The Demise of The Public Convenience!!

The Demise of The Public Convenience!!

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VanDriver99

Original Poster:

121 posts

39 months

Friday 29th March
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Shortly to be Filed with Betamax Recorders and 8 TRACK Stereos.


Where have they all gone.Accepting there are still a few in big Cities but not in villages and most towns dont have them now??

I can accept they were not always used for the right purposes (New Slant on Wake me up Before you Go Go....Pun intended.)


Can we have a few back please.My shoes are getting wet ??

Spare tyre

9,575 posts

130 months

Friday 29th March
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I grew up in a sleepy village, there was a loo outside the shops, it went in about 93

Looking back it seems mad that someone came out twice daily to check it over

Guess that money is diverted to people who contribute nothing now

VanDriver99

Original Poster:

121 posts

39 months

Friday 29th March
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Spare tyre said:
I grew up in a sleepy village, there was a loo outside the shops, it went in about 93

Looking back it seems mad that someone came out twice daily to check it over

Guess that money is diverted to people who contribute nothing now
I think people use Supermarkets and Hedgerows now ??

EmailAddress

12,198 posts

218 months

Friday 29th March
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VanDriver99 said:
Spare tyre said:
I grew up in a sleepy village, there was a loo outside the shops, it went in about 93

Looking back it seems mad that someone came out twice daily to check it over

Guess that money is diverted to people who contribute nothing now
I think people use Supermarkets and Hedgerows now ??
They should have gone before we left the house. I told you to try.

Spare tyre

9,575 posts

130 months

Friday 29th March
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I always thought it would be a good task for community service

If you feck about and don’t keep them clean etc, you don’t get to pass your service

It would be like the real world.

If you had to serve in your local area it would be embarrassing and might serve as a deterrent

I know the real world doesn’t work like this

Skeptisk

7,497 posts

109 months

Friday 29th March
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People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days so I am not sure how they cope without public conveniences.

Went to see Dune part two a couple of weeks ago. Yes I know it is three hours but the number of people who went out to the toilet during the screening (one person on our row went twice) was genuinely surprising.

EmailAddress

12,198 posts

218 months

Friday 29th March
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Skeptisk said:
People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days
acesulfame K (E950)
aspartame (E951)
erythritol (E968)
saccharin (E954)
sorbitol (E420)
steviol glycosides (E960)
sucralose (E955)
xylitol (E967)

+

caffeine

+

>500ml

Jonmx

2,544 posts

213 months

Friday 29th March
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Wetherspoons is my go to. One in pretty much every town.

cobra kid

4,946 posts

240 months

Friday 29th March
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Jonmx said:
Wetherspoons is my go to. One in pretty much every town.
And McDonalds

Barchettaman

6,310 posts

132 months

Friday 29th March
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The ‘Public Conveniences of Birmingham’ calendar is an absolute go-to Christmas gift for the West Midlandian in your family.

119

6,305 posts

36 months

Friday 29th March
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Skeptisk said:
People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days so I am not sure how they cope without public conveniences.

Went to see Dune part two a couple of weeks ago. Yes I know it is three hours but the number of people who went out to the toilet during the screening (one person on our row went twice) was genuinely surprising.
Whenever I go to the cinema I am normally watching the film I paid to see, not what the rest of the audience were doing.

And you did well to find out if they were going to the toilet.

Did you ask them on their way back to their seat?

VanDriver99

Original Poster:

121 posts

39 months

Friday 29th March
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Spare tyre said:
I always thought it would be a good task for community service

If you feck about and don’t keep them clean etc, you don’t get to pass your service

It would be like the real world.

If you had to serve in your local area it would be embarrassing and might serve as a deterrent

I know the real world doesn’t work like this
I think that would be a good puishment !!

x5tuu

11,941 posts

187 months

Friday 29th March
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Jonmx said:
Wetherspoons is my go to. One in pretty much every town.
Be faster to walk home than to walk to a wetherspoons toilet!

languagetimothy

1,091 posts

162 months

Friday 29th March
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Skeptisk said:
People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days so I am not sure how they cope without public conveniences.

Went to see Dune part two a couple of weeks ago. Yes I know it is three hours but the number of people who went out to the toilet during the screening (one person on our row went twice) was genuinely surprising.
Unfortunately when you get to around 60 as I am, the prostrate tends to enlarge and pushes against the bladder effectively making it smaller with less capacity. So you go for a pee, then any liquids that couldn’t fit in bladder before arrive a little while later.

