Since ole Don Staples "poo-pooed" my idea of having a thread with pictures of out-houses, the thread is in honor of him too.
Out-houses are a great part of almost any family history. always a story about them.
This First Picture is the original outhouse for what we call the "Old Farm" the house my Grampa Brokaw built in 1900 and where all his children were born. He built this out-house in that first year. 1900. It finally succombed last year. We propped it and did what we could for a decade or so but its time finally arrived. I miss seeing it when I drive in the yard.
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This picture is of the lates outhouse built in 2001, 101 years after grampa's. This was taken this summer as my cousin Marlena was married in the Old Farm yard between a white pine and a jack pine. This was the 3rd wedding at the old place in 102 years. My Grampa and Gramma Brokaw were married there, My aunt Lena and Uncle Elmer.
Lena was the oldest daughter, And now Marlena and Ben. Marlena would have been my Grampa Brokaw's great great granddaughter.
Its not everyday that we have something special enough to doo-dad up the outhouse. Maybe 3 times in a century. :)
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Doesn't that plywood make for a pretty tight enclosure? ??? :-[
The peaks are vented with harware cloth. look just above the door.
Where is the Cresent Moon? :'( It is sure dolled up, Jeff. I like the original, better. It seems to have a bit more class and nostalga, with a nice weather petina. ;D And the smell of the old decaying wood. There is just something about it that shouts class, as compared to OSB construction. ;)
There is another outhouse still in use just to the left of the new one. it has been almost totally engulfed by the monster Lilac bush. It was built about 1972. The new one don't suit me either. My cousins built it to suit the women. It has a regular looking stool in it :-/ If I have to use a privy I actually fight my way into the one in the lilacs that is still shared by a sears catalog and a large family of mice. Otherwise I just walk behind the Lilacs. ;D
In 1994 ElectricAl and our oldest son built this outhouse out of White Oak. It was intended as a joke, because I had asked for a new house built with lumber off our WM.
It has been moved several times, but has found a spot next to my Heatmor Outdoor Wood burner. The original pitched roof and door were damaged in an 80 mph straightline wind. The flat top roof was a quick fix.
It was our only "restroom" for 4 years. Which I was glad to have, since it's a bit of a challenge for me to stand behind the lilacs (especially since the only thing we had on the property that resembled a bush or tree was piles of logs).
ElectricAl wanted to get rid of my precious palace when we dug our well, but I couldn't bear to part with it. He doesn't like to share his bathroom with "strangers", so I won the battle. We use it occasionally, but it is mostly used as a customer facility. I'm sure that it's not what some would call a facility, but when the call arises most aren't picky.
Believe it or not we do have some people that refuse to use my palace. I can't understand why. Maybe it's because it doesn't have a door. ;D :o
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Linda
G'day Guys,
I dont have a picture, DanG it, but the best out-house Ive had the pleasure of utilizing, was out the back of a small hand cut/built A-frame house, situated in a small inlet, in Clayquot Sound in Canada. The view alone was worth $1,000,000.
Only thing was, you had to take one of those aerosol air-horny claxon thingys with you to scare off any inquisitive bears that may wander by!! :o :o :o
Outhouses definitely deserve a hall of fame.
Cheers
Charlie.
You all might remember a short piece a couple of years ago about a fellow who fell into his outhouse and was there for 2 days before the mailman missed him and went looking. It was a humerous piece of writing but the story was anything but. The old gent, an accomplished local fiddler, fell through the floorboards and was trapped, scratched up, infected, dehydrated and hoarse from yelling for help when he was found, it laid him up for quite a time. One of the neighbors built onto his house an indoor bathroom.
Our town has an outhouse race every July 4th down main street. The privys are outfit with tricycle running gear and the team consist of two pushers and one setter who must all switch off during the race. The local Chevy dealership has taken the trophy the past several years with a set up that looks like it came out of a NASCAR frame shop.
Our privy is still below the house in the woods, Mom didn't like the lack of door but the view is beautiful of the Nat'l Forest a few miles away. We have had guests "hold it" for an entire weekend rather than visit the little shack out back :o. We came to the conclusion that they aren't so bad...no matter the weather you took the "little walk out back" and found out it was a tolerable day out there after all, at least if I had outwaited my designated seat warmer ;D. All manner of wildlife happened by, not a bad start to the day. We had a trash can filled with ashes or lime just outside with a scoop in it, there was a little piece of poetry written on the wall inside. "If you tinkle add a sprinkle, if you poop add a scoop".
Our neighbors "little house" got moved down to their garden plot for a toolshed.
The Newhouse "Outhouse". This outhouse serves the Cay Newhouse hunting camp. Sawtimber was recently harvested around the outhouse and camp area. Newhouse Hardwood Sale; December 2002.
