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| Howard Sherpe
Posted on 01/25/2007 5:06:58 PM PST by SJackson
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To: patton
41
posted on
01/25/2007 6:06:43 PM PST
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
Thanks for the memories, everyone! -- {I think}
42
posted on
01/25/2007 6:09:26 PM PST
by
labette
(All lies and jest. Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: SJackson
My Mom tells the tale of playing hide-and-seek with her sister. Mom-to-be hid in the outhouse, only to discover she had comp'ny in there. Too late, Sissy locked her in and didn't believe her panicked cries about Br'er Snake. If'n she could have, she would have left a cartoonish little girl-shaped hole in that door!
43
posted on
01/25/2007 6:10:42 PM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
("Y'know, I've always thought of politics as show business for ugly people." Jay Leno:Al Gore 11/29)
To: girlangler
My parents never had an outhouse, but my grandparents did, and I married a man in the 1970s whose family still used one. 500 years from now someone will read that and deduce that your parents weren't fortunate enough to have an outhouse as your grandparents did, Bush did it, but fortunately you married into an outhouse family.
44
posted on
01/25/2007 6:14:19 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Let a thousand flowers bloom and let all our rifles be aimed at the occupation, Abu Mazen 1/11/07)
To: patton; Eaker
You should try a frozen outhouse on the klondike - Fort Greely, Alaska. If the freezing kills the spiders, I'm all for it.
Here in Texas, sh@thouse spiders grow to the size of pigeons.
And I ain't going in there.
45
posted on
01/25/2007 6:14:54 PM PST
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: patton
Well, the chamber pot was always available on those really cold nights.
I now have a septic tank, we don't have sewer service where I live. But I'd be willing to bet there are still people here in parts of Tennessee that use outhouses. I know there are still many who use coal stoves, and we still have coalyards, although they are few and far between.
46
posted on
01/25/2007 6:15:37 PM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: PistolPaknMama
Of course you have to consider the changes from then till now. Who do you know could by lake front property, construct a crude cabin (without obtaining permits) with no running water or paved road, and even construct an out house (still no permits). There are places, but usually zoned, and an out house, in the ground, a problem
47
posted on
01/25/2007 6:17:12 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Let a thousand flowers bloom and let all our rifles be aimed at the occupation, Abu Mazen 1/11/07)
To: SJackson
How about the guy who owned a gas station down in the Ozarks who had a two holer out back. He had a speaker wired on the side of the pit connected to an amplifier and microphone inside the station. He got his kicks when ever a good lookin' women went back to use it. He would wait just long enough until he figured they were sittin' down....and then would say.....
Hey lady! Would you mind usin' the other hole? We're workin' down here!
He said he never got tired of seeing the looks on their faces as they came back down the path, got in their cars and sped away.
To: patton; TheMom
You should try a frozen outhouse on the klondike - Fort Greely, Alaska.I'll "hold it", but thanks!
49
posted on
01/25/2007 6:18:19 PM PST
by
Eaker
(You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
To: festus
Some of us still remember Jimmy Dean's career before he started making pork sausage...
To: humblegunner
LOL - ice brings its own unique problems...if you perch, you will stick. Until spring.
51
posted on
01/25/2007 6:22:55 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: Diego1618
How about the guy who owned a gas station down in the Ozarks who had a two holer out back. He had a speaker wired on the side of the pit connected to an amplifier and microphone inside the station. He got his kicks when ever a good lookin' women went back to use it. He would wait just long enough until he figured they were sittin' down....and then would say..... I recall a bar on the WI side of the WI-MI border, which had a small cabinet door on the wall of the men's room labeled "Womens Room", a similar door in the ladies room, both opening to a blank wall, both with distinctive bells ringing in the bar. The ladies rang more often than the guys. I don't know what that means.
52
posted on
01/25/2007 6:25:42 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Let a thousand flowers bloom and let all our rifles be aimed at the occupation, Abu Mazen 1/11/07)
To: girlangler
Here is a secret - take a five-gallon paint bucket, put two inches of sawdust on the bottom, a toilet seat on top. Use as needed, cover the contents with an inch of sawdust after each use. You won't even be able to smell it, in the same room as the woodstove.
When full, go bury the contents.
Saves many a trip out in the frozen snow.
(Shredded mulch works - we always use the stuff they give away free.)
53
posted on
01/25/2007 6:28:46 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: Eaker
See the pee bucket, above.
54
posted on
01/25/2007 6:29:31 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: patton; girlangler
"a five-gallon paint bucket, put two inches of sawdust on the bottom, a toilet seat on top."My daughter thought it was cute when someone would ask, "how do you flush it." LOL!
55
posted on
01/25/2007 6:32:51 PM PST
by
spunkets
To: spunkets
My five-yo daughter thinks it beats tramping through three feet of snow. ;)
56
posted on
01/25/2007 6:34:28 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: patton
The deluxe indoor setup was for the kids. I later set the bucket out side to catch the effluent from a marine head for 'em.
57
posted on
01/25/2007 6:39:00 PM PST
by
spunkets
To: spunkets
58
posted on
01/25/2007 6:41:14 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: SJackson
My Great-Grandparents had a one holer up until about 1975. I used it many times. In 1975, they had running water installed in the house. With the running water, they also had a indoor bathroom added on to the house. In addition to the running water, they also installed a water heater. Those were definitely different times. I miss my Great-Grandparents.
59
posted on
01/25/2007 6:46:07 PM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: SJackson
Thanks to the environ-mentalists, they're making a comeback.
Only this time they're INSIDE the house.
Composting toilet
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