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Subject:Re: Back to port-a-potty and tires
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:31:25 -0600

Don't do portya potties, don't do anything just take a brake.
Go camping!
Check into a rehab clinic.
I know how to shit in a bucket.
If they kick me off the list for this I can live with it.

Sarcastic, Rude, Stoopid Stan Wilder

On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:47:41 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
writes:
> For those interested today I finished my emergency potty prototype
> after
> considering the ideas given by others. If interested see the top
> photo on my
> temporary web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/holisticdream/temporary.htm
>
> The most useful idea was a plastic pail with a tight fitting lid
> that would
> hold personal business and odors in a plastic bag inside and baby
> diapers
> and such until disposal at the next service station or trash can.
> Plenty of
> room around the plastic bucket for plastic bags. (No dumping in the
> woods
> please. Let's keep our parks and campgrounds clean.)
>
> My plan is to secure it with a bungee cord or other method in the
> jump seat
> spot and leave the jump seat home when going camping. I may add a
> permanent
> padded top seat at some point but for now just use a pillow for a
> comfortable seat up front or at the jump seat location.
>
> I suppose I could add some small wheels to keep "you know who"
> still
> Laughing or to roll a heavy load around more easily. I might even
> make my
> next prototype look like a small vanagon. Now that would be a kick.
> I wish I
> and thought of it earlier. That would have been fun. It could even
> make a
> saleable product. Think about it. A commercial potty narrow enough
> to fit
> bewteent he two front seats, and shaped like a vanagon with a padded
> pop top
> seat. Wow.
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>

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