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Looks like a serious piece of equipment, Ron. Must get a lot of use, too. It has defoliated every tree you can see in the whole DanG picture. :o :o :D :D
Written by Kiwi Charlie
QuoteOnly thing was, you had to take one of those aerosol air-horny claxon thingys with you to scare off any inquisitive bears that may wander by!!
Does this answer the age old question.
This is the outhouse at my camp. It started life as a shower stall. It was converted into an outhouse by Harry Taylor the gentlemen we bought our previous house from in 1979. When we moved I brought it along and it has been setting out in my field sense 1984.
When we bought ground for our camp I built an new door and set it up out there.
Only problem has been with wasps. Ask Kathy what happens when you uncover sensitive parts around them. :D :D
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My grandparents old outhouse always had wasps and even a nest of bumblebees in it. :o I don't think anyone ever got stung, but we didn't hang around any longer than we had to either!
I figured we would have wasps in our outhouse, but they never make nests in it. I think it is because of the tarp we hung all around the inside for water resistance. I suppose it scares the "crap" out of the wasps, so they don't care to use my facility. 8)
Linda
I remember reading somewhere the highest frequency of black widow bites is in the "little house on the prairie"...to males ...yeeeooow :o
well ya, makes sense I guess, since black widows have a tradition of getting their own males by the ##### lw
I was watching "Escanaba In Da Moonlight" the other day with The Lovley Miss. When they had a scene about their 2 holer outhouse I burst out laughing. I had to explain that you just don't have a 2 holer. Well I was relating this to the guys at deer camp this year when an old guy spoke up and told me that he most certainly did have a 2 holer when he was growing up, he said it put a whole new meaning to the phrase "goin together"
I still don't know who is pullin whose leg.
2-holer u-becha, ;) I guess you could say they were the early version of the modern day 2'nd bath. 8) 8) 8)
Ours was a two holer. Never really understood it, cause no one ever had company on their visits out back. But, there was a design difference in the two holes, accomodating those with greater or lesser anatomy.
There was a two-holer in regular use at my grandparent's place, when I was a kid. As far as I could tell, the only use for the 2nd hole, was to let the chickens out. :o :o :D :D
That does NOT make me want to eat more chicken! :-/
I was about 16 when we got indoor plumbing. The outhouse was still used for a number of years for "overflow" and anytime we were outside anyway.
Mary's brother moved from Illinois down to a little spot of ground near us about 20 years ago. For awhile he didn't have utilities. He built a privacy shelter with two walls and a slab roof. Had a smooth pole about 4" in diameter that ran across the back corner for "customer support" - if you get my drift. Another feature was that it was built over a sinkhole near a rock outcropping - making a natural disposal place. He told about going out to use the facility one morning to find a possum grinnin' back up at him from the bottom of the sinkhole. ;D
Linda, I'm going to have to build Mary an outhouse near the mill or maybe plant her some lilacs. ;) We've planed to build a new building that would include an office area with small bath for some time and have yet to get started on it.
It used to be a fairly common practice here to build an outhouse without a pit, but instead having an opening in the back----down below the seat. It was easier to build and handier for the critters. One drawback was the alarm that an overanxious chicken could bestow on an unexpecting guest. :o
http://susie1114.com/Outhouse.htm
When I was 7 years old we moved to a farm that had the 2 hole outhouse on it, the reason for two holes wasn't companionship. One was smaller so us kids didn't fall in. Ours had a nest of bumble bees that showed up suddenly in the middle of summer. My older sister went in and came screaming out without pulling up her pants tripped and fell and then crawled as fast as I've seen other people run. It was hilarious, at least the rest of us kids thought so. She still gets red in the face when we kid her about it.
The sawshed is about 75-100 yards from the "comforts" of home. Not bad for me and the sons when they help, but a bit inconvenient for Mary – especially in cold weather.
We'd been thinking we were going to add a new building and would include a small office area and 1/2 bath. But life has a way of postponing plans. Seen the building plan postponed for awhile, we decided to look for a small travel camper. The local mega-camper sales place wasn't long in getting one in. Mary had stopped by and looked at it and then she drug me over to see it.
It's a little bigger at 24' and in better shape than what I was expecting to find for what we wanted to spend. But the price was close enough to take it and not spend months looking for something cheaper. Everything works except the freezer part of the refrigerator. In fact, the previous owners had replaced the unit with a 110v apartment size unit by pulling the door off the old one and setting the new one in it's place. Works better for us.
Anyway, we got it delivered late last week and set in place Saturday. Son Gabe and I ran a 30-amp 110v service to it and got it leveled and blocked up. Frozen ground will slow us down from connecting the water and sewer drain. So Mary will have to hold it a little longer. >:(
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That's a pretty nifty looking rig, Bib. It will surely be a comfort to Mary to have that convenience so close to the saw shed. I'm a little concerned, however, that production will drop, come the heat of summer. That A/C unit on top is gonna be mighty inviting on those hot days. Does WoodMizer offer a wireless remote for the Accuset?
