

| Subject: | Re: A home-made toilet, used for the trip North |
| From: | Tom Bielavitz |
| Date: | Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:13:36 PST |
Sounds nifty, but what's wrong with squatting against a tree and burying what you leave behind? Bielavitz >Hi Again Readers! > >Sometimes, even the most well-learned of us Westy owners have a call of = >nature while travelling. I have an inexpensive and convenient solution = >for those "special moments", when we really know we're alive. > >You only need a wooden toilet seat, and a plastic 15 Litre pail with lid = >(obtained free from any fast food joint, commonly used to hold = >condiments or vegetable oil, etc) and some small screws. > >Basically, the goal here is to make the toilet seat "snap onto" the = >pail, in place of the regular lid. > >You can, if you want, use a router and cut a circular groove into the = >toilet seat, to the diameter of the pail. Much More trouble than it is = >worth. > >What I did was cut out of the pail lid, a disk inside of the rim, with = >the goal of using the remaining "hoop".=20 > >Then, I screwed the hoop onto the bottom of the toilet seat, which can = >now "snap onto" the pail, in place of the regular lid. > >When a call of nature occurs, just put a plastic bag in the pail, = >overlap the edge of the pail, and snap on the toilet seat. No mess or = >fuss! Sit down and go to work! > >When you are not traveling, just remove the seat and hide it away under = >a seat, and all you have visible is an inconspicuous pail in the van ( = >unless, you have chosen to "decorate" yours). > >Now, does anybody have a good practical solution for taking a shower = >with the Westy? > >Happy New Year to all! > >Marshall Ruskin >84 Westy > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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