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Offline Tom

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Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« on: August 16, 2021, 01:40:30 PM »
It's been awhile since I paid.  They use to be in the airports here.  $.10 for use.  Bummer if you didn't have a dime.  😳

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649324/pay-toilet-history
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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2021, 02:05:52 PM »
I remember when I lived in Aachen, Germany, most of the public toilets on the street were...."COIN ACTIVATED!"

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2021, 02:59:37 PM »
Last time that I was in Israel (two summers ago) almost all the facilities were pay per use. If you didn't have the right coin you couldn't get in. A lot of people just jumped the barrier. In the arab-palestine sections there was was no pay per use. It was all kind of creepy. When I was there in the 70's there was no pay toilet.

 The topic is pay toilets. This is what it has come down to. And here I am. Whoo-boy.
« Last Edit: August 16, 2021, 03:03:47 PM by wavedog »

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2021, 03:09:48 PM »
Tom, you really know your.......history
I bet you thought I was going to say **** :laugh:

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2021, 05:25:41 PM »
Does a bear do it in the woods? So do I !  AND I carry a Ball jar to pee in. I still wear a dish glove to pump fuel cause folks aren't safe.
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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2021, 10:53:24 PM »
I'll never forget the pay toilet graffiti:

Here I sit, all broken-hearted;
Paid a dime and only farted.

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2021, 02:08:39 AM »
20 years ago in Switzerland it was one franc for #1 and 2 francs for #2 in the pay WCs, AND the cleaning lady checked you out while you wizzed. 

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2021, 08:35:05 AM »
Ŵhat a job!  Hanging out in men's room all day.😳
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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2021, 10:20:08 AM »
"Manhattan:
• Madison Square Park (Madison Avenue between East 23rd and East 24th Streets)"

I have used this one, it's clean. There is a free washroom in Union Square @14th st. but I couldn't make it to that one which is not too clean(but I've seen worse) and has a regular parade of weirdo's.   
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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2021, 08:00:21 PM »
I have observed that the further into the northeast I get the less available clean public restrooms there are around.

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Re: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2021, 08:39:53 AM »
I'll never forget the pay toilet graffiti:

Here I sit, all broken-hearted;
Paid a dime and only farted.

There is another verse, likely written by a Red Suspender type:
Next time I will take the chance
save a dime and shit my pants.
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