Modern Day Camping at the "Mill Site". :) Good idea! Call it a second home and get a tax break. ;)
There was a rumor circulating around the gun club where a guy was using the facility and dropped a magazine down one of the holes.
He said, I ain't going down there for just a magazine so he unholstered his shooter and dropped it down the hole and went in for both! :-X
Now your stylin Bibbyman 8). Our motorhome lives down at the sawmill. Nothing like a hot coffee pot, microwave and fridge...not to mention heat. Makes a pretty good spare bedroom too. I did have trouble with ants at one point. The big carpenter ants kept appearing inside. I finally found them in some foam insulation, they had done an impressive number on it, they seemed to like the break room as much as we do :D.
Outhouse in Aspen Harvest Area. Witte timber harvest 5/03.
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A while back, Haytrader sent me some pictures that includid a two story out-house. He reccomended that in case a guy ever had an occasion to use one of those, it's best to use the upper story. :o ::)
Noble
Hey, dats a U.P. 2 seater, ya only use da top one durin sleddin season. When da snow gets up to da top door ya start using dat one. Usually about mid january
I once helped rebuild a three holer! It had seats for papa bear,momma bear and baby bear! It is the only one I've ever seen that had a drawer underneath that was slid out and emptied.It was a fun project house was around one hundred years old and was built with some very wide boards.Always wondered whos job it was to empty the drawer! :(
Back when I started college it was a tradition at homecoming for the freshman class to build a bonfire in the field behind the stadium. We used donated scrap railroad ties and built a tall, fortlike stucture cribbing them up like you would in the mine. The crowning glory was an outhouse perched up top. To a country boy like me it seemed like a waste of some perfectly good facilities, but I guess my city cousins saw it differently. Nobody knew the reason behind the outhouse, but it was a tradition and we were expected to follow it.
Frickman
"Green" Outhouse. In a red pine harvest area, first thinning. Krantz pine harvest 6/03.
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Ron,
Nice color!? :-/
Is that a rug out front? If so, is it for use on the way in or out? :D :D :D
Linda :)
Linda,
I believe they were wooden blocks to clean your boots off on before entering.
"Roadside" Outhouse. Very attractive with a Welcome sign on the door and flower boxes on its exterior walls.
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One of my bygone recollections, as I recall the days of yore
is the little house, behind the house, with the crescent o'er the door.
'Twas a place to sit and ponder with your head bowed down so low, knowing
that you wouldn't be there, if you didn't have to go.
Ours was a three-holer, with a size for every one. You left there feeling
better after the job was done.
You had to make these frequent trips, whether snow, rain, sleet, or fog, to
the little house where you sat and read the Sears Roebuck catalog.
Oft times in dead of winter the seat was covered with snow.'Twas then with
much reluctance to the little house you'd go.
With a swish you'd clear the seat, bend low and, with shivers in mind, you'd
blink your eyes and grit your teeth as you sat on your behind.
I recall the day that Granddad, who stayed with us one summer, made a trip
to the shanty which proved to be a hummer.
'Twas the same day my Dad finished painting the kitchen green. He'd just
cleaned up the mess he'd made with rags and gasoline.
He tossed the rags in the shanty hole and went on his usual way, not knowing
that by doing so he would eventually rue the day.
Now Granddad had an urgent call; I never will forget! This trip he made to
the little house lingers in my memory yet.
He sat down on the shanty seat, with both feet on the floor, then filled his
pipe with tobacco and struck a match on the outhouse door.
As he took a long puff on his pipe, he slowly raised his behind, tossed the
flaming match in the open hole, with not a worry on his mind.
The blast that followed, I am sure was heard for miles around; and there was
poor ol' Granddad just sitting on the ground.
The smoldering pipe was still in his mouth, his suspenders he held tight;
the celebrated three-holer was blown clear out of sight.
When we asked him what had happened, his answer I'll never forget. He
thought it must of been something he had et!
Next day we had a new one which my Dad built with ease. With a sign on the
entrance door which read: No smoking, Please!
Now that's the end of the story, with memories of long ago, of the little
house, behind the house where we went cause we had to go.
Some people call it an out house or a sh** house we call ours a privy. Six foot square, floor framed with 2X6 and decked with t + g red oak flooring, walls framed with 2X4's, roof with round purlings, exterior walls boarded with double V match (t + g) rough side out, all northern white cedar. It sits atop a cedar tank 4 ft. deep. All the cedar came from our land and sawed at our mill and planed in our shop.
