[Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
peter klappert
peterklappert at comcast.net
Thu Jul 21 14:44:22 EDT 2011
Lee--
If I named it areola I'd have to sail in circles.
I'm still having second thots about Aeolia. It makes me think of Oleo, as in margarine and oleaginous , and then I remember the oleo you got during WWII: a plastic bag with one lb of dead-white stuff that looked like putty, with about an ounce of dye your kneaded into it. Even a 2 yrs old it made a bad impression on me.
(If I remember correctly, oleo was invented during the siege of Paris in the Franco Prussian War, when people were reduced to eating rats. Brewery rats cost more than sewer rats.)
"Aeolian" sounds better to me. Can you name a boat with a naked adjective? "Aeolian Harp" seems kind of precious.
Odd: I have (or had) something of a reputation for titles of essays and poems ("Let Them Eat Wonderbread," "Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket," "Couldn't I Love You and Also want to go Dancing?" "Scrophodupolos Honored By Reception," etc) but trying to naming R22 has been frustrating.
P
>>>>>>o<<<<<<
2003 Klingle Rd NW
Washington, DC 20010
202 483 3822 C: 202 821 2679
911 Silver Palm Way
Apollo Beach, FL 33572
813 645 5601 C: 202 821 2679
>>>>>>o<<<<<<
Someone I cared for
Someone I cared for
put it to me: Who
do you think you are?
I went down the list
of all the many
possibilities
carefully — did it
twice — but couldn't find
a plausible one.
That was when I knew
for the first time who
in fact I wasn't.
--Cid Corman
from And The Word. © Coffee House Press, 1987
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leland" <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:37:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
Peter,
Thanks for explaining the name. I thought you had misspelled areola.
Lee
1986 Rhodes22 AT EASE
Kent Island, MD
peter klappert wrote:
>
>
> Hey Chris--
>
> Didn't know you'd lost stuff. What a pain that is. In one message I
> congratulated you on the incredible ice box repair, then rattled on
> tediously about trying to name my R22.
>
> So I'll reprise that a little less tediously: I had a bastard of a time
> trying to think of a name. Toyed with "Aolele," which is what the Samoans
> called R L Stevenson's wife, Fanny. Means "little flying cloud." I liked
> the way it seemed to invoke Aeolus. Then I did some online research into
> windy gods & toyed with Zephyros or Zephyrus, which isn't a bad but has
> been used too much. Then I came across "Aeolia," a mythical floating
> island which is home to the 4 winds. As you certainly know, Odysseus goes
> there to get Zephyros, the West Wind. It's the first floating island in
> world literature:
>
> Also came across the Orphic Hymn to Zephyros: I might print that up and
> hang a copy in the cabin.
>
> I also asked "How many bodies can you get in that icebox?" That was just
> an excuse to say that in grad school I worked the night shift at an
> alcoholics treatment unit of a hospital. The nurses desk had instructions
> on what to do if someone died. The last item was "Always put the body in
> the cooler."
>
> Do you have your boat's name in Greek on the boat itself? I'm tempted to
> have it that way & then under it the English letters. At the very least
> I'll use the the initial capital that combines A & E--it even looks like a
> sail.
>
> As for when I'll actually get the boat--well, you know Stan. He once said
> June, but he hasn't asked for any of the items I want him to install, and
> now the Airhead tryout will delay things longer. That's Ok: I'm STILL in
> FL. Will go back at long last right after Memorial Day. That's only 6
> months late.
>
>
>
> P
>
>
> 2003 Klingle Rd NW
> Washington, DC 20010
> 202 483 3822 C: 202 821 2679
>
> 911 Silver Palm Way
> Apollo Beach, FL 33572
> 813 645 5601 C: 202 821 2679
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> SONG
>
> I could tell
> Of silence where
> One ran before
> Himself and fell
> Into silence
> Yet more fair.
>
> --Yvor Winters
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:16:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
> Hey Peter,
> I lost a number of emails and address and other stuff when I had a virus
> problem a while back. So yes indeed, I'm back. You know I missed your
> name
> choice. I highly approve. Now lets see, according to Odysseus Aeolia was
> the goddess of windbags? Or wind in a bag or something. Grin. A fitting
> name! When is delivery? And you must send some pictures!
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of peter klappert
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:46 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
>
> Good to hear from you, Chris. As you see, I finally settled on a name for
> the boat, a Greek one.
>
> I was concerned about smell, too, though a friend put a BIG composting
> waste
> system in his house in VT and that's absolutely odorless.
>
> I've read all the owner reviews for Airhead and Nature's Head, as well as
> a
> 2002 Practical Sailor article. No one seems to have had an odor problem,
> or
> only a faint one at start up.
>
> How's the new ice box working out?
>
>
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:19:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
> Hey Peter,
> Sounds like a neat Idea! You must be flushed with excitement (sorry
> couldn't help myself) I haven't heard of anyone doing this but the logic
> is
> there, would there be an odor problem?
>
> Chris G.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of peter klappert
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:51 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
>
> Can someone tell me where the holding tank for the marine toilet is
> located?
>
> I'd like to try to substitute an Airhead composting toilet for the
> standard
> marine head in the R22-in-progress. Advantages: no water required, no
> holding tank, macerater, Y-value, thru-deck or thru-hull openings (except
> for a mushroom vent). Toilet paper isn't just ok, it's a plus. No need to
> find pump-out stations or empty the porta-potty, & you end up with free
> fertilizer for the flower garden.
>
> Figuring out if or how it might be done is up to Stan, who says "We'll try
> anything once." But I'd still like to apply my head to the problem--if it
> is
> a problem. The main difficulty will probably be the height of the unit:
> about 18" with the lid up (and everyone has to sit to pee with the
> Airhead).
>
>
> Has anyone ever tried to make this modification?
>
> P
>
> 2011 R22, Aeolia
> Apollo Beach, FL
>
>
>
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
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