On May 15, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Hey fellas, Coleman's already done the drinking for you!
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-5-Gallon-PVC-Camp-Shower/dp/B0009PUT20

Already got 1 of them things!  Not nearly as complicated or expensive
as we would like!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

>
> Its also lightweight and unbreakable, so you can concentrate on
> what's in
> the cooler.......... :)
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On May 14, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Mike Elliott wrote:
>>
>>  Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense...
>>>
>>> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers
>>> bottles and hoses."
>>>
>>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html
>>>
>>> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many ways. A
>>> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor
>>> "...
>>> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention
>>> when he
>>> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly
>>> perfect is
>>> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods
>>> sold,
>>> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty
>>> bottles involves drinking those beers.
>>>
>>> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You want to
>>> help
>>> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how
>>> the rig
>>> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away.
>>>
>>
>> I will continue to work on the beer bottles, but might have to start
>> drinking, I mean making, brown bottles for the design, but until I
>> have the BZ shelves out the door, NO NEW PROJECTS!
>>
>> I like a lot of the other ideas suggested & will steal those ideas as
>> appropriate once the time is ready.  I am designing some projects w/
>> solar water heat, PV panels & GSHP(Ground Source Heat Pumps)
>> presently, but of course I rely on my mechanical engineers to figure
>> out the hard stuff.
>>
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Mr. BZ
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> --
> Jake
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