but geoff...you really should add some fiber to your diet....a few figs
will make things happen...a lot quicker! :o)
Ken Silverman, "Vegan Lorax"
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999 GSTahoe@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/27/99 8:12:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> preston@gencc.com writes:
>
> << 3. So okay. . .everybody talks about porta potti's like they would work,
> but other than out in the cockpit, I haven't figured it out yet. Don't have
> one to try, but good grief, somebody try (delicately) to describe the
> procedure! >>
>
> Ken,
>
> I occasionally use the porta-potty in my P-15 cabin. It's a little cramped,
> but the convenience is nice. I am a 5' 9", 165 LB man. Much bigger and it
> might rule out using the potty in the cabin.
>
> As far as the procedure is concerned, it's pretty basic: 1. Make certain
> hatch is open. 2. Make certain lid on Potti is up. 3. Stand in
> companionway. 4. Drop drawers. 5. Sit. 6. Open newspaper and hang onto
> coffee. 7. Do what you came to do. 8. Set coffee down and squirm around as
> you try to reassemble yourself. 9. Swear that the next time you're not going
> to bother and you'll use the bathrooms on the beach.
>
> The most embarrassing story I've had using the Porta-Potty, which I have
> relayed on this list before, was when I was trying to carry on a lucid
> conversation with tourists while I took care of morning business.
>
> I had camped all night at a State Park, Sand Harbor, here at Lake Tahoe. The
> park is closed at night until 6 AM in the morning. It is totally vacant and
> peaceful at night. I had the boat tied up with the stern on the beach and a
> line running up to a tree on the beach.
>
> So, I'd finished breakfast and was sitting on my plastic throne, when
> apparently, unbeknownst to me, the park reopened for the day. Tourists began
> strolling down the beach.
>
> As a bit of explanation, when using the potty, my head and shoulders are just
> above the hatch while the rest of me is in the cabin. So, I'm sitting there,
> enjoying the morning and my Sunday paper. Then this couple comes up to the
> boat, not realizing I'm sitting on the can, and start the usual questions:
> "My what a cute little boat" "How much does a boat like that cost?" "Can
> you cook on it?" "Can you sail it by yourself?"
>
> In the meantime, I can't finish what I've started because these people are
> talking nonstop and I certainly can't get up. What a predicament! Finally
> they continue on their walk, but by now the beach is beginning to fill with
> people. I discreetly grabbed a beach towel, covered up and gathered myself.
>
> Lesson to be learned? You can use the potty in the cabin (thank God I wasn't
> in the cockpit!), but before you begin, you may want to make certain you are
> anchored in a spot that affords you privacy. There is absolutely no privacy
> on a Potter!
>
> Geoff
>
> P-15 Lollipop
> #1965
>
> N. Lake Tahoe, NV
> and
> Monterey, Calif.
>