Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:48:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Björn <bratjen@DIRECT.CA>
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From:         Björn <bratjen@DIRECT.CA>
Subject:      Re: Toilet (potentially explosive content)
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At 03:33 PM 31/07/98 -0700, Dale Goodvin wrote:
>so how do ya'll handle the toilet question/issue in your busses, vanagons,
>EV's??
>
>daleg
>
>
I am not sure I want to "wade" into that conversation again. I have been too
deep in it with my previous comments, but life is too important to be taken
seriously.

I don't like to carry leftovers with me. Therefore it's easy: we have toilet
paper and a spade on board which are used at appropriate locations. 

The question itself is handled as soon as possible. My younger kids will say
something like: "I have to go" or the older ones will say "When is our next
stop?" which means food or - you guessed it. This means that we handle it at
the next possible location, either one that is ready for those circumstance
usually referred to as a washroom - although I really find that a very
strange name - one of those brown forestry huts (spare me the details) or we
make a coverup operation where the spade comes in handy. The latter is
generally done outside the boundaries of human settlements.

For those who want to keep it strictly family business one of those Porta
Pottis comes in real handy. There is nothing like pooring out one's inner
feelings in the family. Ventilation rather than venting can be an issue
though in the best of families.

I sincerely hope you don't need more explicit instructions, because there
seem to be many more important things to talk about like the meaning of it
all ....

Where were we? Vanagons, right vanagons on a Friday. 


Björn

P.S. Not particularly serious and I hope that this will not blow up in my
face again.



Björn Ratjen, Ph.D.

Canada
ph/fax (250) 743-7575