NOW I want it.
Jan. 5th, 2012 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gfrancieThe envy of small people is often hilarious. A neighbor of ours has been putting up with a honey bucket (portable toilet) for a little while, as they have been having some renovations done. Today it seems the honey bucket is to be removed. (I am sure the neighbor is rather happy) Senor Onion asked, "WHY don't we have an outdoor toilet?" and I said, "Because we have indoor ones and therefore we don't need to have one outdoors. The neighbors needed one because their indoor one wasn't functioning." He looked disgusted and said, "I WANT an outdoor toilet. Get rid of our indoor ones."
I suspect he might change his mind if he had had to go out in last night's weather. About four am, a squall came through and woke me out of a sound sleep. I looked out the window and the moon was just above the tree-line and looked misshapen. In my half-asleep state I wasn't quite sure what it was and said out loud, "What the freaking fuck is that?" My brain caught on a few seconds later and alerted me to the fact that it was the moon. It had quite a glow to it and looked enormous. There was a brief moment of anxiety regarding potential flooding in the basement but I went back to bed. The basement stayed dry. Mr. Jenner's trench holds up another day.
Of course today the skies are fairly blue and bright. Though who knews what the wind might do. Never trust the wind; for it is like an unmedicated manic-depressive with a violent streak.
I suspect he might change his mind if he had had to go out in last night's weather. About four am, a squall came through and woke me out of a sound sleep. I looked out the window and the moon was just above the tree-line and looked misshapen. In my half-asleep state I wasn't quite sure what it was and said out loud, "What the freaking fuck is that?" My brain caught on a few seconds later and alerted me to the fact that it was the moon. It had quite a glow to it and looked enormous. There was a brief moment of anxiety regarding potential flooding in the basement but I went back to bed. The basement stayed dry. Mr. Jenner's trench holds up another day.
Of course today the skies are fairly blue and bright. Though who knews what the wind might do. Never trust the wind; for it is like an unmedicated manic-depressive with a violent streak.
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Date: 2012-01-05 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-06 12:58 am (UTC)Here's the thing, both my husband and I grew up in places where outdoor toilets were not that uncommon, so they aren't oddities to us. But gosh i love indoor plumbing.
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Date: 2012-01-06 02:28 am (UTC)Oh, and living in England... they don't seem to heat any of their public bathrooms. I recall holding it until I was nearly ready to pee my pants because I dreaded the pub or restaurant or train station toilet seats!
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Date: 2012-01-06 06:11 am (UTC)Tell Senor Onion - there is *nothing* worse than having to pee (or more) in the middle of the night and scrambling for a flashlight (don't know what they did before batteries), stepping on your sister in the lower bunk, having her hit you because you woke her at 2am and even still she refuses to go with you, and then walk a few hundred feet on the path through the woods to the outhouse where you are sure the bears and cougars are all watching for you to come out so they can eat you.
Brrrrrrrr - memories of my youth!! I think I'll go flush my indoor plumbing and be grateful!
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Date: 2012-01-10 04:48 pm (UTC)