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| Topic Started: Apr 29 2016, 02:59 AM (1,283 Views) | |
| Durgan | Apr 30 2016, 11:58 PM Post #46 |
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http://whenonearth.net/different-types-toilets-youll-see-around-world/ Different Types of Toilets You’ll See Around The World This was our toilet for the females on the farm. The men went to the barn or in a rush hung it out the back door for urinating. Lest we forget. Saskatchewan until about 1950. It was often too cold to go to the outhouse in Winter. Posted Image Edited by Durgan, May 1 2016, 12:14 AM.
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| Durgan | May 1 2016, 12:29 AM Post #47 |
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My most memorial toilet experience was in China. I had recently arrived and got off the plane to look for a toilet, but could not find one. Later I found the toilets are outside the entrance to the airport. Anyway I figure I would hold until convenient since I was being picked up. The drive was about four hours. After about two hours it was getting uncomfortable, but we suddenly stopped at a roadhouse for lunch. I asked the lady guide where the toilet was. She pointed to a tin panel structure. With both female and male on different sides. I had studied the Chinese writing for this previously so I knew which was which. I entered and almost ran out from shock. It was February and very cold, and there was this enormous pile of human feces in the center of this toilet floor. Frozen solid about 2.5 feet high. It was a container where the feces was scooped out periodically. I took it all in and had my pee thank god that was all I needed. I also thanked God I was not a female. I regret not having my camera. Needless to say, I had not much appetite for lunch in the roadhouse. |
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| Trotsky | May 1 2016, 12:38 AM Post #48 |
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Here's the standard model with hot and cold taps which you adjust ONCE to get the proper mix and a third one to adjust the volume of water that comes up in a wide gentle geyser. So it you feel you need a more forceful rinsing, you reach behind and turn the center knob. Don't get the wrong knob. I would have one installed in a heartbeat if I had the room for it and the willingness to cut a drain into a concrete floor but I have neither. Posted Image <The toilet needs a dose of Tidee-Bowl.> The piece of junk toilet add-on from Doctor Leonard for $50 that I asked about in Post 1 dispenses, of course, all cold water which might be fine in warm seasons but brutal in a Northern clime February. It does seem to have a "volume control" that plastic contraption with a dial (on the right) Everyone should check out the link in Durgan's Post #46. Fascinating...I remember it from long ago. This caught my eye as reasonable, cheap and relatively safe looking. The Bum Gun (Asia) But of couse, only cold. I can live with cold...been doing it for years. (Frown and bear it.) VVVVVVV Posted Image The new Japanese electronic toilets are really something. They do everything but they cost a fortune. I saw one demonstrated on HGTV in a VERY high end home. Push a button and the washing nozzle comes out the back, does its job and retracts. It then dries you with warm air. Like having an electronic harem. Edited by Trotsky, May 1 2016, 01:02 AM.
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| goldengal | May 1 2016, 01:21 AM Post #49 |
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Yes, we saw one in Dubai which was stainless steel. At first we did not know what it was. Take care, Pat |
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| angora | May 1 2016, 01:58 AM Post #50 |
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In post 48 , the toilet sitting beside the bidet looks dirty. |
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| Trotsky | May 1 2016, 02:01 AM Post #51 |
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Yep, Some Clorox and a brush would go a long way. |
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| swing | May 1 2016, 03:17 AM Post #52 |
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Durgan I can identify with the "chamber pail" god how I disliked those things! My Dad built a new house in 1954 when i was 8. We had indoor plumbing, thought we'd died and gone to heaven lol! Enjoyed your China story, have heard similar ones, from DH's cousin who took a tour about 12 years ago. |
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| Durgan | May 1 2016, 07:05 AM Post #53 |
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http://durgan.org/2016/April%202016/30%20April%202016%20Camping%20Toilet/HTML/ 30 April 2016 Camping Toilet We use to travel and camp a lot with three females in the car, a van. The trips were mainly in Canada. The public washrooms were abysmal, particularly for females due to the necessity of sitting. I decided to do something about it. I found a strong waste basket and put a kitchen garbage in it, then a bunched up newspaper. One could sit on the pail with some convenience. The van had tinted windows so there was privacy available. My wife and the two girls were very pleased with the set up. Disposal was simply tying the bag and placing in an appropriate container. I specified kitchen garbage bags because I found the green bags sometimes leaked. Canada needs some toilet inspectors big time. Many washrooms rival China for dirt, particularly along main highways. Posted Image Edited by Durgan, May 1 2016, 07:06 AM.
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| Dialtone | May 1 2016, 02:58 PM Post #54 |
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Apparently, if you use Cottonelle toilet tissue, you can go commando, so what use is a bidet ? laugh123 |
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| Kahu | May 1 2016, 04:16 PM Post #55 |
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New Zealand loos pooh-poohed on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show "Have you ever been to New Zealand? It is the most sensational country on the planet," he said. Lauer said he was staying in a hut with no electricity, running water, or facilities. "You know what has not improved in 200 years? Outhouses." Posted Image The old-fashioned Kiwi long drop traumatised US anchorman Matt Lauer. Source link |
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| haili | May 2 2016, 12:02 AM Post #56 |
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Well, that was educational! I am not nostalgic about the outhouse and chamber pots we had on the farm many years ago. Washcloths don't sound hygienic but disposable rags can be handy. |
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| Trotsky | May 2 2016, 01:20 AM Post #57 |
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And then there is the REMOTE, almost unthinkable possibility that they are LYING? I have gone commando since high school. |
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| Shorty | May 2 2016, 11:01 AM Post #58 |
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If the toilet is that dirty, image how clean the bidet is. |
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| Shorty | May 2 2016, 11:02 AM Post #59 |
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Outhouse improvements - make a seat from styrofoam. It doesn't get cold in the winter and is cheap to replace. |
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| wildie | May 2 2016, 01:33 PM Post #60 |
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Once, as a child, my family and I were visiting my grand-father's farm. While using a 3 holer facility I accidently managed to roll the last roll of toilet paper down an adjacent hole. The farm was located more than 10 miles from the store and my Dad was very unhappy about driving into town to purchase more rolls. I recall that he bought a toilet roll holder also! A styrofoam ring around the holes would have prevented anything from rolling in! |
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