I don’t have much to drink when going to movies or theatre etc.,.. but I still usually end up with a need to go. Of course some medicines are available but don’t often work well.

So yeah, I drop into pubs or large stores if out n about.

This in addition to the blood tests and… erm… poking …that takes place at this age. I had two close friends with prostrate cancer. Fortunately both appear to hv made it through. Get yourself checked chaps!






devnull

3,754 posts

157 months

Friday 29th March
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Late 80s, early 90s, quite a few of our public conveniences in Wales went with excuses of drug use and homosexuality.

Fact is though, people are generally disgusting and a lot of the public conveniences get decimated by the few who are unable to simply sit/stand and do their business and fk off for the next person.

snuffy

9,767 posts

284 months

Friday 29th March
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cobra kid said:
Jonmx said:
Wetherspoons is my go to. One in pretty much every town.
And McDonalds
For a Mcst with lies?

jdw100

4,119 posts

164 months

Friday 29th March
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VanDriver99 said:
Spare tyre said:
I always thought it would be a good task for community service

If you feck about and don’t keep them clean etc, you don’t get to pass your service

It would be like the real world.

If you had to serve in your local area it would be embarrassing and might serve as a deterrent

I know the real world doesn’t work like this
I think that would be a good puishment !!
When I was convicted of cottaging this would have been much preferable to my stint in prison.

Lotusgone

1,191 posts

127 months

Friday 29th March
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languagetimothy said:
Skeptisk said:
People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days so I am not sure how they cope without public conveniences.

Went to see Dune part two a couple of weeks ago. Yes I know it is three hours but the number of people who went out to the toilet during the screening (one person on our row went twice) was genuinely surprising.
Unfortunately when you get to around 60 as I am, the prostrate tends to enlarge and pushes against the bladder effectively making it smaller with less capacity. So you go for a pee, then any liquids that couldn’t fit in bladder before arrive a little while later.

I don’t have much to drink when going to movies or theatre etc.,.. but I still usually end up with a need to go. Of course some medicines are available but don’t often work well.

So yeah, I drop into pubs or large stores if out n about.

This in addition to the blood tests and… erm… poking …that takes place at this age. I had two close friends with prostrate cancer. Fortunately both appear to hv made it through. Get yourself checked chaps!
Yes, certainly identify with this.

If I'm out somewhere for a beer or a coffee, I keep telling myself to Use The Loo Before Leaving to avoid later discomfort.


GliderRider

2,098 posts

81 months

Friday 29th March
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Councils seem to have decided that they can save money by closing public conveniences and selling off the sites, thus avoiding the costs of upkeep. They can then boost their income by having spys in laybys to catch anyone caught short and slap them with a fine.

Given our aging population, I'm surprised there isn't more of an outcry from pensioners about the shortage of toilets around the country.

Its all very well saying use a shop or a pub, but the most likely time to need to urinate is walking back from the pub after closing time.
It is time to stop being so prudish about needing to use a toilet and have a lot more of the largely open urinals that the French have. For ladies and men doing no.2s, have a cubicle which opens by taking a picture as the user goes in. At least that way they will know who the dirty scumbag is that left the place in a state.

richhead

877 posts

11 months

Friday 29th March
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languagetimothy said:
Skeptisk said:
People seem to have the bladder size of thimbles these days so I am not sure how they cope without public conveniences.

Went to see Dune part two a couple of weeks ago. Yes I know it is three hours but the number of people who went out to the toilet during the screening (one person on our row went twice) was genuinely surprising.
Unfortunately when you get to around 60 as I am, the prostrate tends to enlarge and pushes against the bladder effectively making it smaller with less capacity. So you go for a pee, then any liquids that couldn’t fit in bladder before arrive a little while later.

I don’t have much to drink when going to movies or theatre etc.,.. but I still usually end up with a need to go. Of course some medicines are available but don’t often work well.

So yeah, I drop into pubs or large stores if out n about.

This in addition to the blood tests and… erm… poking …that takes place at this age. I had two close friends with prostrate cancer. Fortunately both appear to hv made it through. Get yourself checked chaps!
Very much this, my uncle had prostate cancer, it wasnt caught in time, he suffered a death that i wouldnt wish on anyone.
Im mid 50,s and have just had my first check, no poking, it was done with an ultrasound type machine, so no need to worry about that side of it.