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Post by Peanut on Apr 9, 2020 6:53:31 GMT -5
Toilet. Commode. Potty. The Stool. The Can. What is your "go to" name for the Porcelain God? That flushable, sanitary miracle in most homes? linkHave you (personally) ever used an honest-to-goodness outhouse? What about a portapotty? Gone in the woods? Sewer system or septic? Other?
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Post by mare on Apr 9, 2020 7:19:33 GMT -5
I call it a toilet and say I need to go to the bathroom.
We are connected to the sewer system.
I have used an actual outhouse, a port a potty, have gone down in the woods on a board setup over a trench and have gone in the woods by squatting. I have also used Turkish toilets in France.
I am not a naturalist, thus I have been to hunting property we have exactly twice in 12 years as the facilities are a bucket with a toilet seat.
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Post by mimi on Apr 9, 2020 7:36:25 GMT -5
I call it a toilet and say that I’m going to the bathroom or restroom.
Our house is connected to the city sewer service.
I have used an outhouse many times. The farm I grew up on did not have running water until 1979. (That’s when my parents installed their own septic system & water pressure system. I’ve also used a porta-potty and camping toilets. I’ve also squatted in the bush.
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Post by emmjay on Apr 9, 2020 8:13:46 GMT -5
I call the actual commode a toilet. I say I’m going to the bathroom or I’m going to the toilet. My house is connected to the sewer system. My family Lakehouse in the US has a septic tank and well water. In terms of using of toilets/bathrooms, I can’t imagine there are many types I haven’t encountered. I’ve had some very memorable experiences with bathrooms in developing countries.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 9, 2020 8:59:25 GMT -5
When I feel fancy, I say I'm going to bahthroom. Sometimes I say ladies room or rest room.
My Aunt Maureen calls it the necessary room.
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Post by nansel on Apr 9, 2020 9:23:52 GMT -5
Toilet. Bathroom at home, restroom or ladies' room when out in public. We’re on sewer. I wouldn’t buy on a septic.
I have used lots of different facilities: out in the woods with leaves for TP, outhouse, port-a-potty, squat toilets (fun when you've had a few too many drinks!).
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Post by RobinAnn on Apr 9, 2020 9:30:38 GMT -5
The device is a toilet and it resides in the bathroom at home and the restroom or ladies' room away from home.
Our current house is on city water and sewer. Our other house was on a well and septic.
I've used outhouses, porta-potties, and the great outdoors. I'm not a great squatter so I usually lean against a tree or perch on a log.
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Post by Peachy on Apr 9, 2020 10:11:50 GMT -5
Toilet. Commode. Potty. The Stool. The Can. What is your "go to" name for the Porcelain God? That flushable, sanitary miracle in most homes? linkHave you (personally) ever used an honest-to-goodness outhouse? What about a portapotty? Gone in the woods? Sewer system or septic? Other? We have a septic system in our current house. Prior to that, we were on our city’s sewer system. I remember using an actual outhouse once when I was a kid on someone’s farm. It was stinky, much like a porta-potty at a concert in the summer. 😑 As for the actual unit, I call it a toilet. I say I’m going to the bathroom (home) or restroom (public).
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Post by deeniereenie on Apr 9, 2020 10:29:30 GMT -5
Same.
At school, kids usually ask if they can "go potty". I try to rephrase that to "yes, you may go to the restroom". One kid this year would raise their hand and say "I'm a trying to go potty". I don't know why exactly, but that drove.me.nuts.
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Post by marianparoo on Apr 9, 2020 11:18:48 GMT -5
I am seriously thinking of buying a chamber pot. Not a bedpan, a chamber pot. I have seen some nice ones on Amazon.
