A word to the wise

[Nick the Tent]

Confucius Say;

“When you accidentally drop your thetford cassette lid down a drain, don’t fill it up with waste and forget about putting a temporary cap on it before driving home…”

Ah well, sh*t happens!

 

[PP Bear]

 

[fishplug]

Just remember that bees don't waste their time explaining to flies that honey tastes better than poo...

 

[Gaston aires]

We’ve all done that. I did it at the Swaffham bash and had to order a new screw top. Bloody expensive

 

[Silver-Fox]

We’ve all done that. I did it at the Swaffham bash and had to order a new screw top. Bloody expensive

I’ve got a phobia about dropping the cap or the sliding bit.

I always put them well out of the way

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[westhamman]

Lost the sliding bit once, but never the cap.

 

[Gaston aires]

I’ve got a phobia about dropping the cap or the sliding bit.

I always put them well out of the way

I do now.

 

[68c]

I carry a spare cap, had one every since I reversed over my cassette, thankfully empty.

 

[jockaneezer]

Saw them dangling a small child by his feet down the open man hole at a THS when a guy knocked the yellow cap off his cassette into the hole, and I thought Victorian chimney sweeping urchins had it bad !

 

[68c]

The boy was happy to do it, he was holding his sister's ankles.

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[hja]

We’ve all done that. I did it at the Swaffham bash and had to order a new screw top. Bloody expensive

we lost one down a elsan point on a CL. Ordered TWO new ones - they were very expensive!

 

[carolyn]

I carry a spare cap, had one ever since I reversed over my cassette, thankfully empty.

Talking about driving over things. Today as we left a campsite in Iceland Nick decided to empty the cassette. It was a long walk from where we were parked so we parked nearer to it . I thought I’d make myself useful and drive over the grey waste. Checked he’d shut the cassette door and left nothing on the ground in the wing mirror and drove over. Unfortunately I also drove over a plasti box of Elsan sachets! Obviously Nick’s fault. He’d put them right under the van for some reason. They’re a bit mangled. I reckon I can save some

 

[Wendo55]

I lost the whole bendy arm bit that the cap screws onto once! 6 ft deep farmer's field type emptying. Went right round a bend out of sight!

 

[L' Hobo]

We’ve all done that. I did it at the Swaffham bash and had to order a new screw top. Bloody expensive

I retrieved one from the Bash and it a half price bargain.
You know the history, so I'll see you at the Swaffham Auction next year!

 

[L' Hobo]

I carry a spare cap, had one every since I reversed over my cassette, thankfully empty.

How much does the cap hold before you have to empty it?

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[rusted]

I had to empty in a most disgusting drain in spain (why they put it in a tiny shed was beyond me, went for the deep breath and empty mode) then the sliding lid fell off the cassette.
I did recover it, but it took me a week before I felt clean again.

 

[rusted]

Oh and I replaced the cassette when I got home - not doing that again......

 

[L' Hobo]

Talking about driving over things. Today as we left a campsite in Iceland Nick decided to empty the cassette. It was a long walk from where we were parked so we parked nearer to it . I thought I’d make myself useful and drive over the grey waste. Checked he’d shut the cassette door and left nothing on the ground in the wing mirror and drove over. Unfortunately I also drove over a plasti box of Elsan sachets! Obviously Nick’s fault. He’d put them right under the van for some reason. They’re a bit mangled. I reckon I can save some

Stuff em with Tea and have a flavoured cuppa!

 

[Winger]

Can I ask what is the point of the slider please. I have two in my shed which I’ve never felt the need to use as I can see no benefit?

 

[Richard n Ann]

I don't open the slider when emptying, I just rinse through the outlet

Tip of the day:
When approaching the emptying point, take many breaths so you almost get oxygen drunk, then take the cap off, leave it on the floor and hold your breath while emptying the hideous liquid, you usually have to breath again by the first rinse but the smell, although unpleasant, is bearable by then

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[meanders]

I don't open the slider when emptying, I just rinse through the outlet

Tip of the day:
When approaching the emptying point, take many breaths so you almost get oxygen drunk, then take the cap off, leave it on the floor and hold your breath while emptying the hideous liquid, you usually have to breath again by the first rinse but the smell, although unpleasant, is bearable by then

Blimey. Didn't know breathing exercises were part of camping these days. Do we have to do the arm moments as well as in Carry on Camping or Hi Di Hi? Will there be a Barbara Windsor look-alike on a skimpy bikini to show us how?

 

[Landy Andy]

I don't open the slider when emptying, I just rinse through the outlet

Tip of the day:
When approaching the emptying point, take many breaths so you almost get oxygen drunk, then take the cap off, leave it on the floor and hold your breath while emptying the hideous liquid, you usually have to breath again by the first rinse but the smell, although unpleasant, is bearable by then

Hahaha.
Try turning up to work and having to deal with this. Unprepared, not pre warned. Whilst laying on your stomach, head down the hole, and no equipment.



(Possibly best just as a thumbnail pic, for some.)

Emptying the cassette isn’t something that bothers me. Or cleaning the area after others who appear to struggle to be clean.

 

[L' Hobo]

I don't open the slider when emptying, I just rinse through the outlet

Tip of the day:
When approaching the emptying point, take many breaths so you almost get oxygen drunk, then take the cap off, leave it on the floor and hold your breath while emptying the hideous liquid, you usually have to breath again by the first rinse but the smell, although unpleasant, is bearable by then

Not sure what you have been eating, but can I suggest you possibly should change your diet.
Mines never that bad and I've got the SOG type toilet.

 

[L' Hobo]

Can I ask what is the point of the slider please. I have two in my shed which I’ve never felt the need to use as I can see no benefit?

Interesting !
IF I don't close the slider flap on my SOG toilet, the extractor fan just carries on running and, eventually burn out quicker, I presume?

Are we talking about the same sliders, and if so, why have you got two in your shed?

 

[SomeoneElse]

My cap never leaves the van. I take it off immediately after removing the cassette and leave it in the cassette slot.
I also carry a spare cap, never used it.

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[manners]

We were at Denny Wood in the New Forest when the tanker came to pump out the tank. He must of pulled out twenty cassette caps as well as other caps of various types, along with a few slides off the top of the cassette.

 

[L' Hobo]

We were at Denny Wood in the New Forest when the tanker came to pump out the tank. He must of pulled out twenty cassette caps as well as other caps of various types, along with a few slides off the top of the cassette.

Probably had a MH party in the wood where everyone had to throw in their cassette caps instead of their keys?

 

[B+W vanman]

Probably had a MH party in the wood where everyone had to throw in their cassette caps instead of their keys?

Does that mean you get to sleep with someone else’s cassette?

 

[L' Hobo]

Does that mean you get to sleep with someone else’s cassette?

I couldn't possibly tell you, I've led a very sheltered life and Mummy didn't encourage me to indulge in course frolics like that!