Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:38:06 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
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Hell, at the rate he's going he's gonna be in diapers soon anyway, he might
as well get started.
Seriously tho, Mike- are you sure that's a great idea to go camping by
yourself with that leg (not to mention your age, weight, taste in music,
etc)? I'd hate to think of you taking a tumble and sitting there looking at
your foot on backwards or something. Some poor animal might take you for
food and get a tummy ache. :/
Cya,
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mark Tuovinen
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:55 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
1. Improve diet
2. Stop eating
3. Install bedpan on wheelchair
4. Carry moss to add after completion of job (this is for real, people
with outhouses do this to control odor)
5. Those hockey puck sized deodorizers often found in public restrooms
6. Camp at Wal-Mart
7. Carry many buckets and put full ones on trailer until you can dispose of
them(note: keep trailer downwind)
8. Keep bucket SECURELY tied down at all times!
9. Do not eat dinner, this will delay issue until after breakfast when you
can more easily get to proper facilities
10. Get better ideas from someone else as I obviously am no help on this
Mark in AK
----- Original Message -----
From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:21 pm
Subject: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Okay, I need to ask about an unpleasant subject. I am referring to
whatsome call "dropping the kids off at the pool," or "delivering a
package."
>
> Under normal camping circumstances, I wander -- sometimes hurriedly -- to
the loo provided by the campground. Vault toilet, outhouse, whatever. In
more primitive camping environments, where appropriate, I dig a
> cat hole far from camp and water and take care of business whilst taking
in the view. It helps to whistle a jaunty tune to warn off others who might
also be out for a morning "constitutional."
>
> I have never considered packing a commode in the Westy (though I know
others do) mainly out of consideration for the missus. I rise earlier than
her and I'd not want to assault her slumber with the dark, nefarious
> goings-on and sound effects which invariably result during my tussle with
Ma Nature. Nor with the lingering after-effects. That would just be wrong.
>
> But with this broken foot, getting to the campground facilities in a
timely and safe manner is no Swiss picnic.
>
> So this weekend I'm going camping by myself while Mrs Squirrel visits with
girlfriends in SoCal, and I'm picking up one of those commode seat
thingsthat sits atop a 5-gallon paint bucket. I reckon that plastic bags
and some kitty litter to help keep things under control in the bags should
work okay. I would appreciate hearing tips from others who may have already
sorted out techniques for dealing with bucketdrops.
>
> Those who own and use fancier, swankier, commodes can start their own
thread, this one's mine and I'm not letting go.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
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