[MR] Lesson from Isabel

David Chessler chessler at usa.net
Sat Aug 27 14:32:32 PDT 2011



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Received: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:27:24 PM EDT
From: Kel <kel.abc at gmail.com>
To: "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer at lairhaven.com>Cc: Merry Rose
<Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, Elizabeth <shalandara at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] Lesson from Isabel

> At a sporting goods store or Amazon you can even get a 5 gallon bucket with
> a toilet seat.  Much easier to use than a drywall compound bucket :)

Many sporting goods stores will sell a kit with sealable plastic bags for
waste, etc. These are used by river-runners, so you may find them in canoe
stores, etc. 

Toilet seats are available in plumbing supply stores and large hardware
stores. The plastic ones would be fine for this use.

--

YIS

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
Storvik (rapier)
Roxbury Mill (other things) 

> 
> :) Kel
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Roy B. Scherer
<rscherer at lairhaven.com>wrote:
> 
> > At 01:13 PM 8/27/2011, Chris Harrop wrote:
> >
> >> Another solution might have been to get one of those campsite potties
with
> >> a bucket of chemicals for it?  I've never used one but it might suffice. 
Of
> >> course if you live in a rural area the generator sounds like the best
way.
> >>
> >
> >        The cheapest solution is to grab that empty 5- (or 3-) gallon
bucket
> > that used to hold dry-wall compound or kitty litter, and some plastic
> > grocery bags.  Th bags fit the bucket just fine, and the bucket fits your
> > behind just fine.  When done, treat the bag just as you would if it
> > contained dog poop or used kitty litter.
> >        Make sure that the grocery bags are free from holes.
> >        Worked for us when we were redoing our toilet!
> > -- YIS,
> > -- Britton
> >
> > end
> >
> >                - - Roy B. Scherer
> >                 529 High Street
> >            Petersburg, VA 23803-3859;
> >                   (804) 3825411
> 




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