It's got a small window, gas heat and gas lamp (propane) cause in the winter it's just to DanG cold up here like last winter we had minus 10 degrees fer three weeks and that was daytime temps. We went big at it cause we're in the process of building a log camp "out back" and we snowmobile in for happy times friends,food etc. Just a great place to get away (out back that is), and if you don't have a comfortable place for the ladies "to go" hey guys you drop your drawers when it's that cold outside and never mind the flies in the summer!!!
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termite
Nice! More than the standard "outhouse" in the woods.
Da-2-Holer. At the Yooper's Museum.
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The Old Outhouse in the Pines.
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A new Outhouse in the Pines
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Found this one while exploring out on a canoe ride this summer.
His and Hers Out House.
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Hers
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His
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Been wanting to add our West Virginia comfort to this thread.
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nough said.
Why doesn't da 2 holer have a separate door for the top hole ??? How would you open the door when the snow got too deep to use da bottom hole :-/
We'll need to ask Chet; Yooper engineering :P
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Ron,
That is a great one! I guess Montana has all the seclusion a person needs! ;D :-[
Where do you come up with all these pictures?
You must be trying for the Guiness Book of World Records on owning the most outhouse photos! :D
Well, keep them coming! ;)
Linda :)
Hey, I can read lips--------let me tell you, that lady isn't giving the Montana bureau of parks and recreation a very good reccomendation ;)
That's better than leaning against the car, even if there is a passing vehicle :D
Outhouse Replacement. This one has replaced the Outdoor Toilet in the Aspen Harvest Area (gray sided one in earlier thread), Witte Timber Harvest 8/03.
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I wanna be da boss :D
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management up top and employees down below :(
I call this one "three sheets out of the wind" ;)
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one sheet per side, 1/2 for the floor and the other half used for the rest
and yous outa da wind. :)
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Harvest Moon Outhouse. 10/03
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The outhouse at our checkpoint for the Can-Am sleddog race is not this frozen but it ain't to far when we first get there on Friday afternoon!!! (https://forestryforum.com/smile/cry.gif)
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a link to our checkpoint
http://can-am.sjv.net/2003/racepics/Machias/2003.html
Yay- great pix! lw
just my style :-/
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I never did get around to framing it in. :-/
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Jeff
Look at the river side of the old sawmills. Around here they all had an addition that hung out over the water. Man how the wind would whistle up through the hole. Water being ten to twenty feet below you never got splashed. Was a John Deere dealership in Lowville had one right on main street. still is one down stream don't think it is used but s visible fron road on other side of creek must be 30 foot drop.
Junkyard
Forgot donot!!!! pee into the wind.
Junkyard
I took a trip in an old DC-3 several years ago. We were airborne long enough that sooner or later everyone had to use the facilities. The first two or three returned quietly. Then a pattern was set----the guy returning was embarrased acting and those with experience were snickering. After a while when someone returned there was outright laughter from all parties except those who hadn't made the visit. Eventually I discovered the source of their amusement. Due to some malfunction (I assume), There was about a 20 mph breeze coming up out of that hole :-[ ::) :D
uh, did i read or hear somewhere an outhouse was to be added to the register of national historic buildings?
mabie in mass.?
A good use of shop shorts :)
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The "old" and the "new". Mecosta County, MI 6/04.
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Umm, sorry to have to ask.......which is which? ::) :D
I think the 'new' one has some of that there fancy 'luminum siding on it! :D
Ah-ha! ;) ;) ;D
Lost Outhouse. Found at abandoned campsite during timber sale preparation. 9/04.
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So Ron, does it still work? :D
With the backer board gone one would have to be careful where his pants are. :D :D :D :D :D
I remember one old gent who fought for years to keep his in the middle of town. Finally, his family moved him out and the facility was torn down. The kids used to pull it back from the hole on Halloween. He got tired of this so one year he went in early with a shotgun. They lassooed the privy, pulled it back, dropped the rope and ran. Nasty.
As I reported on a previous thread, back when the storms were ravaging Florida, the old outhouse on my place was one of the few casualties we had. Until now, I have neglected to take any pics of it to pass along.
This venerable old establishment has come to an ugly end. :'(
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Somehow though, I doubt if this is the first ugly end this thing has seen. ;D
Sorry I hadn't seen this one before, had to post it. I was looking at possible outhouse designs. Managment is on the top floor, employees on the bottom. :D
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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I have experienced that before!!! ;D
That's one I haven't seen either. I sure can relate though. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
You can buy little gift size models of that outhouse up here at the Harrison drug store the last I knew.
Mine has armrest for easy reading and raised paneled seat face.
Is that on the lower level? ;)
At some point here soon, I am going to merge this thread with an existing thread in the outdoor board that is all about out houses.
Look to the left . Mine is a brick ranch ;D compared to the others shown here. The lower level on mine is inhospitable ;D ;D
With some management they are so cheap they will only use one ply i bet :D :D great pic ;D ;D
We have a sign in our outhouse that says...
