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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!
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>Sometimes, even the most well-learned of us Westy owners have a call of
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>nature while travelling. I have an inexpensive and convenient solution
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>for those "special moments", when we really know we're alive.
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>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.
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>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
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>worth.
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>What I did was cut out of the pail lid, a disk inside of the rim, with
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>the goal of using the remaining "hoop".=20
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>Then, I screwed the hoop onto the bottom of the toilet seat, which can
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>now "snap onto" the pail, in place of the regular lid.
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>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
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>a seat, and all you have visible is an inconspicuous pail in the van (
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>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
>

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