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Growing Up on Alcatraz

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13 points insistent | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 00:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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comrade1234 ◴[31 Aug 25 21:52 UTC] No.45087438[source]▶
> I had opened the box containing my father’s ashes and portioned out perhaps a pint of the coarse, bone-white powder.

'bone-white powder'

I wonder what the incinerator people actually gave him?

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Luc ◴[31 Aug 25 22:13 UTC] No.45087594[source]▶
What do you object to, the color or the texture? Note that 'bone white' pigment used to be made by burning bones.
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comrade1234 ◴[31 Aug 25 22:15 UTC] No.45087609[source]▶
Whenever I've seen people's ashes they were grey and a bit chunky even after being ground.
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1. myvoiceismypass ◴[31 Aug 25 22:40 UTC] No.45087735[source]▶
Anecdotes are awesome. But the color of the output depends on the input (kinda for everything I guess?); Temperature, amount of bone, etc.