If you use the seat, make sure you peat!
As in using peat moss to spread over your "contribution" after you are through. Still I btter explain before people think us Maine people still don't have running water.
We do, on the mainland at least. Where I go lobstering we have a house out on Criehaven Island. Out there (the furthest inhabited island on the East Coast) there is no running water, electricity, phone or cell service so outhouses are all the rage. It's like taking a step back in time.
Quote from: Deadwood on November 08, 2005, 03:51:25 AM
It's like taking a step back in time.
Don't you mean a "seat" back in time.
Quote from: Don_Papenburg on November 07, 2005, 08:15:20 PM
Mine has armrest for easy reading and raised paneled seat face.
Pictures!! Don we need Pictures!! ;D I'm always looking for new ideas for mine :D
Up at the lake Dad had to build a two-seater 'cause my sisters were afraid of the dark, figgered a bear was gonna git 'em.
With a side-by-side model Mom could either keep one of 'em company, or both sisters could go at the same time and nobody had ta' wait..... :D
I used ta' save steps by stoppin at the first tree I came to most of the time, the girls used to try an scare me (I'm the baby of the family) and my reply was always the same "If a bear comes after me he's gonna have wet feet first!".
Dad thought it was hilarious, Mom, not so much........ :D
that is hilarious.. :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Murf on November 08, 2005, 12:09:48 PM
Up at the lake Dad had to build a two-seater 'cause my sisters were afraid of the dark, figgered a bear was gonna git 'em.
With a side-by-side model Mom could either keep one of 'em company, or both sisters could go at the same time and nobody had ta' wait..... :D
I used ta' save steps by stoppin at the first tree I came to most of the time, the girls used to try an scare me (I'm the baby of the family) and my reply was always the same "If a bear comes after me he's gonna have wet feet first!".
Dad thought it was hilarious, Mom, not so much........ :D
:D :D :D :D I remember the outhouse at our lake cottage. There was a narrow passage between the bank and the cabin and one night mom met a black bear eyeball to eyeball. I am not sure which one made more noise.
Let us call this a modern day "outhouse" story.
Tokyo Humor
I will tell a story on myself, so no one else has to. One of the humorous experiences international travelers have is "toilet adventures". Talk to anyone who has traveled internationally and if they are honest they will have some sort of humorous tale to tell related to the toilet facilities in other countries.
One thing Japan is famous for is having some of the most sophisticated toilets in the world. I have often encountered toilets in Tokyo that have a control panel reminiscent of an armrest in the Space Shuttle. The control panel has a million buttons labeled with Chinese characters. During such encounters, I avoid touching anything except the flush handle.
Well about a year ago, I was on an errand to an unfamiliar building in Tokyo when I heard the call of mother nature. I decided to use the handicapped toilet stall for no particular reason. Just as I was finishing my paperwork, I began to notice all of the buttons to my right. I could not figure out what all of them were for, so I was a bit hesitant. At first, I could not find a handle or button anywhere to flush the toilet. I was afraid to push any of the buttons on the control panel. I saw a large green button on the wall, so I pushed that. That did not flush the toilet. Finally, after standing up and looking behind the toilet, I found a button on the wall that flushed the toilet.
Having succeeded at flushing the toilet, my curiosity overcame me and I sat back down intent to try out these various buttons on the control panel. Do you know how to spell B-I-D-E-T? Webster defines bidet as follows: "A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for bathing the genitals and the posterior parts."
I pushed one button and found out very quickly that it turned on an interesting spray nozzle. Just as I was becoming accustomed to the water spray, I discovered there were various buttons for adjusting the water pressure. I found out that the maximum water pressure was a bit too forceful for my liking. Then I had to figure out what button to push to shut off the water. I found that button with no problem. I even discovered the button to turn on the blow dryer. Just as I was becoming rather confident about this toilet experience, there was a knock on my toilet stall door. I said, "Just a moment please.", in my best Japanese. As I left my toilet stall, there was a security guard waiting for me.
I went looking for a Japanese acquaintance who could translate for me for you see my Japanese is very limited to nonexistent. With a bit of translation, I soon found out that the large green button on the wall that I had pushed earlier was a PANIC button intended for handicapped persons to be able to summon assistance!!
The moral of the story is whenever in a foreign country don't get so distracted with bidet enjoyments that you push the PANIC button.
:D :D :D :D :D :D
My aunt had a Bedit in her house years ago and I will never forget my Mom using it thinking it was the toilet. What a surprise she got after hitting the lever :D :D
She came out holoring: Bess, you have a busted line in your toilet that spays water all over your back side. You need to get that fixed. :D :D :D :D
We never laughed so hard.
One of my duties as a tax assessor was to measure up all new or remodeled buildings for assment purposes. One camp in the woods the facilities hung over a rock ledge so was higher on the back side. the back wall above the seat was all one large window. Also there was a capet on the floor. Only one I ever saw with carpet on the floor and a picture window. I ran out of film before I got there.
