Re: Digest Number 395

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>Subject: [SHADO] Digest Number 395
>Date: 9 Jul 2001 07:20:08 -0000
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>There are 6 messages in this issue.
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>Topics in this digest:
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> 1. just wondering
> From: Lieve <[hidden email]>
> 2. Re: just wondering
> From: James Gibbon <[hidden email]>
> 3. Re: just wondering
> From: "Teresa" <[hidden email]>
> 4. Re: Re: Sky 1 model & NEW MODELS AVAILABLE!!!/THANKS PAM
> From: "Bruce Harrison" <[hidden email]>
> 5. Re: just wondering
> From: Dave Walsh <[hidden email]>
> 6. Re: just wondering
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>Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 20:27:24 +0200
> From: Lieve <[hidden email]>
>Subject: just wondering
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>Hi Guys,
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>Just wondering - what do the Sky pilots do when they have to go to the
>bathroom?
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>CU
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>Lieve
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>Col. Lieve Peten, Commander MarsBase - Mailto:[hidden email]
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>"That's what life is all about, I guess - The things we never say."
>Cmdr. Ed Straker, UFO Series, Subsmash episode.
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>Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 20:51:33 +0100
> From: James Gibbon <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: just wondering
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>Lieve wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
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> > Just wondering - what do the Sky pilots do when they have to go to the
> > bathroom?
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>Lieve! Nice to hear from you! I was starting to think that
>your body parts had been harvested by the Aliens.
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>As far as airborne toilet activities are concerned .. I have
>no idea! But I would guess that a Sky One mission is generally
>of sufficiently short duration that it doesn't become an issue.
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>What do real pilots on long missions do I wonder ..
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>OK I just did a net search and found this
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>http://webpages.charter.net/mcelwain/PSUITS-Chronology.htm
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>.. which refers to a pressure suit used by SR-71 pilots with
>'urine collection device'. So now you know ..
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>James
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>Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 21:04:59 -0000
> From: "Teresa" <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: just wondering
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>--- In SHADO@y..., James Gibbon <james.gibbon@v...> wrote:
> > Lieve wrote:
> > > Hi Guys,
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> > > Just wondering - what do the Sky pilots do when they have
> > > to go to the bathroom?
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>Hi Lieve,
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>Being the space buff that I am, I would assume they have some sort of
>arrangement similar to what the Astronauts use for long times spent in
>their suits: i.e. a Depends[tm] type undergarment (I think the acronym
>is DACT-Disposable Absorbent Collection Trunks, but I believe that the
>Apollo astronauts affectionately referred to them as "Lunar Pampers")
>coupled with a condom-like device for urine collection for the males.
>
>OT there's an interesting piece on space suit development at:
>http://www.lanset.com/aeolusaero/Articles/SSuits.htm
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>ttfn
>Teresa
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>Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 10:27:07 +1000
> From: "Bruce Harrison" <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: Re: Sky 1 model & NEW MODELS AVAILABLE!!!/THANKS PAM
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>Hi Erick,
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>Welcome to the group.
>HLJ are a very good company for prices and shipping - hope you enjoy the
>models.
>Cheers,
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>Bruce
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> >Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Sky 1 model & NEW MODELS AVAILABLE!!!/THANKS PAM
> >Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 20:06:41 EDT
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> >HI,IM NEW TO THE SITE.JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO PAM.I ORDERED A SKY 1
> >AND
> >SHADO MOBILE FROM ANOTHER SITE MONTHS AGO ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY 'ARE OUT
>OF
> >STOCK'.IM HAPPY TO SAY I WENT TO HJL.COM.MY ORDER FROM HJL IS 'IN STOCK'
> >AND
> >WILL BE SHIPPED TO ME SOON.JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS PAM AND I THINK THIS
>A
> >GREAT SITE.
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> > ERICK
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>Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 20:37:54 -0400
> From: Dave Walsh <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: just wondering
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>At 08:27 PM 7/8/01 +0200, you wrote:
> >Hi Guys,
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> >Just wondering - what do the Sky pilots do when they have to go to the
> >bathroom?
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> Probably the same as anyone else does, only with more style! ;-)
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> Oh, wait, you mean while they're flying a combat mission, don't you?
>Well, in the Air Force, pilots had what was called a "piddle pack", a
>plastic bag with a chemical pad inside to turn the liquids into a
>semi-solid gel. This was somewhat less convenient than using a NASA-type
>urine collection device, but a lot more comfortable than wearing a
>"Depends" undergarment during combat! As for going "number two", I would
>imagine that they would have to hold it until they landed again, same as
>every other pilot in an aircraft not equipped with rest rooms! ;-)
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> There was a space traveler named Wright
> Who liked to go faster than light
> He started one day
> In a relative way
> And came back the previous night!
>
> Dave Walsh
> Harlington-Straker Sound Productions
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>Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:24:12 EDT
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>Subject: Re: just wondering
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>In a message dated 7/8/01 9:44:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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><< As for going "number two", I would
> imagine that they would have to hold it until they landed again, same as
> every other pilot in an aircraft not equipped with rest rooms! ;-) >>
> Now I know the real reason that Straker, a former pilot, is so heroic
><vbg>
>That's *MY* idea of macho. <chuckles>
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> No wonder Ed's so glum <g>
>Amelia :- )
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