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Repairmanjack said:
Ewww. What's that scent you're wearing, honey? Oh, that's Eau d'Repairmanjack.
Your Fantasy Bathroom
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Ewww. What's that scent you're wearing, honey? Oh, that's Eau d'Repairmanjack.
Repairmanjack
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ummm, as you can guess, I tried to be the first in the tub every day.
The real 'ewww' is when you eat a traditional Japanese meal. Nothing is familiar. Being adventurous, I tried a lot of things. Eel, many kinds of raw fish, bulbs, strange pickles. But I yearned for a Big Mac by the time we left.
Japan is an amazing and wonderful place to visit. Speaking of bathrooms, the toilets seem to be either those great high tech toilets or a hole with handholds and you squat. I used the squat one on the bullet train - what a 'rush'!!!
The real 'ewww' is when you eat a traditional Japanese meal. Nothing is familiar. Being adventurous, I tried a lot of things. Eel, many kinds of raw fish, bulbs, strange pickles. But I yearned for a Big Mac by the time we left.
Japan is an amazing and wonderful place to visit. Speaking of bathrooms, the toilets seem to be either those great high tech toilets or a hole with handholds and you squat. I used the squat one on the bullet train - what a 'rush'!!!
dory36
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I apologize in advance... 
There are fantasy bathrooms, and nightmares...
Here's a photo from one of the last outings before we left the Middle East... (and no, I don't customarily take such photos -- just wanted a reminder of what I was leaving behind...)
This was in an oasis town about 2 hours south of where we lived. This was comparatively clean, as public facilities go.
And there is no discussion of putting the seat up or down...
There are fantasy bathrooms, and nightmares...
Here's a photo from one of the last outings before we left the Middle East... (and no, I don't customarily take such photos -- just wanted a reminder of what I was leaving behind...)
This was in an oasis town about 2 hours south of where we lived. This was comparatively clean, as public facilities go.
And there is no discussion of putting the seat up or down...
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Outtahere
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I always knew there was a reason I don't travel out of the US (besides refusing to fly) and dory36 just verified that for me. Some bathrooms/facilites in the US are bad enough.
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Potty Glow is a comfortable, high-quality toilet seat with a very special feature...
http://www.prankplace.com/bathroom_pottyglow.htm
http://www.prankplace.com/bathroom_pottyglow.htm
I pretty much have my dream bath. 8)
My bath/shower room is similar to the one mikew describes (same maker, in fact). It looks pretty much like this:
but without the sliding glass doors to the outside. As Repairmanjack notes, the shower area where you get clean is to the right of the soaker tub.
There is a control system which automatically fills the tub to the desired depth and temperature (and which can have a different programmed temperature from the shower water), the shower area has the Thermo-floor to prevent cold footsies in the winter, and the large tub comfortably fits parent and child (children generally don't bathe alone in Japan):
I love that bath.
We did not get the automatic hose-to-the-washer option -- doing the bucket brigade thing is our bit of LBYM. The washer is in the adjacent room, with the sink, so it is not a big deal.
Our toilet, in its own room, looks pretty much like this:
Features: bidet (front or back, as desired) with adjustable strength, temperature and nozzle motion, heated toilet seat, and hand-washing faucet and sink built into the top of the tank. We did not get the optional automatic electronic flush system.
Have to say that bathrooms are one of the best things about living in Japan.
Bpp
My bath/shower room is similar to the one mikew describes (same maker, in fact). It looks pretty much like this:
but without the sliding glass doors to the outside. As Repairmanjack notes, the shower area where you get clean is to the right of the soaker tub.
There is a control system which automatically fills the tub to the desired depth and temperature (and which can have a different programmed temperature from the shower water), the shower area has the Thermo-floor to prevent cold footsies in the winter, and the large tub comfortably fits parent and child (children generally don't bathe alone in Japan):
I love that bath.
We did not get the automatic hose-to-the-washer option -- doing the bucket brigade thing is our bit of LBYM. The washer is in the adjacent room, with the sink, so it is not a big deal.
Our toilet, in its own room, looks pretty much like this:
Features: bidet (front or back, as desired) with adjustable strength, temperature and nozzle motion, heated toilet seat, and hand-washing faucet and sink built into the top of the tank. We did not get the optional automatic electronic flush system.
Have to say that bathrooms are one of the best things about living in Japan.
Bpp
Ya know, Dory, as a former Auxiliaries Officer (in charge of toilets & sanitary tanks) I didn't think anything could make me go eeeeeewwwww... I was wrong!dory36 said:I apologize in advance...
There are fantasy bathrooms, and nightmares...
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The Travel Channel did a show on the World's Best Bathrooms.
http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/worldsbest/bathrooms/bathrooms.html
http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/worldsbest/bathrooms/bathrooms.html
Ed_The_Gypsy
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Dory,
I am a sheltered city boy. From my travels, I have decided that the definition of civilization is toilet paper.
By the way, thanks for the info. Maybe I won't check out those jobs in Saudi Arabia now.
Salaam, dude.
Gypsy
I am a sheltered city boy. From my travels, I have decided that the definition of civilization is toilet paper.
By the way, thanks for the info. Maybe I won't check out those jobs in Saudi Arabia now.
Salaam, dude.
Gypsy
Our master bath has a double vanity, toilet, soaker tub (no jets, but I wouldn't use them anyway since I usually take a book with me and the jets are too loud), and a large shower. The room itself is as large as my shared bedroom growing up. There is some tile work and vinyl flooring. To make it my dream bath I would need a heated tile floor and a tiled shower instead of the "ready made" one that is set in there.
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