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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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