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Old September 12th 09, 08:51 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Yowie kirjoitti:
"MLB" wrote in message

Yowie wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message

OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbHS4YJOMc&NR=1
Amazing!

BTW - there was a aweful lot of water in that pan. Is that normal?

Yowie



When ou said "pan" did you mean the toilet? If so, the answer is
yes. MLB


Pan= where the business goes.
Bowl= the ceramic part
Cistern= the water storage & delivery system
Toilet= the whole structure

There's only a small amount of water, right down the bottom of our toilets.
Maybe less risk of splashback?

Yowie


I too thought, like you did, that there was quite a lot of water there,
more than we have in ours.

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Old September 12th 09, 10:00 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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MatSav kirjoitti:

The USofA seem to use bowls with a higher water level in the pan
than those in the UK. In much of Europe, there's a 'shelf' on the
front inside edge of the bowl where business is deposited (for
inspection?) before flushing, and not straight into the standing
water of the S-(or U-)bend vapour trap.


I remember the bowls with the shelf from school, but then I went to the
German school. In Finland we don't normally use the shelved variety. My
brother lived/studied in Germany for some years, and has told me they
have the shelved bowls there everywhere.

I remember I was worried at school, that what if I had to do a "real
biggie", and with the shelf there...and... well... before anyone says
TMI they can just use their imagination... :/

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Old September 12th 09, 10:28 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:33:19 -0700 (PDT), hopitus
wrote:

I hate those kind...the very same ones they have in many large USA
airport public facilities.


I don't mind self flushers so much. I hate being greeted by some
barbarian's **** when I have to use public accommodations.

Bud
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Old September 12th 09, 11:29 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Yowie wrote:
"MLB" wrote in message

Yowie wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message

OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbHS4YJOMc&NR=1

Amazing!

BTW - there was a aweful lot of water in that pan. Is that normal?

Yowie




When ou said "pan" did you mean the toilet? If so, the answer is
yes. MLB


Pan= where the business goes.
Bowl= the ceramic part
Cistern= the water storage & delivery system
Toilet= the whole structure

There's only a small amount of water, right down the bottom of our
toilets. Maybe less risk of splashback?

Yowie


I think there's always a risk of splashback no matter how much water is in
the pan. The colder the water, the more likely the splashback. ;-)
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Old September 12th 09, 12:44 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Toilets are fascinating pieces of engineering, and the different
designs around the world can be somewhat confusing.


One I used in Romania last year:

http://www.campin.me.uk/Travel/Roman...hoolToilet.jpg

from my travelogue:

http://www.campin.me.uk/Travel/Romania2008/

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Old September 12th 09, 01:15 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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MatSav wrote:

Toilets are fascinating pieces of engineering, and the different
designs around the world can be somewhat confusing.

The USofA seem to use bowls with a higher water level in the pan
than those in the UK. In much of Europe, there's a 'shelf' on the
front inside edge of the bowl where business is deposited (for
inspection?) before flushing, and not straight into the standing
water of the S-(or U-)bend vapour trap.

Much of the [human] world sees defaecation as a normal bodily
function that is a great indicator of health (or otherwise), and
in less developed countries, defaecation in public is seen as
nothing unusual (particularly with children). In my opinion, we
have a somewhat strange and prudish attitude in the UK. Our
'bathrooms' are often placed at almost inaccessible parts of
public buildings, and eliminating is seen as something to be
hidden. It's something we all have to do, so why hide it?


Because things being natural and done by everyone isn't automatically
connected with either doing it privately or the location of public toilets?

I've always thought that the older the building, the more likely it was
that indoor toilets were added as an afterthought, whereever they could
be squeezed in. I'd expect that to have happened more often in the UK
than in North America, although I well remember a building I attended a
couple of dances in. It was originally built in the 1800s for one of
those men-only fraternal organizations that eventually sold it in order
to buy something cheaper and easier to maintain. During the last of
their reign and under the new owners, the place was rented out for
dances (among other events), since although shabby, it had a large room
with a hardwood floor plus a bar. The mens' toilet was in a sensible and
accessible place on the main floor. The womens' toilet, clearly an
afterthought, was in the basement, down a long flight of stairs and
along a corridor.

Some European homes I've been in had the toilet and bathtub in different
rooms, which was rather odd to my eyes!

I have never really adjusted to the hole-in-the-floor type, no matter
how often I'm told that it's more natural to crouch down instead of
sitting, and that they're as clean as any other (when in private homes,
not necessarily in public locations, but we all know not all public
toilets are clean), and they use less water so are more environmentally
sensitive. My knees just don't take a lot of bending, and I really think
that if you want to keep them clean, you need to practice your aim.

