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For some reason that I can not explain the bottles come cleaner when washed in this device? It was found at the 10 foot level in a 13 foot deep privy here in AZ. It is so dry here that I still find bottles with paper labels that have been buried for over 100 years.....

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Another view of this most comfortable device; nice curve for the lower back;haha....

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Wow; now I know why all my digging partners are dying off.......

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so dry here that I still find bottles with paper labels that have been buried for over 100 years.....

I wonder if it preserves cholera and typhoid well too?

I was worried about that at one point in my digging career,so I called my doctor,no typhoid here[8D]
 

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Also found a matching stoneware spittoon with it; that way you have both ends covered??

Well its been about three months since I dug that pit and no one that was involved got sick; so we may be ok.

Will have to check to see if there is any documentation on Typhus or Cholera surviving in the ground for 110 years?

I think I worry as much about getting sick from a privy as I do about getting hit by lightning......
 

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Gunther,

Just looked at the Nexus site; WOW!!!

Thanks for posting it; I dg a lot of medicines that I love to trace the history on.

All the best,

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I dg a lot of medicines that I love to trace the history on

Thanks , if you find medicines that arent listed or pictured let me know.
I get a lot of update info from forum members.


I was just joking about the cholera but you can get sick from breathing dust in privies especially in dry areas.
 

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Gunther,

I dug a blue San Fransisco bottle the other day and can not find it on the web. Will post a picture later.

Thanks for the offer of help,

Karl
 

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