Happy Caturday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Fatwa!
I looked at the design of the pissoir at the link you posted -- it either won’t be built as illustrated (with a partial privacy screen at the back), or it won’t be wheelchair accessible. How long do you think it will be before someone decides it’s a number one place to take a number two? And without water to rinse down the grate and push fluids down towards the sewer, just how bad will that thing smell? I think one should be installed on the front lawn of the Mayor’s home, along with the front lawns of all members of the City Council.
Good morning, gentle Gerbils. What a night. Thank goodness for pain meds.
Didn’t we just see a fiasco with the self cleaning toilets in the parks in San Francisco? I guess when your economy is booming like California’s and all the real problems are solved, it takes effort to find ways to blow all that extra money sitting about that no one wants. It does seem a bit comical to literally flush all that money down a toilet. Oh wait, they don’t flush? So these are literally outhouses?
Too bad the moral panic crowd, along with over-zealous prosecutors and politicians are restricting them more and more…largely due to the looming specter of “(ab)use”, as determined by non-medical personnel. (One of the reasons that heroin usage in “decent communities” is on the uptick.)
…it either won’t be built as illustrated (with a partial privacy screen at the back), or it won’t be wheelchair accessible.
Either way, it’ll wind-up costing the taxpayers a lot of money when the lawsuits start rolling-in.
Didn’t we just see a fiasco with the self cleaning toilets in the parks in San Francisco?
When the city debuted 25 automated, self-cleaning public toilets on some of San Francisco’s busiest streets, they were supposed to alleviate public urination and keep our streets cleaner. At the time, city officials promised “a little touch of Paris.”
Paris never smelled like this.
This week I walked into the public toilet on the bustling intersection of Powell and Market and immediately thought -- how long can I hold my breath? The place smelled awful, the floor was wet, and there was something horrible in the toilet. Welcome San Francisco tourists!
The four or five hours I spent at the dentist Thursday was quite a revelation. I don’t remember anything of the root canal, which I was dreading, and only the installation of the two crowns, which were made on site while I was in the chair. No temporary crowns or second visits. It was just under four grand but it is very strange to feel a wall of smooth teeth on the lower right where there has only been jagged wreckage for years. Because the root canal was on the bottom where I don’t get numb I was afraid it might be the end of this program, that is what happened before. Instead I feel rather hurried to finish the rest. I need another session for the left side that will be just under two grand and then surgery to remove the upper wisdom teeth, the lowers were removed long ago. That will be a little over two grand. After more than 25 years without seeing a dentist, and that program never finished, I am quite surprised. Obviously we need the government to come in and make the whole thing more painful, less efficient and much more expensive . I don’t have insurance so they can fine me for that right up front! I usually can switch to aspirin by the second day and the pain here was not too bad until yesterday evening. I was up all night and was stepping on the pain pills, taking them every three hours instead of four to six. I don’t blame the dentist as this seemed to be more related to the wisdom teeth. Any time someone disturbs things they get POed and they were giving me Hell last night. It makes me more ready to have them out at last.
I do have to say that as much as I hate going to dentists it has become so much better. It helps that this dentist and his staff are excellent, the whole family uses him. I don’t think I could have done this without the sedation and it was just not available before. It rather shocked me as well that it seems to cost less now, something I don’t think could be said about most medical fields compared to 25 years ago.The dentist then, a good one, was talking over twelve grand and that was 25 years worth of damage and deterioration ago. Things will not be perfect but two more visits and I should have better teeth than I have had since I was a teenager. Rather impressive.
so am I Cyrano de Bergerac or Helicopter mom? #3 son just texted me for some family info to “impress” a young lady. I complied and made some suggestions. just little items she may find “impressive” like knowing how to spell Youghiogheny ( pronounced “the Yok”).
so am I Cyrano de Bergerac or Helicopter mom? #3 son just texted me for some family info to “impress” a young lady. I complied and made some suggestions. just little items she may find “impressive” like knowing how to spell Youghiogheny ( pronounced “the Yok”).
Yes, those are some grade A Boobs. May we throw rocks, er, beads at them, please?
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Carp! I didn’t take any pix of tonight’s Hawaiian themed party decor! Too eager to take our cook up on her offer to close for me.
I used banana leaves to decorate the buffet and drink station and on the centerpiece mirrors with pineapple tops, carved papayas, an orchid blossom and a generic tropical flower blossom ( both blossoms fake but colorful). The menu was even better: Garden Salad, Huli Huli Chicken, Teriyaki Beef Skewers with pineapple, bell peppers and onions, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Corn and Rolls. The crowd -- meh. Their boss paid for draft beer and wine for everyone. Maybe 4 had had a drink when I left ( 2hours in). Definitely not like the engineers I know.
It’s Caturday here in Happy -- and warming -- Larryville, GN!
I got nuthin’ else; buh.
