On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:37:04 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:35:35 -0000, Janet > wrote:
> >
> >> In article >, says...
> >> >
> >> Downstairs bathroom refitted with bidet and walk-in, wheelchair-
> >> access shower, is very popular.
> >>
> >> Janet UK
> >>
> > Wheelchair accessible showers are very practical. Heck you don't need
> > to be incapacitated to like them. I've wanted a built in shower bench
> > since I was in my 20's, it's very handy for putting your foot on to
> > facilitate leg shaving. No one I know wants a bidet. Maybe you're
> > talking about naturalized Europeans, but no one else wants one and I
> > know plenty of old people who were brought up in other countries.
>
> My MIL had a shower bench that folded up and down. It was a horrible thing.
> Had a tendency to tilt you slightly forward when sitting on it and it had a
> very slippery surface so if you dared to use it, you could fall off.
>
I'm not talking about the cheap add on type.

> The place where my dad lived had these things that were used in the shower.
> They were essentially like toilet seats with legs and wheels. Some
> hospitals use them too.


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