I never really had a good place for the bunkhouse, but with the new wye down at Majestic , this will work nicely. Temporary bricks as a foundation until I get the final gardening done around here.
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Nice restoration. And it looks perfect there, Bob. Plenty of room for an outhouse or two, refuse piles, rusty car chassis, all kinds of stuff.
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Exactly. Need a double outhouse, and a bunch of junk. I’ll also make some boardwalks over to the mine, and the flag stop, when I get this whole area finalized.
Stacked or side by side ?
Well if he’s stacking might as well go for a story 3 holer with the tether cabling that Cliff isn’t using on his mansion.
Hey, I did put the cables on! They’re just too small to see.
I’ll vote for a side-by-side over the cookhouse.
from experience i vote for two separate outhouses. as far away from the cookhouse as possible.
as outhouses are a place, where everybody brings something, but nobody extracts anything, they tend to fill up.
while the outhouse structure normally is good for ten or more years, the hole tends to be filled up much earlier.
to move an one-seater upon a new hole is a two or three men job.
and about the distance between cookhouse and outhouse:
the farmers here abouts gave me the counsel to use the outhouse during the late morning - when the flies are in the kitchen…
if somebody insists, i could go more into details…
sorry, but when it comes to talking sh*t, i’m an expert 
Well, at Philmont Scout camp, if you were lucky when the spirit moved you, you could use the Red Roof Inn. These were outhouses painted red. Along the trails were just 2 seater boxes over the hole. Open air with a seat cover in two styles, pilot to co-pilot or pilot to bombardier.
Reminds me of a practical joke played on some poor soul by my grandfather and his teenage friends. The joke was pretty simple: move the outhouse back 4 feet.
when i was in the military, every maneuver we had to dig trenches with so called “thunder beams” installed above. (often whole treetrunks with bark)
an open-air affair, trousers around the ankles, balancing - for some that was a steep and smelly learning curve.
but that was long ago, when one had to have a member, to become a member of the military.
To me, that looks like prop numero uno for the bunkhouse! Or should I say numero dos?
I like Wayne’s description, “pilot to bombardier.” I suppose there was always disagreement on who was which though. Maybe who bombed first was a factor.
Modeling an open-air pooper would probably be an original in the hobby, but a little edgy… especially if you added sound effects, or went full @Todd_Brody and added animation… hmm.
That’s what they called them at Philmont. The picture I posted is a pilot-to-bombardier. If you’re side by side, that’s a pilot-to-copilot.
When I was there, they all were open-air, no walls or roof.
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thinking about, from where the scene can be seen, pilot - copilot might be the better option.
p.s.:
the animals of the wilderness wanted to keep the forest clean.
so they voted to build a WC, a woodcloset.
decided and done. everybody happy most of the forest smelled better.
but… after a while it was noted, that the squirrel did business anywhere, but not at the WC.
when interrogated, the squirrel defended its bad behaviour: " i used to use the WC, but one day, when i was there, the big brown bear also was there. and he asked me, if my pelt is linting…"
As an adult leader, I was at Philmont in 2004. We signed for a 70 mile hike that was listed as “moderate.” When we got there the hike was listed as “strenuous.” With the side hikes to the activities, I figured we hiked a total of 90 miles in 10 days. Bob, when were you in Philmont, youth or leader?
I felt inspired to ask for this. Not sure why.
Yeah, doesn’t really work with your trousers up, but Gemini refused to pull them down, even a little… So I quit arguing.
I didn’t ask for the banjo, but it’s a nice touch.
Leader in 2008. ~90 mile strenuous, plus activities.
Needs a hand rail for the steps, per OSHA…
Cliff;
I read somewhere that a hotel in 19th century West Virginia had a five-story outhouse that was considered a marvel in its day. The “drop zones” were staggered in such a way as to avoid any conflict, but each level had its own walkway approach from the floor it was on. This was done as a convenience for guests in the middle of the night. Not to my liking, but I’m sure the folks staying at the hotel thought it was very nice. I just remember the “thunderboxes” at the W,K&S on a hot day and think “No Thanks!”
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