Lil Neo,

You're talkin' to a dinkum dunny specialist here. I've lived with long-drops, and cans in the s'house for far more years than with flush loos. Can't think how many I built Just got my first flash-flusher in 20 years, when SI finally hit the 20th C and got a sewerage scheme for the village.

When I was a kid of 7 or so, we lived in the school house of an unused rural school. We had hmm.. 1x one-bunger for the house 1x one-bung by the school (for the teacher) 2x 4-holers for the kids. I've known up to 20-holers in the Army. In the early 60s, the Botany Department of our University converted a number of buildings at a deserted sawmill village into a Field Centre. Three of us dug a hole (10' deep 16' long) under a chook-house, and built a 6-holer. Well, it didn't actually have "holes" just a rail "fore and aft" - if you sat "cheek-to-cheek", you could squeeze 9-10 into it.

We had a reunion of our Biological Society of the 60s last August (most are now boring-old-fart Professors & scientist). They showed an 8mm movie of one of the work parties at Taurewa - alas - the year I'd left to go to teachers college. Talk about a trip down memory lane.

Yeah, I remember 'em Lil Neo, not sure how fondly...;)

Not sure if I should offend your sensibilities by finishing the yarn (I was reminded of this at the reunion) - I was chuckling over it when I wrote the post above. You probably won't speak to me ever again. Oh, well - I've always lived loose...;)

On the last night of that particular work party with a hangi and a monumental piss-up. I got totally shickered, and went to the bog to drop a log. Halfway through, I needed to spit, so turned head down hole, strides round ankles, and went arse over tip down it. I was literally in the poo. Thank God we had only started using the long drop the day before, or I wouldn't be here to tell the tale! Apparently it took the boys a couple of hours to locate, extricate and clean-up my comatose body. Now, there's real mates for you.

So, there ya go - and all my lies are true, so help me God....;)

LOL - Sammy (not in the Bar)