pyotr filipivich wrote:
> 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
> -
> 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.

20 yrs of TP is ALOT of storage. I'd have rats and mice in after the
first 6 months. Better to learn how to make paper or as you suggest,
find a local alternative. Rough may be better than nothing.

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Ginny - In West Australia