Random Thoughts or Whatever

[spicer]

For many years, when a girl/woman used a bathroom (usually at home or at someone else's house), where a man had recently peed, she simply put the seat down without complaining. At least I never heard any complaints.....Until some time in the 90s when a female comedian made men out to be woman haters. As if we were deliberately trying to make their lives miserable by leaving the seat up. ??????? Obviously, the reason why we leave the seat up is because it just doesn't occur to us to put it down. They SHOULD be thankful that we lift it up in the first place. Maybe we should stop putting up and let them deal with that.

This came to mind when my roommate reminded me that our 4th roommate (who is taking an entire millennium to move in) is a woman and said that we should remember to put the seat down for her. I said "If I remember, I will. If I forget, oh well. If she can't be an adult and deal with having to put the seat down, she can always go live somewhere else, like with other women." While I try to be respectful and courteous, considerate, etc, I am not going to put with someone stressing me out over an extremely minor inconvenience. Just play the hand life deals you and get over it.

Well, this is fun. Not because it's the correct thing to do but because it is a thoughtful thing to do I always put the seat down, wouldn't want to set down without it myself... as an add, I think for them, the girls, it has to do with having to touch the thing, reach down and get hold of it, not the effort. Besides, the thing, the toilet, just looks better with the seat down, the lid too but, you know, enough is enough.

 

[spicer]

Yeah? just wait till ya see how long it's gonna take her to move OUT

Wait till you see how long it takes her to move out of... the bathroom, each time.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

"In heaven there is no beer
That's why we drink it here
And when we're gone from here
All our friends will be drinking all the beer."

Frank Yankovic!

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Well, this is fun. Not because it's the correct thing to do but because it is a thoughtful thing to do I always put the seat down, wouldn't want to set down without it myself... as an add, I think for them, the girls, it has to do with having to touch the thing, reach down and get hold of it, not the effort. Besides, the thing, the toilet, just looks better with the seat down, the lid too but, you know, enough is enough.

.... and I probably should have given myself a chance to wake up a bit before posting about this. More than anything, it just feels like it's become a much bigger deal than it needs to be.

 

[spicer]

.... and I probably should have given myself a chance to wake up a bit before posting about this. More than anything, it just feels like it's become a much bigger deal than it needs to be.

Like so many other things. I know, an autonomous lid. A bit of mechanism, an ECU to manage operations and a video sensor, otherwise known as a camera, but, you know, labeling and all... but anyway, let the lid take care of the situation automatically, it will know what to do.

 

[Pio1980]

For many years, when a girl/woman used a bathroom (usually at home or at someone else's house), where a man had recently peed, she simply put the seat down without complaining. At least I never heard any complaints.....Until some time in the 90s when a female comedian made men out to be woman haters. As if we were deliberately trying to make their lives miserable by leaving the seat up. ??????? Obviously, the reason why we leave the seat up is because it just doesn't occur to us to put it down. They SHOULD be thankful that we lift it up in the first place. Maybe we should stop putting up and let them deal with that.

This came to mind when my roommate reminded me that our 4th roommate (who is taking an entire millennium to move in) is a woman and said that we should remember to put the seat down for her. I said "If I remember, I will. If I forget, oh well. If she can't be an adult and deal with having to put the seat down, she can always go live somewhere else, like with other women." While I try to be respectful and courteous, considerate, etc, I am not going to put with someone stressing me out over an extremely minor inconvenience. Just play the hand life deals you and get over it.

Frank Yankovic!

Heard him weekly on a Chicago station Polka Party broadcast.

 

[SolderIron]

For many years, when a girl/woman used a bathroom (usually at home or at someone else's house), where a man had recently peed, she simply put the seat down without complaining. At least I never heard any complaints.....Until some time in the 90s when a female comedian made men out to be woman haters. As if we were deliberately trying to make their lives miserable by leaving the seat up. ??????? Obviously, the reason why we leave the seat up is because it just doesn't occur to us to put it down. They SHOULD be thankful that we lift it up in the first place. Maybe we should stop putting up and let them deal with that.

This came to mind when my roommate reminded me that our 4th roommate (who is taking an entire millennium to move in) is a woman and said that we should remember to put the seat down for her. I said "If I remember, I will. If I forget, oh well. If she can't be an adult and deal with having to put the seat down, she can always go live somewhere else, like with other women." While I try to be respectful and courteous, considerate, etc, I am not going to put with someone stressing me out over an extremely minor inconvenience. Just play the hand life deals you and get over it.

My logical flow chart goes this way:
Man puts seat down and he has to put it up when he uses it. Inconvenience and unnecessary step for him. <<< Question, what man gets for going out of his way / doing this??
Man and woman do what is natural with seat is equal nuisance to both. <<< Equality and cost to each other for sharing the same space.

 

[SolderIron]

Like so many other things. I know, an autonomous lid. A bit of mechanism, an ECU to manage operations and a video sensor, otherwise known as a camera, but, you know, labeling and all... but anyway, let the lid take care of the situation automatically, it will know what to do.

Has the camera been hacked yet?

 

[Quadman2]

"In heaven there is no beer
That's why we drink it here
And when we're gone from here
All our friends will be drinking all the beer."

Great meaningful lyrics right there! Full of lament.

Try this one on for size...who sang, "Long Neck Ice-Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart"? Good luke on this one.


Q

 

[spicer]

Has the camera been hacked yet?

It was hacked in design. Trivia concerns provide opportunity. I see a new category on the porn sites, and who's to know who is who unless there is need to know. Bathroom humor knows no limit

 

[Quadman2]

List of countries by beer consumption per capita - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

#1 is the Czech Republic
Germany is 4th
Australia is 17th
U.S is 20th
England is 23d
New Zealand is 27th
France is 44th
Luxembourg is not even listed

Actually, it really depends on which "Poll" per capita assessment you believe.

