Toilet seats in southern Italy
Oct 10th 2002, 1:51 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
> > I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> > about pickpockets.
> I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
Toilet seats pick your pockets ? Can I have some of those pills you're
taking?
Tim.
> > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> > about pickpockets.
> I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
Toilet seats pick your pockets ? Can I have some of those pills you're
taking?
Tim.
Oct 10th 2002, 3:36 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
Tim Challenger wrote:
> > > I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> > > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> > > about pickpockets.
> > I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
> Toilet seats pick your pockets ?
Now that would be a clever invention.
Barbara
> > > I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> > > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> > > about pickpockets.
> > I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
> Toilet seats pick your pockets ?
Now that would be a clever invention.
Barbara
Oct 11th 2002, 8:04 am
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
> > > > I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> > > > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even
thought
> > > > about pickpockets.
> >
> > > I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
> >
> > Toilet seats pick your pockets ?
> Now that would be a clever invention.
Just a matter of time 'till the "thieving Gypsies" (ref: an earlier thread)
think of it .... :-)
Tim.
> > > > lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even
thought
> > > > about pickpockets.
> >
> > > I guess you didn't spend much time in Penn Station?
> >
> > Toilet seats pick your pockets ?
> Now that would be a clever invention.
Just a matter of time 'till the "thieving Gypsies" (ref: an earlier thread)
think of it .... :-)
Tim.
Oct 11th 2002, 7:26 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
Barbara writes:
>>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> Now that would be a clever invention.
A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
the floor.
It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
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>>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> Now that would be a clever invention.
A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
the floor.
It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
--
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Strange but true:
A pound of feathers weights more
than a pound of gold - but an
ounce of gold weighs more than
an ounce of iron.
Oct 11th 2002, 8:30 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
Paul Ding wrote:
> Barbara writes:
> >>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> > Now that would be a clever invention.
> A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
> the floor.
> It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
> also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
> You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
I don't know, but obviously it's too late for me to patent it.
Barbara
> Barbara writes:
> >>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> > Now that would be a clever invention.
> A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
> the floor.
> It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
> also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
> You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
I don't know, but obviously it's too late for me to patent it.
Barbara
Oct 12th 2002, 1:45 am
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"Mrs. Somebody" wrote:
(snip)
> I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> about pickpockets. I have never known anyone who was pickpocketed. Of
> course you avoid the slums and especially slums after dark. But
> apparently pickpockets are not uncommon in Europe, and not in slums.
> Another incentive to spend my travel money there. ; )
Only place I was ever pickpocketed: San Francisco, USA, on a bus,
somewhre in the vicinity of Union Square.
(snip)
> I could go on, but will stop with the topic of pickpockets. I have
> lived in three major US cities, grew up in NYC, and never even thought
> about pickpockets. I have never known anyone who was pickpocketed. Of
> course you avoid the slums and especially slums after dark. But
> apparently pickpockets are not uncommon in Europe, and not in slums.
> Another incentive to spend my travel money there. ; )
Only place I was ever pickpocketed: San Francisco, USA, on a bus,
somewhre in the vicinity of Union Square.
Oct 14th 2002, 8:33 am
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
"Barbara Vaughan" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Paul Ding wrote:
> >
> > Barbara writes:
> > >>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> > > Now that would be a clever invention.
> >
> > A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
> > the floor.
> >
> > It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
> > also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
> >
> > You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
> I don't know, but obviously it's too late for me to patent it.
Do you remember that poster from the 80s with the two hand clinging to the
inside of a toilet bowl. I reckon it's him.
Tim.
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> Paul Ding wrote:
> >
> > Barbara writes:
> > >>Toilet seats pick your pockets?
> > > Now that would be a clever invention.
> >
> > A number of times, I've turned around to flush and found my checkbook on
> > the floor.
> >
> > It can't be the toilet tank that picks my rear pants pocket, because it
> > also happens at commercial toilets that don't *have* tanks.
> >
> > You think it's the *bowl* instead of the seat?
> I don't know, but obviously it's too late for me to patent it.
Do you remember that poster from the 80s with the two hand clinging to the
inside of a toilet bowl. I reckon it's him.
Tim.
Oct 15th 2002, 7:48 am
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Re: Toilets in Germany was seats in southern Italy
you see these in france also - although not as many perhaps. anyway we call
it "The Scrutinizer"
"-----gee gee" a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Well since the door has been opened on the toilet topic, I have one for
the
> group.
> the toilet at a relatively new apartment building in Munich where I
stayed
> several days in 1991 had a design feature which I could not for the life
of
> me figure out. The shape of the bowl had, for lack of a better term, a
> shelve above the water line which would catch the "droppings". Now,
with
> it being above the water line, the room would stink up pretty quickly no
> matter how quick your courtesy flush finger was. Flushing of course would
> wash it down to the water pool and then on out. Why why why is all I can
> still ask. No wonder they lost the big war.
