X-Message-Number: 22248 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:46:25 -0700 Subject: Cryonics in Australia + A Good Question From: Peter Merel <> Dear all, In Q1 '04 I'll be moving house back to Australia, and will stay there for the forseeable future. I expect to maintain dual citizenship (Australia/USA) and I'll be living about 15 minutes from the nearest hospital (I've bought the Limpinwood Teahouse outside Murwillumbah). I presently enjoy membership in Alcor via life insurance, and I would prefer to continue this membership if possible. Alcor provides little guarantee of service to non US residents, however, so it seems I might have to jump ship. I've read the CAA website at http://prix.pricom.com.au/caa/index.html and also CI's brief comments on its Australian service at http://www.cryonics.org/euro.html . But before doing anything drastic I thought it best to ask here: If you were in this situation, what would you do? If you represent one of the orgs, what can you offer Americans living in Oz? And if you're an Australian cryonicist, CAA or not, what particular challenges do you face these days in Oz? Oh, and for those that would say "just don't go", sorry mate, in my estimation the chances of cryonics working in my particular case aren't sufficient to counterbalance the risks of just living in the US today. Actually that's a good question anyway: how much quality of life are you willing to trade for quantity of life? Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22248