Junkyard
Must have been "new" money.
Chet Atkins told the story of he and his wife trying to figure out what to do with their New wealth, when he was young, to show that he had hit the big time. They decided to carpet the bathroom. Afterall, nobody that they knew had carpeted bathrooms. They found out that they liked it so much that they ran it on into the house. :D
My Sister sent me this photo of the outhouse at the cabin in detour village. Tom, it didnt look like that when you used it did it. :D
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That's just a few feet from where Pete almost snuffed out my existence.
:D Yea, well you deserved it. :D
Kevin I have a photo from that day. ;D
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I should have got out while the git'n was good.
You never did invite me back. :D
Sure I did. I cant remember exactly when but I know we did. In fact, come on over this weekend, better bring da snow shovel though.
You invited me, I'm pulling your leg.
I have to work on my trail groomer this weekend thanks just the same.
If we ever get any snow I want to be ready for it, just broke the trail in through the bush last week.
Probably a good thing because I had no plans to be there. I was just trying to get somebody to clean out the drive way. :)
I tinks I gots me a bite 8)
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Whooa :o gets me dat net :o
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Me likes da fishins here 8)
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;D :D ;D :) ;D ;)
Hey Pappy thats not fair up here we have to have the outhouse 100 feet away from water :D :D
He's not drink'n it he's only fish'n in it. :D
I forgot I took these pictures this summer, until I saw this thread back at the top.
I stayed with some people this summer who had an outhouse...INSIDE! :D
This was the door to their downstairs bathroom.
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Inside...a two seater...with all the modern conveniences...can you see how you flush? Oh...only one of the seater's is "live."
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The sink...
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The light...and the cord right next to the lamp? The flusher... :D
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Interesting.
How can it be an out-house inside? Aren't there any rules like "it has to be outside" ::) ::) ???
:)
What a great idea! Beenthere I think this is a real bathroom camoflaged to look like an outhouse,
Paschale said "Oh...only one of the seater's is "live." "
If the "dead" seater's lid was not nailed down someone could use the wrong one by mistake. :( At least it was in the basement and stuff would not come through the ceiling. ::)
:D :D :D :D :D :D
Low blow! ;)
GREAT BOOK, ISBN 0-933846-02-9
My mom got it for me years ago as a birthday gift, Ethan (3) and I have had some fun with it recently as we got an old outhouse from a demo contractor(he delivered it!!!). Reid
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Quote from: pigman on January 06, 2006, 10:35:02 PM
Paschale said "Oh...only one of the seater's is "live." "
If the "dead" seater's lid was not nailed down someone could use the wrong one by mistake. :( At least it was in the basement and stuff would not come through the ceiling. ::)
:D :D :D Maybe that second seater's for storing extra towels for cleanin' up. :D
People down the lake from my summer place wanted indoor plumbing, but have a very old log cabin an didn't wanna lose any space fer da facilites.
So they built a semi-detatched bathroom. :D
They converted an unused bunkie into a bathroom, complete with whirlpool tub and in-floor radiant heat even. ;D
I suspect they're about the only ones around there with a 12' x 12' two room 'outhouse'. ::)
BTW, the 'second' room is so that ya can still make use of the 'critical' parts while somebody else can linger longer in the tub. You enter inta a room with a sink & potty, then go through to the room with the tub, shower and vanity fer da ladies ta adjust their face and such. :)
When my Dad and his brothers came back from WW2 they built my Gandma and Grandpa a indoor bathroom. Grandpa wouldn't use it because it wasn't "sanitary". He wasn't goint to eat and s**t in the same house. ::) :D
I rememer staying over night at Grandma's that she had a pot under the bed even though the bathroom was right across the hall.
Got this one in an email from a friend...
This guy has been sitting here too long. Outhouse is located on Hill overlooking Snowshoe pond, about 65 air miles south west of Saint Agatha, Maine...
Kinda fitting for today, with it being Halloween and all. ;D
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I'm sure y'all heard the one about the city slicker went to visit his country cousin, but it needs tellin' anyhow. The city slicker was a bit dismayed when he found out the only facilities were in the house out back of the house, but he was game, 'sides which, he really had to go. He finally couldn't stand that little shack anymore, and he complained to his cousin, "How can you stand that outhouse with all the flies in there?". Cousin Clem told him that the family tries to only use it around 5 PM, cuz there ain't no flies in there then. "How come?" the city cousin asked. "Momma's cooking supper at 5 PM. They's all up in the kitchen!"
I had not heard that one! :D I dont think this one is earlier in the thread, but I'm telling it anyhow.
