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.

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