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Post by kimbelina on Apr 9, 2020 14:27:27 GMT -5
The device is a toilet and it resides in the bathroom at home and the restroom or ladies' room away from home. This. We're on a septic system at my house. I've never used an actual outhouse but I've used a port a potty, a bucket, the bathroom at the lake which was almost enough to make me vomit for real, and the great outdoors. Oh and I'm still traumatized by the "bathroom" I had to use when I was little and we lived in Saudi Arabia. It was a hole in the floor and I refused to go and ended up peeing my pants on the bus ride home. My mom wasn't very happy with me
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Post by Truffles on Apr 9, 2020 16:59:40 GMT -5
Toilet. And I hate mine. It’s a low-flow and I have to flush the stupid thing twice just to get all the toilet paper, even from just a pee, to go down. Kind of defeats the purpose of low-flow.
It resides in our bathroom. When I’m out, I ask for the washroom or ladies room.
I’ve used outhouses, portables, a scraped hole in the ground, a ziploc bag in a pail in my van (remote driving by myself). Oh, and we’re on city sewer but I have lived on septics before.
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Post by marianparoo on Apr 10, 2020 5:48:51 GMT -5
My late mother grew up with an outhouse. It was private, not at the end of a row, which was considered "middle class".
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Post by puddleglum on Apr 10, 2020 8:11:41 GMT -5
I grew up in a town that didn't have running water. We used an outhouse and pumped our water from a well. The school I went to had two outhouses, one for the boys and one for the girls. A short time after I started school the town did get running water and installed it in the school. I think this was about 1950 or shortly before. When I was 11 my family moved to another town which did have running water and indoor bathrooms.
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Post by junebug on Apr 10, 2020 10:24:16 GMT -5
When I am at home, I guess we call it the bathroom. Although at work, I tend to say "the ladies." I must be fancier at work I have used an outhouse once in a cabin. It was not pleasant.
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Post by Tpatt100 on Apr 10, 2020 13:41:30 GMT -5
I remember visiting a relative a long time ago and they had an outhouse. I swear there was some creature from the X-Files living at the bottom....
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 10, 2020 20:34:52 GMT -5
My dad grew up with no electricity or running water, so they had an outhouse. When I was a little girl, we visited Ireland for the summer and my Uncle Michael told us the story of the banshee, and I remember holding it in so I wouldn't run into the banshee on my way to the outhouse.
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Post by Mamapalooza on Apr 10, 2020 22:46:32 GMT -5
I call it a toilet, in the bathroom. If I'm somewhere super fancy I probably call it a washroom. I grew up with a well and septic tank at my parents. They still have the septic but are on city water now. When I lived up the coast our water was glacier-fed and it had an awesome, slightly sweet taste. Best water I've ever had! We were on some kind of community sewer, I don't know actually. I've used outhouses, the sides of a boat (which is preferable to the toilet on a boat, which are just nasty) and out in the bush. I think roadside rest stop bathrooms have to be the worst though. When Roxy was potty training and we did a road trip, I took her padded potty seat along and set it on a log or a rock or something. It was the only way she'd go outside.
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Post by Peachy on Apr 11, 2020 15:03:57 GMT -5
I call it a toilet, in the bathroom. If I'm somewhere super fancy I probably call it a washroom. I grew up with a well and septic tank at my parents. They still have the septic but are on city water now. When I lived up the coast our water was glacier-fed and it had an awesome, slightly sweet taste. Best water I've ever had! We were on some kind of community sewer, I don't know actually. I've used outhouses, the sides of a boat (which is preferable to the toilet on a boat, which are just nasty) and out in the bush. I think roadside rest stop bathrooms have to be the worst though. When Roxy was potty training and we did a road trip, I took her padded potty seat along and set it on a log or a rock or something. It was the only way she'd go outside. We have a pop-up changing area in our boat where we keep a bucket/toilet. It’s got a seat and a lid, and we line it with a “double doodie” bag. That’s what I use when we go boating.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Apr 11, 2020 15:58:40 GMT -5
Usually bathroom. Sometimes potty. I've heard dh tell the cat that he's going to use the human litter box 😂
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