Preparing for a XC : Bathroom Breaks

On 1/25/2007 10:24:40 AM, "Paul kgyy" wrote:

It would be nice if somebody in this NG would buy one of each type of
container, drink a lot and then go up for 5 hours with a companion of
opposite sex and give us all a Pirep on available technologies...

LOL.

I can give you a pirep on the Tropicana 96 oz orange juice container, at
least for men, which I used on two across-the-US flights: In two words,
highly recommended. Wide opening, large reservoir for multiple uses during
one flight, white jug keeps contents private.

One tip, though: Don't bother hooking up a funnel and hose to the jug. This
will result in a most undesirable backflow.

--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote in message
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On 1/25/2007 10:24:40 AM, "Paul kgyy" wrote:

It would be nice if somebody in this NG would buy one of each type of
container, drink a lot and then go up for 5 hours with a companion of
opposite sex and give us all a Pirep on available technologies...

LOL.

I can give you a pirep on the Tropicana 96 oz orange juice container, at
least for men, which I used on two across-the-US flights: In two words,
highly recommended. Wide opening,

Okay, quit bragging.

large reservoir for multiple uses during
one flight, white jug keeps contents private.

Be sure to label the jug as not for further consumption.

Peter R. wrote:
One tip, though: Don't bother hooking up a funnel and hose to the jug. This
will result in a most undesirable backflow.

This is what Usenet is all about: learning from other people's mistakes.

.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
PP-ASEL
gerber AT panix DOT com

"Alan Gerber" wrote

This is what Usenet is all about: learning from other people's mistakes.

How true.

If you were to use a small vent tube in addition to the flow tube, that
would eliminate the backup problem. It is just another point of leakage, so
to speak.
--
Jim in NC

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:40:23 -0500, in ,
Morgans wrote:
If you were to use a small vent tube in addition to the flow tube, that
would eliminate the backup problem. It is just another point of
leakage, so to speak.

Of course, some of have aircraft with canopies, so theoretically, all we
need to do is slow to an acceptable speed, slide back the canopy, and pee
off the side... grin

Come to think of it, drilling a hole in the floor and running a tube
through there for a relief tube is starting to sound a lot better...

Grumman-581,

Come to think of it, drilling a hole in the floor and running a tube
through there for a relief tube is starting to sound a lot better...


You mean, regularly spraying a highly corrosive fluid onto the
underside of your plane, which then creeps in through every opening and
seam, sounds good? I don't get it...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert writes:

You mean, regularly spraying a highly corrosive fluid onto the
underside of your plane, which then creeps in through every opening and
seam, sounds good? I don't get it...

Urine is not highly corrosive. It's mostly sterile, dilute salt water
with a bit of urea, and a neutral pH.

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Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Sigh.

It is not its pH that makes urine corrosive, but the dissolved salts
that become reactive. That's why cars that are close to the oceans rust
more quickly than do those in rainy inland locations.

Sooner or later you may get something right. Let me rephrase that.
Sooner or later you may apply a known fact correctly to the situation
being discussed. That urine is more or less neutral, or even more
importantly has little buffering capacity, is true, but that fact is
not relevant to the topic.




On Jan 26, 8:14 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Thomas Borchert writes:
You mean, regularly spraying a highly corrosive fluid onto the
underside of your plane, which then creeps in through every opening and
seam, sounds good? I don't get it...Urine is not highly corrosive. It's mostly sterile, dilute salt water
with a bit of urea, and a neutral pH.

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert writes:

You mean, regularly spraying a highly corrosive fluid onto the
underside of your plane, which then creeps in through every opening and
seam, sounds good? I don't get it...

Urine is not highly corrosive. It's mostly sterile, dilute salt water
with a bit of urea, and a neutral pH.


Quit demonstrating your stupidity or cite your sources, such as:
Read the last line twice...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/003583.htm
....pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a fluid is, like blood or
urine. The pH in blood is maintained within the narrow range of 7.35 to
7.45. Your body maintains this narrow range by using buffers -- chemicals
that can switch back and forth between 2 forms, a weak acid or weak base.
The buffers are only temporary "stop gaps" to avoid dramatic changes in
blood pH.
Long-term correction of blood pH requires the kidneys to excrete the acid or
base in urine. For example, when your blood pH is low (acidic), your kidneys
react by excreting more acid in the urine. The urine pH becomes more acidic
until the blood pH returns to normal.

In some cases, checking your urine pH is helpful for identifying body
acid-base imbalances. In other cases, a blood pH test is needed.

Your provider may want to modify your urine pH to help prevent kidney
stones. Acidic urine is associated with xanthine, cystine, uric acid, and
calcium oxalate stones. Alkaline urine is associated with calcium carbonate,
calcium phosphate, and magnesium phosphate stones.

Some medications are more effective in acidic or alkaline environments. For
example, streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin are more effective in
treating urinary tract infections when the urine is alkaline.

Normal Values Return to top

The normal values range from 4.6 to 8.0.

If it is installed properly, it never touches the airplane.



"Thomas Borchert" wrote in
message ...
| Grumman-581,
|
| Come to think of it, drilling a hole in the floor and
running a tube
| through there for a relief tube is starting to sound a
lot better...
|
|
| You mean, regularly spraying a highly corrosive fluid onto
the
| underside of your plane, which then creeps in through
every opening and
| seam, sounds good? I don't get it...
|
| --
| Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
|