There's also a thingee used in hospitals and operating rooms, for the patient--a condom with a tube at the tip connecting it to a bottle. Some such used to be used by railroad engineers.
It's nice to know that EST added something useful to the store of human ingenuity.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 15, 2012 12:58 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Australian advice please
>
>It's not that they don't pee, amigo. Think Depends or Pampers or suchlike.
>
>
>
>"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid,
>but most stupid people are conservatives."
> --John Stuart Mill
>
>Hal
>
>Halvard Johnson
>================
>
>[log in to unmask]
>
>Poems by Others . . . <http://anotherpoetrysite.blogspot.com/>
>On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions sought; email
>to my address above)
>Truck <http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/> (no submissions; new
>drivers/editors monthly)
>Entropy and Me <http://entropyandme.blogspot.com/>
>Images without Words <http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com/>
>Hal & Lynda's homepage <http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home>
>Hamilton Stone Editions <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>
>Hamilton Stone Review <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html>
><http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>Vida Loca
>Books<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>
>Sonnets from the Basque & Other
>Poems<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>*, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Obras
>Públicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The Perfection
>of Mozart's Third Eye and Other
>Sonnets<http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets>
>; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>Clones<http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1>
>; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **Theory
>of Harmony<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf>
>; **Rapsodie espagnole<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf>
>; **Guide to the Tokyo
>Subway<http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3>
>; **The Sonnet Project<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf>
>; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter
>Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>**Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>; **The Dance of the Red Swan <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
>; **Transparencies & Projections<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>*
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Patrick McManus <
>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> to never pee sounds dodgy to me people would sort of swell up become
>> balloon like then hopefully leak-stand back bystanders -tsunami!!!
>> P
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Halvard Johnson
>> Sent: 15 November 2012 05:10
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Australian advice please
>>
>> Oh, I didn't either . . . really. Modern technology does do wonders though.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are
>> conservatives."
>> --John Stuart Mill
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
>> ================
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Poems by Others . . . <http://anotherpoetrysite.blogspot.com/>
>> On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions sought;
>> email to my address above) Truck <http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/>
>> (no submissions; new drivers/editors monthly) Entropy and Me <
>> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com/>
>> Images without Words <http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com/>
>> Hal & Lynda's homepage <http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home>
>> Hamilton Stone Editions <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> Hamilton Stone
>> Review <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html>
>> <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>Vida Loca Books<
>> https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>>
>> Sonnets from the Basque & Other
>> Poems<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>> *, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Obras P
>> blicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The Perfection
>> of Mozart's Third Eye and Other Sonnets<
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>> >
>> ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>> Clones<
>> http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1
>> >
>> ; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>> **Theory of Harmony<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf
>> >
>> ; **Rapsodie espagnole<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf
>> >
>> ; **Guide to the Tokyo
>> Subway<
>> http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
>> >
>> ; **The Sonnet Project<
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf
>> >
>> ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>;
>> **Winter Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>> **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>> ; **The Dance of the Red Swan <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html
>> >
>> ; **Transparencies & Projections<
>> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Didn't know that. Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > >From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>> > >Sent: Nov 14, 2012 6:15 PM
>> > >To: [log in to unmask]
>> > >Subject: Re: Australian advice please
>> > >
>> > >Mark, drivers do not need to stop to pee. Technologies developed
>> > >years
>> > ago,
>> > >during the hey-day of Werner Erhard's EST seminars, have been
>> > >developed to a point that no Nascar driver ever has to stop to take a
>> pee.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are
>> > >conservatives."
>> > > --John Stuart Mill
>> > >
>> > >Hal
>> > >
>> > >Halvard Johnson
>> > >================
>> > >
>> > >[log in to unmask]
>> > >
>> > >Poems by Others . . . <http://anotherpoetrysite.blogspot.com/>
>> > >On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions sought;
>> > email
>> > >to my address above)
>> > >Truck <http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/> (no submissions; new
>> > >drivers/editors monthly) Entropy and Me
>> > ><http://entropyandme.blogspot.com/>
>> > >Images without Words <http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com/>
>> > >Hal & Lynda's homepage
>> > ><http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home>
>> > >Hamilton Stone Editions <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> Hamilton
>> > >Stone Review <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html>
>> > ><http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>Vida Loca
>> > >Books<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>> > >
>> > >Sonnets from the Basque & Other
>> > >Poems<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>> > >*, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
>> > >*Obras P blicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The
>> > >Perfection of Mozart's Third Eye and Other Sonnets<
>> > http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-M
>> > OZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>> > >
>> > >; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of
>> > >Clones<
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/09654
>> > 04390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1
>> > >
>> > >; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>> > **Theory
>> > >of Harmony<
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fal
>> > l04/theory1.pdf
>> > >
>> > >; **Rapsodie espagnole<
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rap
>> > sodi.pdf
>> > >
>> > >; **Guide to the Tokyo
>> > >Subway<
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref
>> > =sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
>> > >
>> > >; **The Sonnet Project<
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hso
>> > nnet.pdf
>> > >
>> > >; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>;
>> > **Winter
>> > >Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>> > >**Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>> > >; **The Dance of the Red Swan <
>> > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
>> > >; **Transparencies & Projections<
>> > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>> > >*
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> And the driver needs to pee.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> >From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>> > >> >Sent: Nov 14, 2012 5:07 PM
>> > >> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> > >> >Subject: Re: Australian advice please
>> > >> >
>> > >> >And it's for Nascar cars that need a change of tires and oil in
>> > mid-race.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people
>> > >> >are conservatives."
