Poster: A snowHead
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On Channel 4 this morning there was a report about a ski in ski out toilet in a French resort where you can go to the toilet without removing skis. It was presented by Dermot Oleary. I didnt see but was told about it by my father. We need some investigation and pictures and first hand reports from snowHeads who have tested the toilet.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 18-01-06 11:04; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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mmm i cant see how this can be boarder friendly
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Isn't it called a tree?
Actually, given that the French like holes in the ground and really rank bogs, it shouldn't be too tricky to implement.
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I hope it isn't a squat. They're bad enough at the best of times, but in ski boots they're almost impossible. Maybe skis would give you the fore and aft stability which is so difficult to achieve in a squat, yet so vital to one's physical and emotional well being.
To broaden the discussion out a bit pending an on the spot report of the new French effort, the worst bogs I have suffered were in Nepal. Being outdoors, the whiff was merely ghastly, rather than sickening as in, for example, China, but most of them were made of wooden boards (with a hole) over a pit. Being about twice the weight of the average Nepali, I was always terrified that the damp and probably rotten boards would give way, with consequences too appalling to think about. It didn't half improve my crossword solving times.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ski the French Alps
They have the runs
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Found some information here
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I saw it, basically ski into a room with a toilet in the middle, sit down without taking skis off, do the business, ski off............
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The article says they've installed a special one-way system to avoid collisions. Do you think this means the direction you ski in, or the flow of sewage away from the toilet?
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I think the best bog I've ever seen was in a french ski resort, but I can't remember which one.
This thing had a device which removed the seat and replaced it with one that had been cleaned and dried in a device on the wall.
I flushed a few times just to watch in fascination as the motor purred, the seat lifted and disappeared into the wall and the next one emerged.
Too sad for words when I read what I just wrote!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Those toilets on the continent where you have to squat down are a nightmare and as richmond says they are almost impossible to use.
A ski in-ski out toilet wouldn't be so bad if Dermot O'Leary was the toilet attendant!!
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rungsp, Lots of Japanese in the resort?
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Kind of reminds me of the Ski in Ski out McDonalds at some ski area in Sweden. Forgot where it was now.
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You know it makes sense.
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In Grenoble airport the toilet seats have an automatic cover system on. You press a button on the side of the toilet and it feeds a sleeve cover around the toilet seat that completely encloses the seat, very hygienic. I could do with one at home for my 8 year old son who hasn't yet got into the habit of lifting the seat so as not to pee on it yet
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Whatever the merits of a ski-in ski-out toilet, the bad news is that water-skiers got to the water-closet first
Click here to blow up toilet.
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Poster: A snowHead
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jb1970, Dermot O'Leary? Who he?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Charlotte - sorry to disappoint you! There's an excellent (and thoroughly obscene) French movie called La Grande Bouffe, where three men eat themselves - very lavishly - to death. An exploding toilet features in one scene.
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If the convenience were a trench, rather than a hole, it might be possible to use it without stopping. Many skiers already assume an appropriate posture. A whole new meaning to the concept of the "fall line".
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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easiski,
Boom Boom
There you are...........
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richmond wrote: |
jb1970, Dermot O'Leary? Who he? |
Go into google images and type in Dermot O'Leary and up will pop the sexiest thing on 2 legs - he can ski into my boudoir any time he likes - need I say more!!!
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jb1970, thanks. What does he actually do (apart from get you hot and bothered)? I suspect him of being a personality.
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We had a loo like that in the rainforest in Costa Rica richmond, it ws only usable between 4.30 a.m (sunrise) and 6.30 and then from 4.00 until 7.30 (sunset). It couldn't be used in the dark because of unwanted poisonous visitors and during the day the mosquitos and the unbearable smell ruled it out unles you were absolutely desperate! Whenever anyone went to use it everybody yelled out "Dead man walking"!
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richmond wrote: |
jb1970, thanks. What does he actually do (apart from get you hot and bothered)? I suspect him of being a personality. |
I think he's a television presenter. As if that matters, I'm only in it for the eye candy!!!!!
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jb1970, Keeping ones braces out of harms way is No. 1 priority - thus avoid unpleasant results
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Bernard Condon wrote: |
jb1970, Keeping ones braces out of harms way is No. 1 priority - thus avoid unpleasant results |
I could not agree more. It can sometimes be a bit of a military operation if you need to go to the toilet; especially wearing salopettes. Jacket, top layer, then next layer, then braces, then... nightmare!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Bernard Condon, Its alright for you blokes what about us girls
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There's a hotel in Lech which when the sensor senses that you've got off the toilet, a little device pokes out, the toilet seat rotates underneath it, and it cleans and dries the toilet seat that you've just used.
Much like rungsp we played with it again and again, and then called all our friends down so they could watch the incredible contraption.
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You know it makes sense.
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Kramer wrote: |
There's a hotel in Lech which when the sensor senses that you've got off the toilet, a little device pokes out, the toilet seat rotates underneath it, and it cleans and dries the toilet seat that you've just used.
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Sounds like the japanese washlet japanese washlet toilet
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Bernard Condon, jb1970, my salopettes have a "crap flap" at the back, thus avoiding brace removal.
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Poster: A snowHead
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hibernia, the
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japanese washlet toilet
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sounds wonderful! Heated seat and a wash and blow dry! i'm surprised it doesn't read the newspaper to you too .
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Maybe they'll even start giving away Cuddly toys as well.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kramer wrote: |
Bernard Condon, jb1970, my salopettes have a "crap flap" at the back, thus avoiding brace removal. |
Thanks for that technical detail, Kramer. What's at the front?
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David Goldsmith, that would be a slash gash.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Has anyone got salopettes with a cat flap?
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Kramer wrote: |
Bernard Condon, jb1970, my salopettes have a "crap flap" at the back, thus avoiding brace removal. |
I was tempted by a pair of these a couple of years ago, but I knew that one afternoo ni'd be standing at the bar and my kids and/or my chums would between them distract me and unzip the thing, to the distress of one and all (except the kids and my chums).
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laundryman wrote: |
David Goldsmith, that would be a slash gash. |
Would women have a slightly different version
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That's what I was getting at. I suspect that Kramer is wearing women's salopettes.
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David Goldsmith, I won't expand on what I was getting at.
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Kramer wrote: |
Bernard Condon, jb1970, my salopettes have a "crap flap" at the back, thus avoiding brace removal. |
I have the flaps on my outer sals and the inner fleece ones - but it gets even more dodgy with a climbing harness over them
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