I missed the Staff Meeting but the Minutes record that Ginny
> reported Elvis on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:48:07
+0900 in misc.survivalism:
>Gunner Asch wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:16:57 -0700, pyotr filipivich
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I missed the Staff Meeting but the Minutes record that Gunner Asch
>>> > reported Elvis on Sat, 21 Mar 2009
>>> 19:09:27 -0700 in misc.survivalism:
>>>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:42:57 -0700, pyotr filipivich
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> unthawed w/o damage.]
>>>>> And figure on getting more than you think you will need. One
>>>>> method is to take the Official Government Estimate, double it, and
>>>>> move to the next unit of time. Umm, but be reasonable. I mean, if the
>>>>> Gov says "plan for a year", laying in supplies for two decades might
>>>>> be a bit much. Might.
>>>>
>>>> Or might not be enough.
>>> Have you considered where you would store a 20 year supply of
>>> toilet paper?
>>
>> Sure. Id not buy 20 yrs worth of butt wipe. Id buy 5 yrs.
>> And trading stock that I can use to buy butt wipe in 5. oo1 yrs
>
>Actually better to trade over to a toilet wash cloth and more
>environmentally friendly. The Romans used a sea sponge on a stick. Now
>you can imagine where getting 'the rough end of the stick' originated
>from. I gather it wasn't the end with the sponge )

"Rough as a cob" - from the use of corn cobs.

And the thought of twenty years of TP for some reason always
reminds me of the movie "Dark Star". One of John Carpenter's earliest
projects.


pyotr
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pyotr filipivich.
Just about the time you fnally see light at the end of the tunnel,
you learn it's a Government Project building more tunnel.