Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:03:05 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
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You're right; camping alone would not be the brightest thing I've ever
done. I didn't want to complicate things in telling the tale leading up to
my question about using a commode by mentioning that my son will be at the
same campground. The essential element in the tale is me being alone in
the Westy, Mrs Squirrel being out of town, you see, which made it okay in
my mind to use a commode in the van as needed.
I'm long-winded enough without bringing in extra characters. Once you
bring in extra characters you have to give them lines to speak, because as
Chekhov said, if there's a gun visible onstage it must be used before the
end of the play.
Thanks for providing a reality check, tho', I appreciate it.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 8/26/2009 10:38 PM Robert Fisher wrote:
> 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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