(Moar coffee may be indicated.)
Color me unsurprised: Dolores Park in San Francisco will be getting a $15K outdoor urinal!
Well…at least it’ll be “green”. Sort of. 😉
Happy Caturday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Fatwa!
I looked at the design of the pissoir at the link you posted -- it either won’t be built as illustrated (with a partial privacy screen at the back), or it won’t be wheelchair accessible. How long do you think it will be before someone decides it’s a number one place to take a number two? And without water to rinse down the grate and push fluids down towards the sewer, just how bad will that thing smell? I think one should be installed on the front lawn of the Mayor’s home, along with the front lawns of all members of the City Council.
Good morning, gentle Gerbils. What a night. Thank goodness for pain meds.
Didn’t we just see a fiasco with the self cleaning toilets in the parks in San Francisco? I guess when your economy is booming like California’s and all the real problems are solved, it takes effort to find ways to blow all that extra money sitting about that no one wants. It does seem a bit comical to literally flush all that money down a toilet. Oh wait, they don’t flush? So these are literally outhouses?
Except outhouses have a sack of lime and a copy of the Sears catalog.
And a door.
They are a true goodness.
Too bad the moral panic crowd, along with over-zealous prosecutors and politicians are restricting them more and more…largely due to the looming specter of “(ab)use”, as determined by non-medical personnel. (One of the reasons that heroin usage in “decent communities” is on the uptick.)
Either way, it’ll wind-up costing the taxpayers a lot of money when the lawsuits start rolling-in.
That’s been an ongoing issue for several years.
The four or five hours I spent at the dentist Thursday was quite a revelation. I don’t remember anything of the root canal, which I was dreading, and only the installation of the two crowns, which were made on site while I was in the chair. No temporary crowns or second visits. It was just under four grand but it is very strange to feel a wall of smooth teeth on the lower right where there has only been jagged wreckage for years. Because the root canal was on the bottom where I don’t get numb I was afraid it might be the end of this program, that is what happened before. Instead I feel rather hurried to finish the rest. I need another session for the left side that will be just under two grand and then surgery to remove the upper wisdom teeth, the lowers were removed long ago. That will be a little over two grand. After more than 25 years without seeing a dentist, and that program never finished, I am quite surprised. Obviously we need the government to come in and make the whole thing more painful, less efficient and much more expensive . I don’t have insurance so they can fine me for that right up front! I usually can switch to aspirin by the second day and the pain here was not too bad until yesterday evening. I was up all night and was stepping on the pain pills, taking them every three hours instead of four to six. I don’t blame the dentist as this seemed to be more related to the wisdom teeth. Any time someone disturbs things they get POed and they were giving me Hell last night. It makes me more ready to have them out at last.
I do have to say that as much as I hate going to dentists it has become so much better. It helps that this dentist and his staff are excellent, the whole family uses him. I don’t think I could have done this without the sedation and it was just not available before. It rather shocked me as well that it seems to cost less now, something I don’t think could be said about most medical fields compared to 25 years ago.The dentist then, a good one, was talking over twelve grand and that was 25 years worth of damage and deterioration ago. Things will not be perfect but two more visits and I should have better teeth than I have had since I was a teenager. Rather impressive.
Mac --
So glad that you’ve found a good dentist…and that the technology has improved so much that you’re getting all of those issues sorted out.
That’s rather impressive.
Next stop: actual tooth buds which can be implanted and made to grow?
Mac: Ouch! I’m so glad you did this, but don’t step on your pain pills! at least without washing your feet!
Mac: Ouch! I’m so glad you did this, but don’t step on your pain pills! at least without washing your feet!
so am I Cyrano de Bergerac or Helicopter mom? #3 son just texted me for some family info to “impress” a young lady. I complied and made some suggestions. just little items she may find “impressive” like knowing how to spell Youghiogheny ( pronounced “the Yok”).
so am I Cyrano de Bergerac or Helicopter mom? #3 son just texted me for some family info to “impress” a young lady. I complied and made some suggestions. just little items she may find “impressive” like knowing how to spell Youghiogheny ( pronounced “the Yok”).
Yes, those are some grade A Boobs. May we throw rocks, er, beads at them, please?
Carp! I didn’t take any pix of tonight’s Hawaiian themed party decor! Too eager to take our cook up on her offer to close for me.
I used banana leaves to decorate the buffet and drink station and on the centerpiece mirrors with pineapple tops, carved papayas, an orchid blossom and a generic tropical flower blossom ( both blossoms fake but colorful). The menu was even better: Garden Salad, Huli Huli Chicken, Teriyaki Beef Skewers with pineapple, bell peppers and onions, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Corn and Rolls. The crowd -- meh. Their boss paid for draft beer and wine for everyone. Maybe 4 had had a drink when I left ( 2hours in). Definitely not like the engineers I know.