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Janet

In article >,
lid says...
>
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:55:39 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
> >On 2017-04-24 12:41 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:39:16 -0400, wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:18:52 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2017-04-24 1:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>> "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> True in most of Europe, they've got phone booth-like stalls at the
> >>>>> curb with an attendant to sell you TP. Most restaurants in Europe
> >>>>> have men's rooms with a pee trough, no individual urinals. I've not
> >>>>> seen it but I've been told the ladies rooms have holes in the floor
> >>>>> with marks for feet for squatting. Of course those who stay at
> >>>>> American style accomodations really haven't seen Europe.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ===
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Not in UK!!! We are part of Europe you know)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Incidentally, the only place I have seen the hole in the floor for
> >>>>> women, was in India.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have lived in various places in Europe but I have never seen it there.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I have seen them in bars in Provence.
> >>>
> >>> All over France and Italy... in most parts there are no sewer systems,
> >>> the waste line goes out onto the street. In the rural farming ares
> >>> most still use out houses and no indoor plumbing.
> >>
> >> Total bullshit
> >>
> >Christ! Next he'll write that the water is unsafe to drink!
>
> It would help if he specified that he's talking about the 1800s.

He probably knows even less about European history than he does about
geography or politics

Janet UK