Yep - because the drop is long - until it fills up.
They're mostly outdoors here though, and now mostly found at out-of-the-way campsites - or in the 'bush'. (Term for our forests.) A very typical NZ longdrop...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomuland/339122948/
except for the sign. :-) And not of the composting type, you'll notice. When it fills up, just dig a new hole and move the dunny to it. ( :-) )
I would think rolls became commonplace here in the 50s or early 60s, though my memory of the matter is pretty hazy. It's like television. I can remember getting our first TV, but not the switch from B&W to colour.
Hmmm. And what about keeping the last scraps of soap and boiling them up when you had enough to make a new cake? I can remember my Mum doing that when I was a child.
As to composting: Did you follow the link on that site - to where they said a composting toilet can cost up to $20,000? One would make a good centerpiece for that house...
However, the composting principal is probably pretty simple and probably explained in detail somewhere on the net.
So, does this place have phonelines in? And would it be good enough to at least get some form of internet connection? Or perhaps satellite's available there? The net's way more important than how good the toilet facilities are!
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Date: 2008-09-06 12:13 am (UTC)They're mostly outdoors here though, and now mostly found at out-of-the-way campsites - or in the 'bush'. (Term for our forests.) A very typical NZ longdrop...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomuland/339122948/
except for the sign. :-) And not of the composting type, you'll notice. When it fills up, just dig a new hole and move the dunny to it. ( :-) )
I would think rolls became commonplace here in the 50s or early 60s, though my memory of the matter is pretty hazy. It's like television. I can remember getting our first TV, but not the switch from B&W to colour.
Hmmm. And what about keeping the last scraps of soap and boiling them up when you had enough to make a new cake? I can remember my Mum doing that when I was a child.
As to composting: Did you follow the link on that site - to where they said a composting toilet can cost up to $20,000? One would make a good centerpiece for that house...
However, the composting principal is probably pretty simple and probably explained in detail somewhere on the net.
So, does this place have phonelines in? And would it be good enough to at least get some form of internet connection? Or perhaps satellite's available there? The net's way more important than how good the toilet facilities are!