The Far Northern Cottage

[Razgovory]

I propose a languish camp out

Heh, I'd take Lanuishites up ... but if you won't work, or otherwise are annoying, you can swim home. 

Well, I'm out.

[Barrister]

Well, there is an outhouse. Basically a shed built over a hole in the ground.

I had to use an outhouse like that in the mosquito infested Danube delta.
It was very very unpleasant.

Bah.

The summer of 1997 I did field work with Manitoba Energy and Mines.  We were parked on a small island in the middle of Island Lake, Manitoba by a float plane, many miles from the nearest road.

Our "out house" was a shallow pit dug between two trees. Two logs were nailed to the two standing trees and a toilet seat was precariously set on top of the two logs.  We had a tarp so that you couldn't see someone taking a shit from the camp site, but it was otherwise open to the air.  And needless to say there were mosquitos everywhere.

Damn that was a good summer.  But you dreaded having to take a dump.

[Maladict]

Tell me more about this place on the Danube Delta. Was it just an outhouse or did you have a few other buildings as well?

It's the low building on the right in the picture.
The red building is a kitchen and living space, also full of mosquitoes. We slept in tents.

You only went into the outhouse when you really had to, but being bitten dozens of times all over (including the most sensitive of places) while taking dump is not fun.

[Malthus]

Well, there is an outhouse. Basically a shed built over a hole in the ground.

I had to use an outhouse like that in the mosquito infested Danube delta.
It was very very unpleasant.

Heh, no-one likes using the outhouse. Doesn't help that it is a favorite Dock Spider hang out, there is always a few about.

I remember one time sitting on the toilet when I saw a large Dock Spider shedding its skin directly over my head: the old skin split open, and the spider (now somewhat larger) crawling out.

It was about halfway through this process when it noticed my scrutiny. It angrily rattled its skin at me. Or maybe it was just panicked and tried to shake off the old skin quickly.

Either way, more amusing in hindsight than at the time. 

[Malthus]

Tell me more about this place on the Danube Delta. Was it just an outhouse or did you have a few other buildings as well?

It's the low building on the right in the picture.
The red building is a kitchen and living space, also full of mosquitoes. We slept in tents.

You only went into the outhouse when you really had to, but being bitten dozens of times all over (including the most sensitive of places) while taking dump is not fun.

What's the work going on? Looks like an archaeological dig.

[Maladict]

Yes, it's a late Roman/early Byzantine fort called Halmyris.

[Malthus]

Yes, it's a late Roman/early Byzantine fort called Halmyris.

So, digging up the stuff dropped by the Romans when they got their backsides bitten by mosquitos. 

"Dammit, Lucius, I dropped another sestertius in the hole slapping at these damned bugs!"

[Maladict]

So, digging up the stuff dropped by the Romans when they got their backsides bitten by mosquitos. 

"Dammit, Lucius, I dropped another sestertius in the hole slapping at these damned bugs!"

Pretty much 
Just shows how little we learn from history.