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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:43 PM Original message |
Should urinals be installed in home bathrooms? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. If it's yellow, let it mellow...n/t |
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rj5690 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. haha |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. if it's yellow let it mellow is the rule here. or pee in a bucket until you need to dump it....nt |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. that is our rule too..which includes women...till toilet paper becomes a problem |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. if you have spent time in mexico (maybe other countries with less that great plumbing, too) |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. I installed one of these and quit buying toilet paper |
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bear425 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think urinals in homes would be really unattractive... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Men could always pee in a bucket. I guess you could dump out in the back yard |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Myself being raise with no indoor plumbing |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Only if you want to burn the grass |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think so - they're also cleaner since there isn't as much "spray" when the urine hits the water |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. There are waterless urinals. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Calculated that 3500 gals. per year would be saved. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. You have to account for the water and time cleaning piss off the walls |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'll continue to flush, thank you. nt |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do building codes even allow this? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wish toilets had 2 flush levels: |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I've thought the same thing |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I believe there are such toilets. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I've seen those kind of toilets in Israel n/t |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. That is a standard feature of Japanese toilets. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. That's a standard toilet in France nt |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wash dishes by hand instead of using a dishwasher and flush away. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Does washing dishes by hand save water? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I believe the method is to fill the sink with water, wash, drain the sink, and then rinse them all. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Hmmm....maybe I'll pick at tub. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Two thoughts. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Flushing with gray water is a great idea... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I've had that thought too |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I think gray water systems are available now |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Just force all men to be "sitzpinklers" and the mess problem is |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Wasn't there a political party in Scandinavia that called for that? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Force proud Standspritzers to sitzpinkle? Never. nt |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Put a couple of bricks in the toilet tank. NT |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. Terrible waste of urea |
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rj5690 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sure. Why not? |
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