I remember when i was living in Puerto Rico, visiting some people who lived in a poor community where all the houses were rickety shacks built on stilts hovering several feet over a mangrove swamp. The houses were standing in the air over the water on these stilts, and there was a network of planks on stilts connecting the houses, like 8" wide pathways suspended high up. scary! Bare light bulbs were strung on wires connecting all the houses and lighting the plank paths as well, like strange Christmas decorations.Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Anyhow, while visiting the people there, I had to go to the bathroom and they pointed me to a little curtain across a corner of the room. Behind the curtain was simply the corner of the room where a 6" hole had been cut out of the wooden floor, and a roll of TP on the floor next to it. That's it. Well I used it, but the oddest sensation was seeing the mangrove swamp water rushing by through the hole. Continuous flush mechanism!
Makes you really appreciate luxuries like toilets, plumbing...even having actual ground to walk on!
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02-02-2009, 08:25 AM #1
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02-02-2009, 04:56 PM #3
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Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
... but the oddest sensation was seeing the mangrove swamp water rushing by through the hole. Continuous flush mechanism!
Ah, yes. Reminds me of my train ride from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, and seeing the shadow of the train tracks coming up through the hole, and the little enamal pot beside it.....to..um...wash things through.
Mmmmmm....Thirsty?
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Just makes me appreciate the Clean Water Act
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My well water is full of e.coli. I have a UV treatment thingy for it but it needs something or other. I just don't drink my water.There are some parts of the DC area that have contaminated water due to lead pipes.
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02-03-2009, 01:07 AM #6
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02-03-2009, 03:58 AM #7
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Our humble little love shack.....
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02-03-2009, 07:20 AM #8
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we can't see the image! Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
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02-03-2009, 07:08 AM #9
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That's cherry!!! Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Sorry BSG -- all I ever see of your pix of late is a square with a red "X".
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02-03-2009, 07:54 AM #10
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Oops! I should know...I just bought cherry for a bathroom renovation Originally Posted by 7rider
That's cherry!!!
Sorry BSG -- all I ever see of your pix of late is a square with a red "X".
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02-03-2009, 07:54 AM #11
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I don't even see that much... Originally Posted by 7rider
That's cherry!!!
Sorry BSG -- all I ever see of your pix of late is a square with a red "X".
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