On May 15, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Gotcha - too cheap and too functional for youse guys?  :)

& it's not made out of recycled materials or of local manufacture,
doesn't require a trailer to transport to campsite.

Mr. BZ

>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
> wrote:
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> 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
>
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>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27