On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:22:47 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> On 9/17/2017 10:54 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> > no indoor plumbing either place at the time. Both places were old and
>> > had been in the family for a while. As far as I knew everyone just
>> > got a flashlight and trekked to the outhouse.
>>
>> Word to the wise. If it's a two seater, be careful about where
>> you put the flashlight.
>>
>> Don't ask me how I know this. And how much you don't want to
>> see down there all lit up.
>
>LOL. And don't forget a spider and a web in every nook and
>cranny.

It's the deep gouges from the bear claws that are more important than
any silly spider! That's a long walk to the outhouse in the dark of
night. The girls and women always made it together with the
flashlight nervously flashing left, right, up and down at every crash
and rustle in the woods. Outhouses weren't built right next to the
house you know.
Janet US