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| Dr. Leonard's Bidet | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 29 2016, 02:59 AM (1,279 Views) | |
| Trotsky | Apr 29 2016, 02:59 AM Post #1 |
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Who here hasn't seen a Dr. Leonard's catalogue? It is full of interesting gimmicks and new ideas, some good some bad. The sharpener for rotary head shavers is just a WONDERFUL piece of plastic that keeps Norelco shavers working for decades. Anyhoo, I found a discarded catalogue on the mail table that includes a jimmy-job type of bidet conversion for a regular toilet. Have a look and tell me what you think: http://www.drleonards.com/bidet/80292.cfm?clickSource=JUMP_SEARCH&criteria=80292\ Do you think I would be BEGGING for a flooded apartment? For $50 it wouldn't break the bank but a flood might. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 29 2016, 03:02 AM.
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| Delphi51 | Apr 29 2016, 03:55 AM Post #2 |
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It appears well made. It shouldn't leak. I don't see how the seat can come down over it, though. |
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| FuzzyO | Apr 29 2016, 04:16 AM Post #3 |
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Does it warm the water? |
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| Trotsky | Apr 29 2016, 04:19 AM Post #4 |
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I think the plastic seat bolts go through both seat and contraption, so yeah, back of seat will be slightly higher than the front an hence slant somewhat from back to front. But I can see that with a bad mismatch one might crush the apparatus with the seat, especially if you SAT on it. I guess I just don't trust flexible plastic hoses because my old Water Pik was contently springing pressurized fatigue leaks but maybe that was because of all the flexing it had to do. A slight quibble: in mid winter it is an icy cold "rinse"...youch. Real bidets have both hot and cold inputs, Edited by Trotsky, Apr 29 2016, 04:24 AM.
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| Durgan | Apr 29 2016, 04:46 AM Post #5 |
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A bit of overkill easily replaced by a washcloth. When a young innocent I was in Egypt in an old British Army Barracks. I was sitting on the crapper and saw a tap alongside the toilet. I gave it a turn and got a blast of water on my behind. My introduction to automatic butt washing. Later on my tour I was stationed in Gaza. A three man detachment attached to the Sikh Indian battalion. Our crapper was in a field. The Indians used to go to the area carrying water in a whiskey bottle for butt washing. I just had a new man attached to the detachment. He was an old established alky as many were. His eyes lit up when he saw the Indian walking past our tent and his eyes glued on the whisky bottle. He rushed over and tried to buy it off the Indian assuming it was the real stuff. I can only assume the Indian thought he was crazy. Neither spoke the others language. Edited by Durgan, Apr 29 2016, 04:48 AM.
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| Trotsky | Apr 29 2016, 05:03 AM Post #6 |
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I tried a teapot-like contraption (the Indian method) but that kind of thing works better with a hole in the ground than a Western toilet. I even bought an open-in-front toilet seat which helps...but not enough/ I DO have a method that almost works but I will keep that to myself, not to be gross. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 29 2016, 05:09 AM.
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| Durgan | Apr 29 2016, 05:20 AM Post #7 |
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Stand in the shower. In England who were not the most fastidious when it comes to personal hygiene. About 1900 a large modern hotel was built in Piccadilly Circus area. The advertising was a washroom on every floor. When I queried an Englishmen about this, his reply was what is the problem you only have to go once a day. |
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| Trotsky | Apr 29 2016, 05:26 AM Post #8 |
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Yes, that works fine IF you want to take a shower every time you need to take a dump. Timing is everything. Murphy's Law affirms that you will feel an overwhelming need to defecate only AFTER your shower. Murphy and I are close friends. Edited by Trotsky, Apr 29 2016, 05:28 AM.
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| Durgan | Apr 29 2016, 05:29 AM Post #9 |
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After using a bidet, you are wet from the waste down. So you might as well go all the way. |
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| swing | Apr 29 2016, 05:44 AM Post #10 |
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Thanks for the chuckle this morning fellows! |
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| wildie | Apr 29 2016, 08:16 AM Post #11 |
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Are bidets effective for birth control? I always thought that was their function? |
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| FuzzyO | Apr 29 2016, 08:53 AM Post #12 |
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You're kidding, right Wildie? |
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| swing | Apr 29 2016, 11:55 AM Post #13 |
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I think he's kidding Fuzzy0! |
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| wildie | Apr 29 2016, 01:54 PM Post #14 |
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No! I was serious. Thank god for Google! I Googled bidet for birth control and furthered my education. eg. http://www.bathroomsprayers.com/info/mypage.php?page=21 Bidets have been used for birth control after all! |
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| Durgan | Apr 29 2016, 02:04 PM Post #15 |
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Fuzzo O thinks the pill was always available. |
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