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  • 08/13/2007 at 10:05 pm #1725292
    zuma

      I had the very unpleasant experience this weekend of finding a cache that I thought was full of rain water, when instead it was full of urine. I was grateful for the easy find, until I realized that it was way, way too easy, and the local whiz kids had found it and relieved their full bladders into the cache.

      See GC14H5Z for details, and be careful out there.

      (Other than that one, I had a fantastic time visiting the Kenosha/Racine/Mliwaukee areas this weekend.)

      zuma

      08/13/2007 at 11:16 pm #1878015
      Thraxman

        Urine from a healthy human is a sterile liquid.

        It contains urea. A major byproduct of the decomposition of urea is nitrogen, so urine is great for plant life. The surrounding foliage would benefit if you water it with the contents of the cache.

        You may, however, wish to save the urine. It is handy in the production of gunpowder and preparing textiles for the dye process. Even if you have no need for home-made gunpowder and aren’t into textiles, you could do as the Romans did and use it to make toothpaste and mouthwash.

        08/14/2007 at 12:30 am #1878016
        RSplash40

          yuck, clean or not, yuck. I visited the area on saturday, glad I was only picking up the quickie’s from the road.

          08/14/2007 at 1:04 am #1878017
          Timberline Echoes

            Thought nurses could handle anything…. good reason to carry waterless soap at all times…
            TE

            08/14/2007 at 1:57 am #1878018
            Team Margaritaville

              Hmmm UREA you say i’ve been told by very close sources that if you save enough urine and and boil the PISS OUT of it… You can make a bomb……Actually you have to boil it until your left with crystals in the pan..Don’t ask me how i know.. TRUST ME i didn’t do it….lol IF you want to hear the story sometime ask me in person….

              08/14/2007 at 2:16 am #1878019
              K0rpl

                Wow, what the heck is the world coming to. People have to open a container, releive themselves, and then re-seal it… Jeez…

                08/14/2007 at 4:54 am #1878020
                Team Hemisphere Dancer

                  Hey I just watched Survivorman make a solar still to distill his own urine. Now I know where to get some to try his technique.

                  08/14/2007 at 12:20 pm #1878021
                  Timberline Echoes

                    Jim wanted to know what shape was the log in?
                    TE

                    08/14/2007 at 1:30 pm #1878022
                    zuma
                      Thraxman wrote:
                      Urine from a healthy human is a sterile liquid.

                      It contains urea. A major byproduct of the decomposition of urea is nitrogen, so urine is great for plant life. The surrounding foliage would benefit if you water it with the contents of the cache.

                      /quote]

                      Both are true, which is why I usually try fertilize the foilage near caches, in order to maximize their camo.

                      And on the first point, FRESH urine is sterile, so peeing on your hands is OK. However, once it sets around, urine starts to grow all kinds of bacteria, which is why it is a good idea to flush your toliet from time to time.

                      z

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