Of course, that's true for sit-down toilets, too. Especially for men.

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Old September 12th 09, 02:33 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Christine BA" wrote in message

MatSav kirjoitti:

The USofA seem to use bowls with a higher water level in the pan
than those in the UK. In much of Europe, there's a 'shelf' on the
front inside edge of the bowl where business is deposited (for
inspection?) before flushing, and not straight into the standing
water of the S-(or U-)bend vapour trap.


I remember the bowls with the shelf from school, but then I went to
the German school. In Finland we don't normally use the shelved
variety. My brother lived/studied in Germany for some years, and has
told me they have the shelved bowls there everywhere.

I remember I was worried at school, that what if I had to do a "real
biggie", and with the shelf there...and... well... before anyone says
TMI they can just use their imagination... :/


Australian toilets (or at least, the Australian toilets I have seen) don't
have a shelf and have far less water than the American model as depicted.
Perhaps our loos are like the ones in the UK.

I don't like the idea of a 'shelf', but neither do I like the idea of my
butt that close to water, particularly in the winter time. Doesn't it
radiate cold? And how do you avoid splashback?

Yowie
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If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.


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Old September 12th 09, 02:38 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Some European homes I've been in had the toilet and bathtub in different
rooms, which was rather odd to my eyes!


Not just Europe - that was the usual arrangement in New Zealand when
I was there. I'm not sure where the idea came from, but it fitted in
with Maori tradition, which regarded the idea of washing and excreting
in the same place as utterly disgusting.

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Old September 12th 09, 02:45 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Sep 12, 5:15*am, Cheryl wrote:



I've always thought that the older the building, the more likely it was
that indoor toilets were added as an afterthought, whereever they could
be squeezed in.



In some of the older council houses in East London (I have a couple of
friends who live in them)- the toilets were originally outside (I just
remember using an outside toilet) and there were no baths but there
was a big room at the back of the house for storing coal so now these
older houses have the bathroom and toilet on the ground floor behind
the kitchen. Hugh and Mark who live with this arrangement say it's a
real problem when you wake up in the night and need to use the toilet
because you have to go downstairs and through the living room and the
kitchen to reach the facilities without putting the light on so you
wake the other person up and without tripping over Chloe, Tigger or
Bandit in the dark

.. The mens' toilet was in a sensible and
accessible place on the main floor. The womens' toilet, clearly an
afterthought, was in the basement, down a long flight of stairs and
along a corridor.


In many older pubs in London, the gents is on the same level as the
bar but the women's is upstairs or downstairs apparently because the
women's was an afterthought because many years ago women did not go
into pubs (in some pubs a women on her own can still get some funny
looks around here) and anyway they were considered less likely to get
drunk so it was safer to have their toilet upstairs rather than the
men's one.

Some European homes I've been in had the toilet and bathtub in different
rooms, which was rather odd to my eyes!

It's not common but I would love to have it here- there's few things
more annoying then being stretched out in a hot bath with a good book
in the middle of a long soak and having Dave banging on the door
because he needs to use the toilet!

Lesley

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Old September 12th 09, 02:54 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message

Toilets are fascinating pieces of engineering, and the different
designs around the world can be somewhat confusing.


One I used in Romania last year:

http://www.campin.me.uk/Travel/Roman...hoolToilet.jpg


Eww.

But on a similar vein.... when travelling through Australia, the toilet
stops along the freeways will almost always be a toilet seat on a tin tube
(simply to raise the seat off the ground so one can sit rather than having
to squat) that goes down into a giant pit. These are specailly designed
composting toilets because of the often huge distance from town water and
town sewage facilities and surprisingly don't smell bad at all. They're
primed with a particular form of bacteria, and lime is regularly thrown in
to reduce the acidity from uric acid. Anything organic will easily be turned
into good mulching compost, particularly in the summer months. I don't know
what the gent's toilets are like, but the women's toilets are almost almost
always clean and well stocked in TP. They may or may not have a small sink
outside to wash you hands, but its usually supplied by tank water collected
from the facility's roof, and may or may not function due to lack of water.
The only disconcerting thing is the wind wafting up on one's exposed
buttocks whilst sitting there - not something I'm accustomed to :-)

I haveno idea what Id do if I had to squat. My knees simply don't work that
well any more - I can't even manage the 'hover' as taught by mother to
daughter in regular rest rooms these days.

http://www.campin.me.uk/Travel/Romania2008/


Not having the resources to get tehre myself, I always enjoy other folks
traveldiaries. Thankyou.

Yowie
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pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.


 




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