08-25-2002, 12:00 PM
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Executive Editor
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So does anyone else find this really creepy?
http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/whatisLG.htm
This has to be one of the strangest things I've ever seen. LifeGem will take cremated body remains and turn them into a real diamond. "Hey, nice ring!" "Thanks, it was my husband".  What's even freakier is that they encourage you to "plan ahead". How exactly does one plan ahead for this? "Honey, I'm dying, and I can think of nowhere I'd rather be than on your finger."
"A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life. The LifeGem diamond is more than a memorial to visit on the weekends or place on a shelf� it is a way to embrace your loved one's memory day by day. The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless memorial available for creating a testimony to their unique life. We hope and believe that your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever." Source: Oilman
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08-25-2002, 12:26 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Well no more creepy, I suppose, than draining the blood from your loved one, replacing it with formaldehyde, applying make-up to hide the funny color, sticking the result in a lead-lined box and burying it in the ground. At least you get a nice piece of jewelry from this option. And just think what an ice-breaker it would be at parties! :wink:
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08-25-2002, 01:05 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Creepie, no.
Creepy, maybe. :wink:
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08-25-2002, 01:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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So, the next time you see someone wondering around with lots of diamond rings, ear rings, and a necklace, they're a serial killer, right?
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08-25-2002, 01:38 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by DavidHorn
So, the next time you see someone wondering around with lots of diamond rings, ear rings, and a necklace, they're a serial killer, right?
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Now that is a movie! Hannible Lecter's grandmother. Can you imagine the field day on ebay with these things? Celebrity Lifegems.
Hey Jason - you forgot to do an affiliate link. :lol: http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/buydirect.htm
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08-25-2002, 01:44 PM
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Ponderer
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:shocked!:
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08-25-2002, 01:54 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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A whole new sub-genre of horror movies: souls trapped in jewellery.
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08-25-2002, 01:54 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I'm with Rob on this. This is really no more or less creepy than any of the multitude of ways that various cultures and religions around the world handle the remains of the deceased. Its mostly a matter of whatever tradition you're used to, and anything different from that will seem odd or weird at first.
I also don't think the "planning ahead" part is any weirder than the rest of it, considering that many people also plan ahead regular funerals as well, deciding whether or be buried or cremated, choosing a casket, arranging financing so that surviving family members aren't stuck with not being able to pay the bill, etc.
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08-25-2002, 02:13 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by mgd
A whole new sub-genre of horror movies: souls trapped in jewellery.
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I think I saw that episode of Star Trek. Or was it Babylon 5? 0X :robot:
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08-25-2002, 02:32 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2002
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This is bogus.
I want to know if all the carbon in that stone is somebody's remain, not a left over combustion or the wood from casket. It's more like a compacted leftover junk to me albeit colorful.
What's more human remain contain more than enough non carbon elements to ruin crystaline structure of perfect diamond. The result could range from color diamond (seen in the picture), to crack in the stone. (do you get rebate on that too?)
The result could be a worst quality diamond than a penny/carat industrial diamond.
note: I am not the least bit sentimental about body. This is just a pathetic way to remember somebody.
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