Remember when I was down ta florida visitin Tom and a bunch of the fellers came over? I spotted DanG over at the old two holer with the door open and his back to me and it looked like he was fishing around down in the hole with a wire or sumpthin. I walked over to him and asked him what the heck he was doing. He said, awe, I was in such a hurry to use the blame thing that when I ran in and shut the door I threw my jacket off and didnt notice the lid was up on the hole there on the right and it went right in. I said DANG! I'd just leave it down there if I was you. DanG turned to me and said it aint the Jacket that concerns me. I still had me a half a peanut butter sandwich in that there pocket.
:D :D :D Is this the start of a DanG joke thread?
Feller sat down in the two holer to do his business and some change fell out of his pocket. He stood up and threw a five in the hole. His buddy asked why he did that. He replied " You don't think I'd go down there for just thirty five cents do you?"
This be true
Two of my buddies fishing, and one had to go to the State parks outdoor John. He dropped his wallet down the hole, so went to the boat to get his fishing pole. Caused some comments when he was standing over the hole trying to hook his wallet with a big treble hook. ;D ;D Finally managed to hook it.
Still tease him today about fishing at that park, away from the water. ;D ;D
So many things come to mind :D
Lucky he didn't get a ticket for snagging! :D
:D :D
And that they didn't ask him to see his fishing license...... ;D
If he was in da U.P. he would have had to trowd it back if it werent turdy inches
:D :D :D :D
You betcha, and now you know why he wished that it never happened, or especially that we all knew about it. ;D The 'cracks' were endless........ ;D
DanG says, the old out house stood back.... And Olen and I said WHERE!?? It ever been dug up? DanG said its over back yonder and Nope, it aint. So off Olen and I went to check it out. Well, we didnt dig it up this time, but we may yet, its got possibilities! We moves some remenants of was once a roof and was surprised to see there still was the remnants of the sitter part. ;D So we took a photo.
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Then, what was most unusual, the outhouse took a photo back. ;D
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I'm not sure if Olen and I left a very good first impression on members Jessie Frank and Garret McCormack who arrived around the corner lead by DanG just as Olen and I looked up from the hole giggling. :D
Who was the little turd that took that last pic? ???
Quote from: DanG on March 23, 2007, 10:03:40 PM
Who was the little turd that took that last pic? ???
Dang, Musta been one of yourns. ;D
:D :D :D :D :D I'm convinced that the longer ya'll hang out the crazier ya'll get. That's funny. Don
We need to dig it up, no telling what's in there. I keep hearing stories about folks digging up the old outhouse and finding real treasures like, cork top whiskey bottles, wedding rings, old coins and even Grandpa's old pistol that Granny hated and mysteriously went missing. There may even be a gold filling in there. ::)
And so many more are dug up with nothing but crap found! :D
Just how old is that there pit?
Is that picture a "Mug Shot?" ;D
I guess it could be as "peeping" is still illegal, isn't it? :D
That particular privy probably dates back to the 30s or 40s. I didn't show them the other one. Both of'em were "gubmint" outhouses, built by the CCC or WPA, as they have concrete floors. This one was standing tall until a couple of years ago when one of the storms took it out. The building for the other one was already gone when I came here, and only the concrete part remains.
30s or 40s probly really not worth digging, mostly a waste of time.
an old timer once told me that chickens scratching in the outhouse made the egg yolks darker. :-\
OK, I'm off of the eggs again.
Thought I would post this one. It is going to be rebuilt this summer.
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It even has lites.
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Anyone needs any backhouse bush, just let me know. ;) I'll send you a little tiny piece, and within a couple of years you'll have your whole state overgrown with the DanG stuff.
Dave
Recently found this abandoned one near the edge of a farm field and the woods line.
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i remember them when it was -10 :D :D :D :D and when there was 15 people using the same one smiley_airfreshener smiley_airfreshener for 2 weeks Canada will never be the same ;D
I should add my new outhouse to this topic. smiley_smug01
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,70971.msg1140563.html#msg1140563
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Not to be outdone here's a picture of my old one.
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I see you have an alternative to the paper on the right there...
When I was 12 or 13 I ran a wire from the electric fence to the one holler down the road from us Carl went in came out with his bibs down to his knees dad wanted to beat me but good but he was laughing to hard
:D :D :D
Quote from: Jeff on September 17, 2014, 10:34:40 AM
I should add my new outhouse to this topic. smiley_smug01
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,70971.msg1140563.html#msg1140563
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gee boss that looks bomb proof :D :D :D
I think the walls might have moved one time when I was in there...
Quote from: Jeff on September 17, 2014, 12:30:13 PM
I see you have an alternative to the paper on the right there...
:D :D :D The Boss hit a Home Run! :D :D :D
The next time I'm home I'll have to snap a picture of the 8 holer in a state forest nearby.
um, is there a rainbow painted on the side of it?
Nothing like spending time with seven of your best friends.