> "Lon" wrote in message
> news
pOcnez6SYkXsz2gXTWcqQ@N-
> ews.GigaNews.Com ...
> > Just got back from ten days in Italy. I was very surprised to find that
> all
> > the public toilets in Rome and Naples had no seats. You would think that
> if
> > they charged 50 cents to use it, they could at least put seats on them.
> Our
> > hotel rooms had seats, thank goodness. Up north in Pisa and Venice they
> > were more civilized and had seats. Do people really not have seats on
the
> > toilets in their homes?
> > Lon
> >
> >
it "The Scrutinizer"
"-----gee gee" a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Well since the door has been opened on the toilet topic, I have one for
the
> group.
> the toilet at a relatively new apartment building in Munich where I
stayed
> several days in 1991 had a design feature which I could not for the life
of
> me figure out. The shape of the bowl had, for lack of a better term, a
> shelve above the water line which would catch the "droppings". Now,
with
> it being above the water line, the room would stink up pretty quickly no
> matter how quick your courtesy flush finger was. Flushing of course would
> wash it down to the water pool and then on out. Why why why is all I can
> still ask. No wonder they lost the big war.
> "Lon" wrote in message
> news
pOcnez6SYkXsz2gXTWcqQ@N-> ews.GigaNews.Com ...
> > Just got back from ten days in Italy. I was very surprised to find that
> all
> > the public toilets in Rome and Naples had no seats. You would think that
> if
> > they charged 50 cents to use it, they could at least put seats on them.
> Our
> > hotel rooms had seats, thank goodness. Up north in Pisa and Venice they
> > were more civilized and had seats. Do people really not have seats on
the
> > toilets in their homes?
> > Lon
> >
> >
Oct 15th 2002, 6:27 pm
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Re: Toilets in Germany was seats in southern Italy
"-----gee gee" wrote in message news:...
> Why why why is all I can still ask.
You question was answered in the first few posts, but I'd like to
comment on travel in general.
Well I guess one can always stay home and live the life one is used to
and in the process, not experience anything.
I often wonder why some shower stalls or bathtubs don't have shower
curtains, but it doesn't take away from my vacation.
One place I stayed up in in Pregasina, high above the town of Rive del
Garda in Italy, had a shower that was the whole bathroom, as small as
it was. All there was was a shower head on a hose, a drain in the
floor, the toilette on one side and a sink with a 220V (how safe)
outlet within reach in the other. There wasn't a spot in that bathroom
that wasn't soaking wet after a shower. But all that was forgotten
after I went downstairs to chat with other motorcyclists and our days
rides over dinner and a few cold beers.
What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
My 2 cents,
Alex
Alex's BMW Motorcycles & Global Touring Page
http://www.ott.igs.net/~ace
> Why why why is all I can still ask.
You question was answered in the first few posts, but I'd like to
comment on travel in general.
Well I guess one can always stay home and live the life one is used to
and in the process, not experience anything.
I often wonder why some shower stalls or bathtubs don't have shower
curtains, but it doesn't take away from my vacation.
One place I stayed up in in Pregasina, high above the town of Rive del
Garda in Italy, had a shower that was the whole bathroom, as small as
it was. All there was was a shower head on a hose, a drain in the
floor, the toilette on one side and a sink with a 220V (how safe)
outlet within reach in the other. There wasn't a spot in that bathroom
that wasn't soaking wet after a shower. But all that was forgotten
after I went downstairs to chat with other motorcyclists and our days
rides over dinner and a few cold beers.
What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
My 2 cents,
Alex
Alex's BMW Motorcycles & Global Touring Page
http://www.ott.igs.net/~ace
Oct 15th 2002, 8:17 pm
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Re: Toilets in Germany was seats in southern Italy
Global Rider wrote:
> What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
> in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
Yeah, and same thing for all those Japanese people who come to the US and
have sushi instead of eating at McDonald's.
miguel
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> What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
> in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
Yeah, and same thing for all those Japanese people who come to the US and
have sushi instead of eating at McDonald's.
miguel
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Oct 15th 2002, 9:47 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 18:45:50 -0400, Mrs. Somebody wrote:
>I guess I'm too picky. Uh, sure. Again, whatever you say.
>I am sure there are plenty of apologists for barbaric and backward
>practices.
There is however no excuses for the complete lack of reading comprehension
that you display here.
But by all means, please keep as far away as possible. We will be most
grateful.
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>I guess I'm too picky. Uh, sure. Again, whatever you say.
>I am sure there are plenty of apologists for barbaric and backward
>practices.
There is however no excuses for the complete lack of reading comprehension
that you display here.
But by all means, please keep as far away as possible. We will be most
grateful.
--
Ask me for directions.
