Date:         Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:02:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: porta-potti
Comments: To: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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Guess that's one way to empty it ---- Thanks for the warning Tobin

Cheers,
Doug Alcock
'84 Westy 'BlueBelle'
Toronto, Canada

>4) (and a nice red uniform) Beware when opening the waste gate
>shortly after large gains in altitude--particularly when combined
>with high temperatures.  We had a, ah, surprise when Christa went to
>use the potti in our old '76 westy standard in Mexico after climbing
>from Puerto Angel (elevation sea level) to the summit of the
>Sierras--Occidental or Madre?  I always get them mixed up--on highway
>175 (elevation near, possibly well above, 10,000 feet).  So the waste
>tank has a pretty good seal, right?  And the air pressure is a lot
>less at 10,000+ feet than sea level, right?  And the tank got shook
>up but good on the very twisty bumpy hot grind up the mountains.  So
>she did her business, bent over the potti to pull open the waste
>gate, started to pull it open and...
>
>Good thing the westy had a sink on board, and we had plenty of water
>and soap.  We got her and her clothes cleaned up fairly quickly, but
>the flock-lined inside of the pop-top roof required a more exerted
>effort in scrubbing...
>
>T.