Fancy-shmancy! I'm guessing non-flush and maybe were cleaned by rain? Otherwise 'le-pew'.
Also this was at the link: "Public urinals...had initially been introduced to Paris in the Spring of 1830, but they were quickly put to a completely different purpose when they were used to provide materials for street barricades during the French Revolution.
The French Revolution was 1789, so maybe a typo or they were thinking of some other revolution where port-a-potties were used as barricades.
"The Sanisette contains a toilet hidden behind a door that opens when a button is pressed or, in the case of a pay toilet, a coin inserted into a control panel on the outside of the toilet. A washbasin is provided as well (the style varies with the model of Sanisette). When a user enters the toilet, the door closes to provide privacy. After the user has finished using the toilet, they exit and the door closes again. A wash cycle then begins inside the toilet, and the toilet fixture itself is scrubbed and disinfected automatically. After about sixty seconds, the toilet is again ready for use."
Ah, well I guess that explains it. So not THE French Revolution, but just a French revolution.
The enlightenment was such a huge spring forward for how humans think, how could the nation that gave us Voltaire and rational thought also give us Rousseau and defining reality as only as one feels it?
I also wonder about the plumbing issues.....and I don't mean the ones we are dealing with now with transgenders. I mean. Where does the piss go? Down into a cesspit? Into a sewer with running water. Who cleans the piss and minerals off of the walls of the outdoor urinal? What about the smell? Do men not need to poop when not at home? Oh...wait....they get to go to a bar or saloon to do that business.
I guess women at that time were too elevated or fragile or something to need to do anything so untidy and basic as having to go to the bathroom. I mean....we were not allowed to show our ankles even.....so women pissing was unthinkable.
How times have changed. Now we are all expected to sit down next to each other...men, women and undecided....and just go for it. Hand me the toilet paper will you dear?
I imagine that place has more plumbing that any tiny home ever built, and now that I mention it, I can see deborah wanting to move into that structure.
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Fancy-shmancy!
I'm guessing non-flush and maybe were cleaned by rain? Otherwise 'le-pew'.
Also this was at the link: "Public urinals...had initially been introduced to Paris in the Spring of 1830, but they were quickly put to a completely different purpose when they were used to provide materials for street barricades during the French Revolution.
The French Revolution was 1789, so maybe a typo or they were thinking of some other revolution where port-a-potties were used as barricades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution_of_1848
The French never had a problem with grungy.
I wonder if any were plumbed to the sewer.
Thanks for the clarification, Sixty. French history is fascinating. I'd like to memorize some important dates.
Currently, Sanisettes are the in thing:
"The Sanisette contains a toilet hidden behind a door that opens when a button is pressed or, in the case of a pay toilet, a coin inserted into a control panel on the outside of the toilet. A washbasin is provided as well (the style varies with the model of Sanisette). When a user enters the toilet, the door closes to provide privacy. After the user has finished using the toilet, they exit and the door closes again. A wash cycle then begins inside the toilet, and the toilet fixture itself is scrubbed and disinfected automatically. After about sixty seconds, the toilet is again ready for use."
-Wiki
Ah, well I guess that explains it. So not THE French Revolution, but just a French revolution.
The enlightenment was such a huge spring forward for how humans think, how could the nation that gave us Voltaire and rational thought also give us Rousseau and defining reality as only as one feels it?
I understand Rousseau has been misunderstood/mischaracterized over the years.
A man has to piss! At least the Frogs were realistic. Another word would be civilized.
I also wonder about the plumbing issues.....and I don't mean the ones we are dealing with now with transgenders. I mean. Where does the piss go? Down into a cesspit? Into a sewer with running water. Who cleans the piss and minerals off of the walls of the outdoor urinal? What about the smell? Do men not need to poop when not at home? Oh...wait....they get to go to a bar or saloon to do that business.
I guess women at that time were too elevated or fragile or something to need to do anything so untidy and basic as having to go to the bathroom. I mean....we were not allowed to show our ankles even.....so women pissing was unthinkable.
How times have changed. Now we are all expected to sit down next to each other...men, women and undecided....and just go for it. Hand me the toilet paper will you dear?
I imagine that place has more plumbing that any tiny home ever built, and now that I mention it, I can see deborah wanting to move into that structure.
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