Oct 15th 2002, 9:47 pm
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:44:24 -0700, "Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)" wrote:
>Well, of course I've not yet been to Italy, and the "public
>toilets" I've used have been in airports, opera houses,
>concert halls and museums, and one or two restaurants, so
>may not not fully fit your definition of "public".
So in other words you have nothing of relevance to offer?
For the record, I've experienced the squat toilet in a museum
in Milan this year. Wouldn't have been so bad, had they at least
given me a place to hang my coat.
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>Well, of course I've not yet been to Italy, and the "public
>toilets" I've used have been in airports, opera houses,
>concert halls and museums, and one or two restaurants, so
>may not not fully fit your definition of "public".
So in other words you have nothing of relevance to offer?
For the record, I've experienced the squat toilet in a museum
in Milan this year. Wouldn't have been so bad, had they at least
given me a place to hang my coat.
--
Ask me for directions.
Oct 15th 2002, 9:50 pm
#43
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Re: Black holes in Spain (was Toilets in Germany ; before that, was seats in southern Italy)
In Spanish bus stations you squat over a concrete hole, no flushing
necessary. There are even foot grips in the concrete for better
traction and stability. Does that mean Spaniards are "oral"?
Only in the men's room though. My Spanish wife thought I was kidding,
having never been in a men's public bathroom.
necessary. There are even foot grips in the concrete for better
traction and stability. Does that mean Spaniards are "oral"?
Only in the men's room though. My Spanish wife thought I was kidding,
having never been in a men's public bathroom.
Oct 16th 2002, 4:51 am
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Re: Toilet seats in southern Italy
Jesper Lauridsen wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:44:24 -0700, "Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)" wrote:
> >Well, of course I've not yet been to Italy, and the "public
> >toilets" I've used have been in airports, opera houses,
> >concert halls and museums, and one or two restaurants, so
> >may not not fully fit your definition of "public".
> So in other words you have nothing of relevance to offer?
Excuse me? SFAIK, this is a public forum, whose members say
what they choose about any subject under discussion. If all
you have to offer is insults to other posters, why don't you
just go away?
> On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:44:24 -0700, "Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)" wrote:
> >Well, of course I've not yet been to Italy, and the "public
> >toilets" I've used have been in airports, opera houses,
> >concert halls and museums, and one or two restaurants, so
> >may not not fully fit your definition of "public".
> So in other words you have nothing of relevance to offer?
Excuse me? SFAIK, this is a public forum, whose members say
what they choose about any subject under discussion. If all
you have to offer is insults to other posters, why don't you
just go away?
Oct 16th 2002, 9:02 am
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Re: Toilets in Germany was seats in southern Italy
so for you food is the only reason to be in europe ? why bother going
anywhere ?
"Global Rider" a écrit dans le message de news:
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> "-----gee gee" wrote in message
news:...
> > Why why why is all I can still ask.
> You question was answered in the first few posts, but I'd like to
> comment on travel in general.
> Well I guess one can always stay home and live the life one is used to
> and in the process, not experience anything.
> I often wonder why some shower stalls or bathtubs don't have shower
> curtains, but it doesn't take away from my vacation.
> One place I stayed up in in Pregasina, high above the town of Rive del
> Garda in Italy, had a shower that was the whole bathroom, as small as
> it was. All there was was a shower head on a hose, a drain in the
> floor, the toilette on one side and a sink with a 220V (how safe)
> outlet within reach in the other. There wasn't a spot in that bathroom
> that wasn't soaking wet after a shower. But all that was forgotten
> after I went downstairs to chat with other motorcyclists and our days
> rides over dinner and a few cold beers.
> What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
> in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
> My 2 cents,
> Alex
> Alex's BMW Motorcycles & Global Touring Page
> http://www.ott.igs.net/~ace
anywhere ?
"Global Rider" a écrit dans le message de news:
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> "-----gee gee" wrote in message
news:...
> > Why why why is all I can still ask.
> You question was answered in the first few posts, but I'd like to
> comment on travel in general.
> Well I guess one can always stay home and live the life one is used to
> and in the process, not experience anything.
> I often wonder why some shower stalls or bathtubs don't have shower
> curtains, but it doesn't take away from my vacation.
> One place I stayed up in in Pregasina, high above the town of Rive del
> Garda in Italy, had a shower that was the whole bathroom, as small as
> it was. All there was was a shower head on a hose, a drain in the
> floor, the toilette on one side and a sink with a 220V (how safe)
> outlet within reach in the other. There wasn't a spot in that bathroom
> that wasn't soaking wet after a shower. But all that was forgotten
> after I went downstairs to chat with other motorcyclists and our days
> rides over dinner and a few cold beers.
> What amazes me the most is why Americans go off running to a McDonalds
> in the heart of Europe. Why did they bother coming?
> My 2 cents,
> Alex
> Alex's BMW Motorcycles & Global Touring Page
> http://www.ott.igs.net/~ace