mint Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 LOL, GG, I do think we Brits set too much store by facilities for cleansing ourselves.!A loo and bathroom for EACH person in the house seem about the norm.Gemonimo can attest to the fact that, on the Camino, we count ourselves lucky if there is a shower, loo, washbasin for fewer than TWENTY people.[:'(]Mind you, I had words with the OH about his using MY bathroom and leaving toothpaste marks on MY basin....!Gotta be sensible about all this stuff. I understand that the Japanese are pernickety about personal hygiene so I can't help but think of all those people wearing their masks and camping out in temporary shelters since the earthquake![+o(]I think I'm going to forget about wash handbasins for the time being. It seems the only sensible thing to do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"][quote user="sweet 17"]Perhaps I should mention that the sanitary arrangements are upstairs so that they do have to come upstairs to use the loo and the shower.[/quote]Or if you have handbasins in the rooms it could save going upstairs at all [:-))][+o(][/quote]Mmm - I work on the estate side of an NHS Trust and at one time that was what happened. The males were not so bad - it was the females sitting on them and pulling them off of the wall that was the problem.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have now more or less decided, Paul, that I will provide one of those jug- and-pitcher thingies and a chamber pot and they can empty out their own slops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViVienne Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Much better than turning your guest room into a tacky 70's B & B!!, tell your guests there are plenty of hotels with en suites if that's what they want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]Gemonimo can attest to the fact that, on the Camino, we count ourselves lucky if there is a shower, loo, washbasin for fewer than TWENTY people.[:'(] [/quote]And none of them with doors[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]I have now more or less decided, Paul, that I will provide one of those jug- and-pitcher thingies and a chamber pot and they can empty out their own slops![/quote]We called these essential items , "a ewer and basin" and called the potty a "gazunder" ( it goes under the bed ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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