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Re: "Toilets: Good, Bad, and Exploding"
@stack You've left me no choice but to remind everyone that a full bowl beats a flush.... >_<
Dec 26 · 2 days ago
@stack it sounds like a fascinating place with lots of history. I'd bet it keeps you busy, for better or worse.
I promise to write some more about the things I found...
Toilets: Good, Bad, and Exploding — Americans are obsessed with bathrooms, and my house has four. To be fair, it has (conservatively) 10 bedrooms, so it's not really excessive. I think it was a whorehouse in the early 1900's. One of the toilets, my favorite, had a jet-engine flusher. Sequestered on the top floor and used mainly by me, it was incredibly powerful: nothing was ever unflushed as a blast of water blew through it with tremendous force. It was truly awesome, and I became a butt...