Quote from: Mooseherder on September 18, 2014, 08:32:04 PM
Nothing like spending time with seven of you best friends.
I'm rolling! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I play solitare for a reason I guess :D
So, 1 of the 8 says. "Did y'all hear about the cracked corn?"
When you're done reading, can I have the paper ;D
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
8 guys laughing Peter. :)
1930's farm vintage.
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That whistle-pig must not have a sense of smell!
I was in Lascaster County PA,Amish country, saw 2 small brick houses behind the school house. I can still remember my Father saying built like a brick ---- house. Never thought I would see one. :)
Found in a rural backyard.
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https://youtu.be/R1hTVtUbhWs I remember listening to this before getting out of my truck on a early morning deer hunt...the outhouse thread brought it back to mind.
Outhouse at the First Forestry School at the Cradle of Forestry, Ashville, NC.
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Here's the fully functional outhouse the wife and I installed at the farm.
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It was built in our driveway, With t&g ERC and board and batten pine. Loaded on my trailer, hauled to the farm and set in place with a skidloader over the hole.
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Obviously decorated by a woman's touch.
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It even comes with an old fashioned LED lantern for doing business after dark.
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Z
I gotta admit it's much more pleasant to use than most any other outhouse I've ever been in ;). Chithouse Magazine even rated it the "#1 place to do your duty" in their 2017 and 2018 annual issues! ;D ;D ;D
It would be an honor to use that one!
I need one of those at the sawmill.
Quote from: WDH on October 22, 2018, 08:22:40 AM
I need one of those at the sawmill.
That where mine is, you can see it in the background.
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You never know when a man might have to go on a mission.
I can fondly recall outhouses on the prairies when I grew up in Saskatchewan (google it...). As kids, we used to think it was fun to move the outhouses back 3 or 4 feet and wait for someone to go use it at night.
I'm actually in the process of building an outhouse for use at the mill. My wife is about ready to ban me from dragging sawdust in the house to use the facilities. And, I've been looking for the ideal thing to leave to my sister in law when I kick off. My outhouse and the contents therein will be all hers when I die.
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Our Colorado out house.
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Da fixin's.
But there's no Quarter Moon cutout on the door..... You could use a Sharpie.
The phone rang at 0600 and pa made a dash for it. It was uncle Jack ,who was a travelin sales man for dynamite, on the line and when pa got off that phone he hollered up to Ma. Uncle Jack is coming over . Well ma got the twin yungins up and says to them that they better not get into any trouble wile uncle Jack was there. So Ma says to Pa you get them to yung fellers to digin a new hole for the outhouse.
Well after all the meetin and greetin was done and over Pa sent the boys out to commence to digin. Well Jeff says to Jerry were should we put it. Jerry thinks a bit and runs over to Uncle jacks truck comes back with a stick of dynamite . We'll just light it and toss it in the hole , were the house lands thats were we dig. So they lite it threw it in and ran around the big old cotton wood tree to watch. Uncle Jack came out of the house at a dead run and into that two holer. There was a bang the house lifted off and landed 20 ft away. The door opened up and Uncle Jack stepped out and brushed himself off and exclaimed. Sure glad i did not let that go in the kitchen
There was reference to a two holer in the early parts of this post, brought back to mind of the three holer that was at my great grandparents home place. One was a smaller hole for the wee ones to sat upon whilst learnin the skills of settin for a spell!
I lost our outhouse for a day here due to snow bending trees and bushes over it. I found out it was missing at an inopportune time. :) there is a cresent moon in there somewhere...
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Maybe this needs to be posted under the health and safety thread. :D smiley_furious3
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There are other ways !! :o
Just make sure its no sappy pine tree. :D :D
There once was a man named Clyde who fell in a two holer and died along came his brother and fell in the other and now the lay interred side by side.
Someone had to say it. ;D
When I was a kid my Dad carpeted the bathroom Mom liked it so well
she made him run carpet all the way out to it>
Quote from: Hilltop366 on November 15, 2018, 03:34:57 PM
There once was a man named Clyde who fell in a two holer and died along came his brother and fell in the other and now the lay interred side by side.
Someone had to say it. ;D
"Interred"? That choice of spelling with no hyphen probably saved this from being edited. Good Call!
Pretty sure that would not be edit eligible. :)
Jeff regarding reply 172 did you toss your fruit of the looms alongside the gloves?
Why would I do that?
Why a 1/2 moon ? Curious minds......
A common explanation:
"The crescent or half moon cutout and the star cutout on the door of many outhouses goes back to Colonial times. In a time when few people could read, the crescent moon was the symbol for women while the star cutout was for men. ... The cutout also let light into the outhouse as there were usually no windows."
Bobby Bare - Ode to the little brown shack - YouTube (https://youtu.be/3NXXYzpCIhU?t=181)