Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:25:57 EST
Reply-To:     vmontgo32@JUNO.COM
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From:         Victor Montgomery <vmontgo32@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wesipes
Comments: To: rwill@DIGITECHS.COM

I am in the process of constructing a small trailer to go on the back of
my 80 Westy. There is an old double seat, portable potty out behind
grandpa's old house with a brass seat. I plan to mount it on the trailer
and that should eliminate the handling of the inside portapotty, bags and
all the other inconveniences. Being as it is a 2 seater there is real
opportunity for visitation and a depth of conversation.

Victor...

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:57:43 -0600 "Robert S.Williams, MD:Laptop"
<rwill@DIGITECHS.COM> writes:
> I carry one of those stovetop toaster racks. It is a simple metal
>plate
> with a folding rack: about $3 from Wal-Mart. I like to have toast for
> breakfast and it gives me something to do while my:
>
> Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator is brewing on the other westie
>burner.
>
>I always keep a Stainless Steel Thermos to store the coffee in as
>well.
>Most roadside gas stations that serve coffee will let you fill up a
>quart
>thermos for $1 or $2 and often I  don't need to even bother with
>brewing it
>myself.
>
> I found a dirt-cheap "hibachi" thingie that had a round grill. It
>came
> packed with some impregnated charcoal bricks for one-time-use...
>bought
>it from Wally Mart too. Nice thing about it is the round grill fits
>perfectly over the Westie grill and holds smaller pots that the Westie
>grill can't
> because of the large gap in the middle of the westie grill rack.
>
> And I packed a small olive jar with hand cleaner in case of roadside
> mechanical encounters.... works great with the sink right there.
>
> I use the front table leg as a paper towel holder... lift the table
>leg
>up and slip it through the paper towel roll then put it back in the
>holder
> bracket... works great with paper towels always handy even when
>driving
>and acts as a pad to keep you from knocking your shins on the table
>leg as
>you pass from front to back.
>
> And I have a Theford porta pottie...about $50 ..but worth every
>penny!
>It's so nice to not have to get dressed and walk out in the cold to
>use the
> toilet in the middle of the night. I usually only use it for urine...
>and
> it is smell free. If you get the smallest one, it will slide under
>the
>bed when it's folded out and won't take up any floorspace. Normally I
>store
>it on the floor behind the battery/pasenger seat when underway; my
>westie
>has convienient strap anchors there to secure the unit with a loop of
>twine.
>
>that's all I can think of right now...
>
>
>                                Robert S. Williams, MD
>                                82 Westie
>