The top contenders jostle for top "perch", but it's usually the same 6 who are vying for the "Beer Crown.

Some years the Canucks drank more beer than the Americans.


So... it just goes to show ya, eh?


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[Bill Ferris]

My logical flow chart goes this way:
Man puts seat down and he has to put it up when he uses it. Inconvenience and unnecessary step for him. <<< Question, what man gets for going out of his way / doing this??
Man and woman do what is natural with seat is equal nuisance to both. <<< Equality and cost to each other for sharing the same space.

I was raised with 3 sisters, and shared a connected bathroom with 2 of them and they never bitched/commented as to the/their toilet seat`s desired position, and neither did I, and the same with the 2 different live in GFs I had !

We just dealt with it as a matter of individual use (I lifted it to pee, and they always checked to see if it was down, and put it down if it was up before they used it) !

No toilet seat position demanding Prima-donna females have been, nor permitted in my life !

 

[DeadRock]

I learned (was taught) to put the seat back down from/ by my mom and dad...reasoning as follows:

1) "The only reason to lift the seat is because you're standing up."
2) "Still standing and facing it when you're done? PUT IT BACK DOWN!"
3) "Don't be an a$$hat!"

 

[SolderIron]

Things learned while young tend to stay for life. I believe it will become a habit even if there is no one to accommodate.

 

[nailer]

I learned (was taught) to put the seat back down from/ by my mom and dad...reasoning as follows:

1) "The only reason to lift the seat is because you're standing up."
2) "Still standing and facing it when you're done? PUT IT BACK DOWN!"
3) "Don't be an a$$hat!"

Potty training can psychologically scar us for life.

 

[GordonW]

Things learned while young tend to stay for life. I believe it will become a habit even if there is no one to accommodate.

This is true. I am generally the only one who uses the downstairs bathroom in our house, on a regular basis- but I always put the seat down, just out of habit.

One additional benefit- we have one of those over-the-toilet-tank shelving units, where we store extra bathroom supplies and such. With the seat down, stuff doesn't fall off the shelf directly into the toilet water! That's saved extra rolls of toilet paper and towels and such from dunking, several times, when something on the shelf got jostled off, trying to get to something behind it...

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Mystic]

Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants, but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades. According to UN figures, global water stress, i.e. the proportion of water withdrawn for use in industry, agriculture or private households in relation to available water, was manageable at 18.2% in 2020. In 2022, however, 2.4 billion people were living in areas that are exposed to extreme water stress in some cases.

It is not possible to determine exactly how high this will be by 2050 due to numerous factors such as the global population or economic and political developments in emerging and transition countries. This is why scientists are currently working with scenarios instead of more precise estimates. However, it is certain that the demand for water will increase steadily and that many countries are already consuming more than they have available.

As this infographic based on projections by the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows, 51 of the 164 countries and territories analyzed are expected to suffer from high to extremely high water stress by 2050, which corresponds to 31 percent of the population. According to WRI, the scenario used corresponds to a "business as usual" future with temperature increases of between 2.8 and 4.6 degrees Celsius by 2100 and a world that remains unequal. In addition to the entire Arabian Peninsula, Iran and India, most North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt and Libya are among the countries that are expected to consume at least 80 percent of the available water by 2050.

However, the phenomenon of water scarcity is not limited to emerging countries. Southern European countries such as Portugal, Spain and Italy are also reportedly already under high water stress, and the situation in Spain is set to worsen significantly by 2050. For France and Poland, the WRI experts assume medium to high water stress, which corresponds to a consumption rate of 20 to 40 percent of available resources.

 

[Mystic]

“Born too early to write notes with AI, born too late to write notes by hand.”

- Emily Moin

 

[Mystic]

Sonny Rollins on working with the Rolling Stones during the recording of “Waiting on a Friend” for the Tattoo You album:

“I do like a lot of white artists. I like the Beatles. Paul McCartney is a good tunesmith. But the Rolling Stones? I didn’t relate to them because I thought they were just derivative of black blues."

"I do remember once I was in the supermarket up in Hudson, New York, and they were playing Top 40 records. I heard this song and thought, Who’s that guy? His playing struck a chord in me. Then I said, ‘Wait a minute, that’s me!’ It was my playing on one of those Rolling Stones records.”

 

[nailer]

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Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants, but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades. According to UN figures, global water stress, i.e. the proportion of water withdrawn for use in industry, agriculture or private households in relation to available water, was manageable at 18.2% in 2020. In 2022, however, 2.4 billion people were living in areas that are exposed to extreme water stress in some cases.

It is not possible to determine exactly how high this will be by 2050 due to numerous factors such as the global population or economic and political developments in emerging and transition countries. This is why scientists are currently working with scenarios instead of more precise estimates. However, it is certain that the demand for water will increase steadily and that many countries are already consuming more than they have available.

As this infographic based on projections by the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows, 51 of the 164 countries and territories analyzed are expected to suffer from high to extremely high water stress by 2050, which corresponds to 31 percent of the population. According to WRI, the scenario used corresponds to a "business as usual" future with temperature increases of between 2.8 and 4.6 degrees Celsius by 2100 and a world that remains unequal. In addition to the entire Arabian Peninsula, Iran and India, most North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt and Libya are among the countries that are expected to consume at least 80 percent of the available water by 2050.

However, the phenomenon of water scarcity is not limited to emerging countries. Southern European countries such as Portugal, Spain and Italy are also reportedly already under high water stress, and the situation in Spain is set to worsen significantly by 2050. For France and Poland, the WRI experts assume medium to high water stress, which corresponds to a consumption rate of 20 to 40 percent of available resources.

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