>> > >> > --John Stuart Mill
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Hal
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Halvard Johnson
>> > >> >================
>> > >> >
>> > >> >[log in to unmask]
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Poems by Others . . . <http://anotherpoetrysite.blogspot.com/>
>> > >> >On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions
>> > >> >sought;
>> > >> email
>> > >> >to my address above)
>> > >> >Truck <http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/> (no submissions; new
>> > >> >drivers/editors monthly) Entropy and Me
>> > >> ><http://entropyandme.blogspot.com/>
>> > >> >Images without Words <http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com/>
>> > >> >Hal & Lynda's homepage <
>> > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home>
>> > >> >Hamilton Stone Editions <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> Hamilton
>> > >> >Stone Review <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html>
>> > >> ><http://www.hamiltonstone.org/>Vida Loca
>> > >> >Books<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Sonnets from the Basque & Other
>> > >> >Poems<https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>
>> > >> >*, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,
>> > *Obras
>> > >> >P blicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The
>> > Perfection
>> > >> >of Mozart's Third Eye and Other
>> > >> >Sonnets<
>> > >>
>> > http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-M
>> > OZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of Clones<
>> > >>
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/09654
>> > 04390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>;
>> > >> **Theory
>> > >> >of Harmony<
>> > >>
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fal
>> > l04/theory1.pdf
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **Rapsodie espagnole<
>> > >>
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rap
>> > sodi.pdf
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **Guide to the Tokyo
>> > >> >Subway<
>> > >>
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref
>> > =sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **The Sonnet Project<
>> > >>
>> > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hso
>> > nnet.pdf
>> > >> >
>> > >> >; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>;
>> > >> **Winter
>> > >> >Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
>> > >> >**Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
>> > >> >; **The Dance of the Red Swan <
>> > >> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
>> > >> >; **Transparencies & Projections<
>> > >> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
>> > >> >*
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Mark Weiss
>> > >> ><[log in to unmask]>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> In the US a pit stop is when you need a bathroom.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> >> >From: Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
>> > >> >> >Sent: Nov 13, 2012 6:38 PM
>> > >> >> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> > >> >> >Subject: Re: Australian advice please
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >Slang term: Pit stop. I think the most used term is truck stop,
>> > >> sometimes
>> > >> >> >road cafe.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >Andrew
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >On 14 November 2012 08:39, Bill Wootton
>> > >> >> ><[log in to unmask]>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> Roadside cafe, L.
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> B
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> On 14/11/2012, at 4:12 AM, Lawrence Upton <
>> > >> [log in to unmask]>
>> > >> >> >> wrote:
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > In Britain we have what are called transport cafes on the M
>> > >> >> >> > and
>> > A
>> > >> >> >> > roads.
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > The definition is largely in the eye of the beholder
>> > >> >> >> > although
>> > >> there
>> > >> >> >> > have been efforts to impose trade only.
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > We have other terms e.g. you'll hear _truck stop_
>> > >> >> >> > because
>> > >> somebody
>> > >> >> >> > thinks it sounds exotic.
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > What would they be called in Australia?
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > Maybe there are some places where there is too little
>> > >> >> >> > traffic
>> > >> for
>> > >> >> >> > such distinctions (?) but I assume that there's quite a lot
>> > >> >> >> > of
>> > >> traffic
>> > >> >> >> > in the east
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > Well, anyway, advise me anyone who can
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > L
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >--
>> > >> >> >Andrew
>> > >> >> >http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> > >> >> >'Undercover of Lightness'
>> > >> >> >http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> > >> >> >'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >>
>> > >>
>> > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-p
>> > ress-shikibu.html
>> > >> >>
>> > >>
>> >
>>
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