My wife and mother-in-law and our boy were on my bike going into town when my wife said why don’t we drop off the dog at the vet for his fleas injection, my papa can hold him. I made a u-turn on the hiway almost running a foreigner off the road. We went and picked up my father-in-law and the dog and headed into town. We were yakking about how this would work if we all had to wear helmets. Papa hollered something (he doesn’t speak English), my wife said he wanted to know if the dog would have to wear a helmet too. I told her I didn’t know so I texted Rhoody, I almost ran into another foreigner while texting. My wife wanted to know what it was the foreigner was hollering at us. Papa had to take a pee so we stopped on the boulevard, the dog hopped off and did a number. The baby’s diaper was dirty so it was a good place to toss that away as well. A big truck drove by and farted his pollution in the air, at the same time a ship was leaving and smoke filled the area. The baby coughed and his eyes watered, mine too. Papa hollered something, my wife said he was wondering how come so many foreigners were drinking beer at 9am, I sent Rhoody another text. My wife wanted to know if I wanted to stop off at McDo on the way back. No thanks. I woke up this morning and realized that was one hell of a dream I had.
PatO, though all you wrote, you said appeared in a dream, reality is that big trucks, buses from Ceres and other companies are farting their pollution in the air, not to mention ferries entering and leaving the harbour. Lately saw a bill board near Tanjay about the right in this country that everyone can get fresh air. Next time I will pass by, will make a stop for a picture and show it on this forum. Also still curious how and when they finally will implement the helmet law and the way of enforcement. Foreigners drinking beer @9am on the boulevard, well, not my cup of coffee that time of the day but it will still help the economy going on.
A bit cynical, Pat?! By the way, I was just watching one of those "Extreme" shows on TLC. They were talking about Extreme public toilets. The one I found interesting is in Westminster, London where they have installed urinals ($100,000 each) that pop up out of the street at 10 pm to address the public urination problem where they estimate that some 3,000,000 liters of urine end up on the streets annually. They mentioned other Europeeing cities that have recently addressed the same problem with similar urinals but I didn't catch the names. So, if you are the artsy, fartsy type, don't go to Dumaguete and don't go to London, haha. If you want to get your nose a little deeper into the problem, to determine if public urination is only a problem in the City of Gentle Pee-ple, then read this article about Philadelpee-a at When Nature Calls in the City | Economy League of Greater Philadelphia .
with London's 8 Million population it turns out to a bit more than a SMB per person per year ...Our local heroes make that in a morning-shift between 2 rides, they may need a week or 2 to spit that amount
Yep, these have been around in the UK in various cities for some time now. One of the first was installed in Colchester, the oldest town in Britain, when I had a pub there. These are stainless steel, cylindrical shaped, equipped for standing up or sitting down according to your chromosones, and raise and lower on a pneumatic system. The door slides open and closes on a sensor system. There were a few teething problems when they were first installed. On one occasion, a guy was quietly having a pee, and the system slowly retracted into the ground. Exit one red faced guy 3 hours later courtesy of the Fire Brigade. Another time, a young lady, full of the Friday night happy juice, decided that she needed to unload. She sat down, and, with panties around her ankles, fell asleep......... only for the door to gently and silently slide open and jam. You can only imagine the crowd of booze fuelled guys with hormone overload that gathered, clapping and cheering. They are expensive to install and maintain, and have to be paid for with tax-pounds. Most cities and towns in the UK are well served with public conveniences, so these should not be neccessary. However, the pink, prancing, lisping, touch-your-toes brigade, encouraged by the bleedin' heart liberals, have made public toilets a place where they conduct their sordid business and consequently a no-go area for the rest of us. So to placate the noisy minority, the silent majority have to foot the bill.
