Dave,
Some years ago, Pierre Trudeau, then prime minister of Canada, decreed that
"government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation." With that he
presumably meant that what goes on in bedrooms is none of the government's
business. From your e-mail, it appears that the US gummint has some
business as to what goes into bathrooms. ;-)
I was not aware of the high regards that you people across the 49th have of
our porcelain thrones. Maybe we could start bootlegging these things,
although one would need awfully big boots.
On a more serious note, one would think that it should be possible to
engineer something more efficient than the current design which is not much
more than what's used in many parts of Europe except that there the tank is
located near the ceiling to give the water some additional kinetic energy
when it hits the "business." I know, it could be considered as more
research money "down the drain" but it might make more people happy.
Anyway, to see advanced designs in toilet, look at the new Japanese designs,
complete with heated seats, pre-warmed bidet function and automatic toilet
lid lifters. Awesome!
That's all I'm going to say about this topic. Back to Morgans.
Chuck Vandergraaf
Pinawa, MB
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From: David P. Crandall[SMTP:davidc@netwrk.org]
Sent: Monday June 19, 2000 5:21 PM
To: Vandergraaf, Chuck; morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: RE:"Real toilets"
Chuck - you are on the verge of getting into a major political issue
that may still surface in our upchucking [sorry, upcoming]
presidential
charade. The question is: how much water is needed to insure a
"fresh
bowl". Some years back our idiot bureaucrats decided that the
then-standard three gallon model was too wasteful and mandated a
puny one
and a half gallon model hardly capable of handling the output of a
fully-nourished Morganeer after a monthly noggin, let alone all the
regular
folks. The result, much like that of paper towels and toilet tissue
made
of recycled paper, folks used three times as much to achieve the
result
that previously was achieved with a single wipe or flush.
Presently, although there are finally some models available
[allegedly]
that both meet the US specs and use only the puny 1 1/2 ration, many
wise
lads are stealing across the border to your part of the world and
snagging
a high-quality 3-galloner that is smuggled across the border. This
produces the ludicrous situation of new master bathrooms being built
that
have hot tubs and hot and cold running bathing wenchs but sport a
white $69
throne that will meet the code and stay in just until the
certificate of
occupancy is issued then voila! The "real toilet" is quickly
installed to
match the premium tile color scheme etc.
Now, neither candidate has declared himself on this issue, but I'm
sure it
will surface before November and could well be pivotal. Let's hope
so,
because otherwise the issues of most importance to Americans are
going to
get short shrift with this duo of duds, IMHO.
Regards, David [who has avoided all this by not every building a
master
bathroom]
At 04:57 PM 6/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Dick,
>
>Two questions:
>How can we keep our cars up here if you guys keep buying them?
Yeah, I
>know, we should not sell them.
>Importing "real toilets" from "up here?" What do you use now in
Oregon?
>(oops, three questions, but I answered one already)
>
>Chuck Vandergraaf in Manitoba and co-owner (with his wife) of two
"real
>toilets" in the house (and a fake one? In the boat)
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