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[geminigirl]

Still no heat. They were supposed to be here at 11 to fix it, but it's now nearly one and no heat and no repair person. Cayne called and he was told the guy was "delayed"-I am freezing. I have even put on the fleece hat. And I don't want to go upstairs to use the bathroom cause the toilet seat is cold.

We dug up a laser pointer for the cats. Haven't tried it with Beta yet, cause he's been sleeping in the linen closet (which I suspect is nice and warm) but Oblivion is having fun when we let her have it...especially on the wood floor where she slides around a lot.

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[bitty.livejournal.com]

use a hairdryer on the seat first, maybe?

[geminigirl]

I could always squat. The temp in the house is in the low fifties I think, it's not that bad-I've camped outdoors in colder weather.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, we had a 1 1/2 bath house for two grownups and six kids (at the most -- those numbers got whittled down over the years).

The kids included teenagers.

We had a rule: Only my brother and dad, the only boys, could lock the bathroom doors. The girls left it unlocked, so one could pee while the other bathed showered (this led to a rather matter-of-fact lesson about menstruation at a young age, for me) or whatever the circumstance was. (We knocked first, so my brother didn't walk in on a sister.)

The other bathroom was on the laundry porch, a dinky thing in an uninsulated room off the laundry porch. It was just a dusty sink and toilet, and one only used it when desperate and the other one was occupied. It hurt to sit on. Damn. I think I used it maybe ten times growing up.

Much later, I lived in a shared house with a similar toilet on the back porch. I had a roommate who'd spend an hour or so in the bath tub upstairs, not feeling as if she was being rude, because there was always another toilet -- yeah, if one liked to be able to peek out through holes in the siding, check the area for black widows before dropping pants, and to freeze marks into one's ass.

Sounds like the cat's got the right idea. Is there room in the closet?

[maxdwolf.livejournal.com]

At a McDee's in Atlanta I ran across a toilet that was hooked up to the hot water. I suppose it would be nice if you were used to it, or at least expecting it. But at the time I thought something really bad was about to happen at a really inopportune time.

"Aaah! water dragon!"

[margoeve.livejournal.com]

But do you have electricity? A run to lowes or HomeDepot might be in order for a space heater. You can get a semi decent one for under $20.

[geminigirl]

We've got electricity. We've also got gas for cooking and heating water at the moment...something's up with the boiler. They were supposed to be here at 11 to repair it, it's now after five and they still haven't shown or confirmed a time with us.