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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Toilets



Lew Clayman wrote:
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> Ironically, that might have saved his life.  U-Boat losses late in
> the War were VERY high, from what I read.

Yeah, they were high: six our of seven didn't come back?  

But it might not have saved him.  Think about sitting in a small
camp with the guys YOU put there when you couldn't flush the
toilet.  I bet no one ever quite forgave him. 

> Please, don't anybody get all political, that's not my point. 
> Merely noting the irony of how things work out sometimes.

I hadn't thought of that.  The experience must have given
him an interesting tale to tell his children ....




Mike