage, or as the advertising says, "you can lean forward and whisper sweet nothings in her ear". Which got me wondering what I might say to her? Probably just ask her if she had any food....
It also occurred to me to compare this experience to the romantic idea of riding across country on a motorcycle, the main differences being that we would be doing good things for our health, as well as the obvious distinction that in our case, the bitch would be upfront!!
easy ride, 33 kms
....and today's quote is from a book called, Stiff: The curious lives of human cadavers. My little sister Teresa brought it to my attention, and I fully expect she's gonna lend me her copy once she gets it back from her thieving daughter Rachel! Anyway, if you know me at all, you will know right away what I loved about the quote...
"Does that mean I would let someone blow up my dead foot to help save the feet of NATO land mine clearers? It does. And would I let someone shoot my dead face with a nonlethal projectile to help prevent accidental fatalities? I suppose I would. What wouldn't I let someone do to my remains? I can think of only one experiment I know of that, were I a cadaver, I wouldn't want anything to do with. This particular experiment wasn't done in the name of science or education or safer cars or better-protected soldiers. It was done in the name of religion.---Mary Roach
Love
Peter
Nice!!
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