......urine.
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AN AUSTRALIAN skipper and his New Zealander first mate survived 11 days in
a storm-battered life raft with no food or water - and were forced to drink
their own urine - after their yacht sank off Vietnam.
Mark Wesley Smith and Steven John Freeman recounted yesterday how they clung
desperately to their life raft as storms flipped it over and over for days
on end.

They ate nothing for 11 days, licked rainwater off the raft and were forced
to drink their urine.


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And you complain about the parking situation at the shopping centers this
week?

JimH,
That is not uncommon, and urine is actually sanitary.

Cheers.


" JimH" wrote in message
. ..
.....urine.
======================
AN AUSTRALIAN skipper and his New Zealander first mate survived 11 days in
a storm-battered life raft with no food or water - and were forced to
drink their own urine - after their yacht sank off Vietnam.
Mark Wesley Smith and Steven John Freeman recounted yesterday how they
clung desperately to their life raft as storms flipped it over and over
for days on end.

They ate nothing for 11 days, licked rainwater off the raft and were
forced to drink their urine.


http://tinyurl.com/bokgm
==========================


And you complain about the parking situation at the shopping centers this
week?

"Reggie Smithers" Reggie( is my first name) Smithers wrote in message
. ..
JimH,
That is not uncommon, and urine is actually sanitary.

Cheers.


" JimH" wrote in message
. ..
.....urine.
======================
AN AUSTRALIAN skipper and his New Zealander first mate survived 11 days
in a storm-battered life raft with no food or water - and were forced to
drink their own urine - after their yacht sank off Vietnam.
Mark Wesley Smith and Steven John Freeman recounted yesterday how they
clung desperately to their life raft as storms flipped it over and over
for days on end.

They ate nothing for 11 days, licked rainwater off the raft and were
forced to drink their urine.


http://tinyurl.com/bokgm
==========================


And you complain about the parking situation at the shopping centers this
week?





Not uncommon? Will you be serving it with Christmas dinner Reggie?
;-)

I would agree that it is not uncommon in those in situations where one is
without access to water for days. It remains, however, fairly
extraordinary......thus the link to the story.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:06:21 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


Not uncommon? Will you be serving it with Christmas dinner Reggie?
;-)

If you experience survival school..... expect it as an aperitif...

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I understand Gene. It is indeed a survival technique when without water. I
did not dispute that.

I was only teasing Reggie on his open comment of drinking urine as being
common/not uncommon. ;-)