Club Arnage

Just got one. Might save some queueing in the cubicle (and for washing cars, plates etc) next June.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=224280

What!

your going to wash gaps??

So we'll all be pushing starting a frogeye late Sunday!

Whilst on the showering topic - Anyone know where I can get hold of those shower tent things that only cover your bits??
The only ones I can find are complete with roofs.

I don't want to make you feel inadequete Robbo, but some of us need a roof to cover our bits

Gary (nothing if not predictable).

Really......... Does that make you a knobhead????  ;D

Absolutely ;D

Simple - use a wind break you see at the beach, get one from  Argos, garden centres or at the seaside.

Did that a few years back no problems, also uses a small wooden pattet to stand on or good use a wood patio panel you get at a diy store.

Thanks for the post! Picked one up today. gave it a quick test earlier, I half expected a trickle of water out the nozzle but it ain't bad at all even with the nozzle 6 feet above the bucket  :)

To save you asking !  ::)

From the Maplin site

Frequently Asked Questions

Q- Does this actually heat up the water? - devon miles

Answer- This does not heat the water.

I suppose you could connect one to a solar shower.

As for the windbreaks, mine are only about 3 feet high, so you'd be a bit exposed

Babywipes......???

MG Mark

No, No my dear chap, that's what the pee and dump tube is for, so that one can leave it behind, along with the chaff to confuse the Frog's radar......

MG Mark

REX!!!!!!!!!! i need one of these (how does the water get in the shower??)

It comes in special compressed cartridges that just clip in. You buy them from Maplin. Clever really ;D

As Rex says, the water comes as a dehydrated powder. Your local chemist (Boots?) may stock it but you are probably more likely to find it at Halfords or your local camping shop. It's just a shame that Woolworths aren't around anymore. :)

Loose cannons containing "that blue liquid" rattling unsecured around the fuselage were never a pretty sight or smell....

MG Mark

So what do you add to it to make it water??? This is a wind-up, right???

very clever stuff it sounds, although rather tricky...how much does the water stuff cost??not much point in buying the shower if the water will be expensive, just had a look on the maplins website and couldn't find it.....

Try , might have to be shipped from the states..

http://www.bernardfoods.com/foodservice/beverages/dehydatedwater.htm (http://www.bernardfoods.com/foodservice/beverages/dehydatedwater.htm)

Reminds me of a Stephen Wright line

'If I melt dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?

well not much point in it if we have to buy it from america.....think i'll just stick with shower bags/on site showers/ricks shower (complete with running commentary)......

But why do you need a shower with a burglar alarm?

Bum burglers perhaps ;D

It will be incase someone tries to steal your expensive dehydrated water!

But why do you need to be 18 to buy it?  

If you are talking about the dehydrated water. It's because a certain amount of maturity is needed when handling the stuff. Could you imagine what would happen if a pile of the powder was left out in the rain? Sheesh! Some people ::)

Instead of a shower, maybe this could catch on??

Hmmm...a new meaning to ring of fire...

I bought one of these showers a couple of years ago and it worked really well.  I ended up using it to empty out a rather large paddling pool with it in the end (before water but pumps became available) and it broke after several hours... The amazon one is fairly expensive, but if the price comes down I'd be tempted to get one again with the solar shower to warm the water, as the showers this year were almost unbareable...  

I'm sure a turd burglar alarm would have its pros and cons. Not least the wiring arrangements.
I do however, quite like the idea of a bugler alarm.
Whether it's to give an early warning of a rude round of a 'Reveille', or a tip to get your pac-a-mac on sharpish, I think it'd be a winner.
H

A victim of one of the best educations to be had in Tazzie mate.... My god this has made me laugh ;D

Powdered water has been around for years, just add water.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2691558545_728150acb4.jpg)

 :o

To avoid any further confusion, all FAQ on dehydrated water can be found here:-

http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/faq.htm

Claire, we have loads of the dry water stuff from when I bought the shower last time, if you need some let me know.  A little goes a long way!x

I wouldnt use that can , looks well past its use before date, must be well off by now!

Although it might be ok if it was boiled first!

HaHa rex has explained it all to me now....vair funny

now explain it to me Rex

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 ;)

I explained to Claire the other night that my comment about compressed water was a little fib but she was still interested in the dried water. She was sure it was invented to take into the bush by early explorers so they could squeeze fluids from plumbs and other moisture bearing fruit/glands to allow the brave gents/convicts some instant fruit juice in a diluted state.

She was watching CSI when I asked her about this so it may be a bit vague! Conversation was a little thin but I do seem to remember her mumbling something about great grand mother opening a tin, with absolute delight I expect, as a lady on a foraging mission was classed as a lady, not the usual sex object that most men of the era considered of a woman.

 This was true, however and  once she was on all fours scooping sand like no tomorrow, she was unmolested and managed to find a large phallic shaped root of a plant known as a Schlong.
The plant its self is a rather uninteresting looking, scrawny, dull and hirstute individual but makes up for its self in survival fluids.
The story goes that great grand mother attacked the root, that filled her hands like something only seen in.. well... and drained it into the tin she had opened to fuel the thirsty explorers.

No one was prepared for the reaction. It was said that Schlong juice is good for the weary when watered down but... it went off like champagne! All the troops gathered round and used their hats to catch the marvellous overflowing bubbles, the tin was passed like a religious cup between the subjects, someone found a fuel can and that was filled and quaffed by those bringing up the rear.

The party continued for hours and then eventually the can ran out of bubbles...... but those that had supped were beyond behaviour as one knows. Scenes of terrible depravity fell upon the site, with hugging and talking sh*t and very valuable cans of vintage VB were wasted as they were launched at rival males in the struggle. They could still be found in the bush to this day. This appears to be normal behaviour for the males. The Females appear to just like sex in private. (Without her heavy dried water carrier)

The next day there was awful confusion as the women that were meant to be dried water carriers got lost as they left when they were meant to and had no sense of direction. The men lied in bed drunk. Groaning!

That meant that the great explorers had found Melbourne...  as did AC/DC with thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o

Drunken Posting! ;D Enough!

You will have to ask the lady that has come from such regions. Then ask me... it will involve less swearing and a factual answer.

It was ;D