Yep, there is nothing worse than a full bladder, tight seatbelt and turbulence.
Ugh!  :-)

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>Paul Tomblin (ptomb…@compass.xcski.com) wrote:
>: I brought two bicycle water bottles on my long solo xc.  Drink one.  Wait.

>This is a 100 to 150 mile, 1.5 hour leg and your bladder wouldn’t
>hold?  

Actually, I went all out, and two of my legs were 200nm each (and one was
100nm).  And I forgot to pee at the first one.  Remembered fuel, forgot to
pee.  That’s called "having your priorities straight".

The reason for the long legs is that I decided to make one of the legs a trip
I plan to make quite often once I’ve got my license.

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Paul Tomblin (ptomb…@xcski.com, formerly ptomb…@canoe.com)
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"The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations in which
he has to demonstrate his superior skill" – anon.

isn’t that why oil companies now sell quarts of oil in those plastic
containers with screw-on tops, instead of cans?  Of course, good aim
is required, esp in bumpy air.

For those with prodigious bladder capacities, windshield washer fluid
[4 qt] containers could come in handy, too :>

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#include <std.disclaimer>

:
: I brought two bicycle water bottles on my long solo xc.  Drink one.  Wait.
: Pee in that one.  Carefully set that one where I won’t grab it by mistake.
: Drink from other.  Make additions to first one.  Get home and run empty it out
: and run it through the diswasher twice.  Realize that it’s now too twisted to
: fit in my bottle cage on my bike any more, and throw it out.
:

This is a 100 to 150 mile, 1.5 hour leg and your bladder wouldn’t
hold?  

If you’re going to throw them out, try plastic soda bottles.  None
of them are big enough to accomodate insertion, but you should be
able to hit the top of the new Pepsi bottles.

And it wouldn’t hurt you if you took a big swig of your own piss.
I don’t know how it would taste however.

Mickey Baker
mba…@gate.net

> In a previous article, "Gary T. Craze" <gcr…@bangate.compaq.com> said:

> >After reading a lot of posts, I took the advice of the majority and
> >ordered one of Sporty’s Aluminum Flight Desks (VFR version, only
> >difference in VFR and IFR is the info label on the right side.)

> Darn.  I was hoping you were going to make up a web page about different
> flight desks!

> —
> Paul Tomblin (

Actually, I was thinking about a comparison of portable urinals…sure
could have used one on my last X/C !!

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Gary T. Craze
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>Actually, I was thinking about a comparison of portable urinals…sure
>could have used one on my last X/C !!

I brought two bicycle water bottles on my long solo xc.  Drink one.  Wait.
Pee in that one.  Carefully set that one where I won’t grab it by mistake.
Drink from other.  Make additions to first one.  Get home and run empty it out
and run it through the diswasher twice.  Realize that it’s now too twisted to
fit in my bottle cage on my bike any more, and throw it out.

–
Paul Tomblin (ptomb…@xcski.com, formerly ptomb…@canoe.com)
<a href="http://www.servtech.com/public/ptomblin/">My home page</a>
"The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations in which
he has to demonstrate his superior skill" – anon.

>After reading a lot of posts, I took the advice of the majority and
>ordered one of Sporty’s Aluminum Flight Desks (VFR version, only
>difference in VFR and IFR is the info label on the right side.)

Darn.  I was hoping you were going to make up a web page about different
flight desks!

–
Paul Tomblin (ptomb…@xcski.com, formerly ptomb…@canoe.com)
<a href="http://www.servtech.com/public/ptomblin/">My home page</a>
"The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations in which
he has to demonstrate his superior skill" – anon.