Date:         Sun, 19 Feb 95 20:14:19 CST                                       
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: propane toilet!                                               

On Sun, 19 Feb 95 15:30:14 CST martha rubin said:                               
... shitty details omitted ... :)                                              
>Guarteed odorless: design eliminates foul odor problems that are               
>characteristic of other systems. written guarantee " toilet gives off no       
>foul odors inside or outside.                                                  
                                                                                
ahem. as one well acquainted from personal experience with TWO different        
aspects of the burning of human waste (<1>worked for the sewer dept. back       
home; <2>worked for my Uncle Samuel, in his Southeast Asia Police Dept.         
(see movie "Platoon" for details of said burning techniques)), i feel it        
necessary to comment here: bullshit.                                            
                                                                                
it STINKS. it burns, but it stinks. trust me. El Grande Stinko.                 
                                                                                
>Capaicity: can be used 40 to 60 times in succession before incineration        
>is neccessary.                                                                 
                                                                                
sounds more and more like those old oil drums we used in the army. cept we      
used diesel fuel instead of propane.                                            
                                                                                
joel                                                                            
SGT E-5, RVN, 22 months, 13 days.                                               
no, really, folks: it does smell. :)                                            
                                                                               
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