A sheewee is a plastic pipe-like implement which allows a woman to wee standing up. Much better than exposing one’s bottom to the elements or possible onlookers.
I remember having a sneaky wee behind a bush when my three year old son shouted ‘are you having a WEE Mum?’
OK, we've received opposite advice, that waste paper could be a receptacle for germs (and, re-usable towels even worse as different people touch them) and so motion activated hand dryers are preferable. As we currently have neither towel dispensers or electric dryers the advice was that it would be better to install the dryers, whereas the other churches in the pastorate already have paper towel dispensers and they were considered adequate so no need to install anything else.
@Boogie - thanks! I thought it must be some sort of Ingenious Engine, or Device...
@Alan Cresswell - we have hand-dryers in the Hall WCs, but not in the one in the Vestry. Given that very few people are likely to be using the Vestry facility, we may make do with paper towels here...
OK, we've received opposite advice, that waste paper could be a receptacle for germs (and, re-usable towels even worse as different people touch them) and so motion activated hand dryers are preferable. As we currently have neither towel dispensers or electric dryers the advice was that it would be better to install the dryers, whereas the other churches in the pastorate already have paper towel dispensers and they were considered adequate so no need to install anything else.
As far as I have seen, the idea is that the hot air may kill things, but if it doesn't, then the viral particles may become airborne, but what if the drier has a filtre, then it may filtre the particles out, but who ever changes an air drier filtre. I think it is a "who knows?" situation.
I'd like to point out that as I've had to check those links for link-functionality, I now fully expect to see adverts for she-wees appearing every half an hour or so on my Facebook feed.
I'd like to point out that as I've had to check those links for link-functionality, I now fully expect to see adverts for she-wees appearing every half an hour or so on my Facebook feed.
I had an advert for a similar piece of equipment (different brand) on my FB feed today - and I hadn't even read the posts here.
I'd like to point out that as I've had to check those links for link-functionality, I now fully expect to see adverts for she-wees appearing every half an hour or so on my Facebook feed.
She-wees et al are not going to help me get round the problem of attending church with no access to a toilet.
There are a couple of large gravestones in the kirkyard which might provide enough cover, but I think my standing as an Elder of the Kirk might be dented if I was known to have been peeing on the graves, even if done discretely with a she-wee.
Mind you, it might liven up Session meetings no end if item 7b) was "Elders using the kirkyard for post-service urination"
Could one perhaps discreetly disappear behind (say) the north wall of the kirk, or whichever side is furthest away from the door, and urinate discreetly upon the ground?
The tale is told of long-distance trains, before the days of corridor coaches with WCs, halting at stations in order for the Gentlemen to patronise the urinals, or perhaps the local bushes, whilst the Ladies (in their Very Long and Voluminous Dresses) stood on the platform and admired the scenery. Let the reader understand...
Seriously, though, I think it's important that churches, once re-opened for public worship, should at least have some access to WCs.
FatherInCharge has made the point that, no matter what we do in the way of preparation, cleaning etc., we are not going to have a 100% perfectly safe church. He emphasises, of course, that We Must Do As Much As We Can.
She-wees et al are not going to help me get round the problem of attending church with no access to a toilet.
There are a couple of large gravestones in the kirkyard which might provide enough cover, but I think my standing as an Elder of the Kirk might be dented if I was known to have been peeing on the graves, even if done discretely with a she-wee.
Mind you, it might liven up Session meetings no end if item 7b) was "Elders using the kirkyard for post-service urination"
The biffy bag has a modesty screen and then you take it home with you ...
I'm seeing an opening for the Pewmode. Modelled on the sedan chair (or indeed a Dalek) with four wheels powered by interior pedals* and a suitably adjustable seat and integral bidet. The complete enclosure affords comprehensive protection from viruses. The front and side windows come with blinds for privacy, or if you wish to sleep during the service.
The tale is told of long-distance trains, before the days of corridor coaches with WCs, halting at stations in order for the Gentlemen to patronise the urinals, or perhaps the local bushes, whilst the Ladies (in their Very Long and Voluminous Dresses) stood on the platform and admired the scenery.
Gives new meaning to the term "platform shoes", doesn't it?
The tale is told of long-distance trains, before the days of corridor coaches with WCs, halting at stations in order for the Gentlemen to patronise the urinals, or perhaps the local bushes, whilst the Ladies (in their Very Long and Voluminous Dresses) stood on the platform and admired the scenery. Let the reader understand...
Not possible to achieve without very wet legs when standing. They would have to be at least half squatting, admiring the daisies in the grass, skirts billowing out around them.
I can remember some memoir of the period describing how the writer as a small boy would be told to Go Away by some lady standing in an alley taking a great interest in the nearby rooftops. He recalled the voluminous petticoats as being somewhat smelly.
Mind you, it might liven up Session meetings no end if item 7b) was "Elders using the kirkyard for post-service urination"
When my eldest niece was baptized, my brother's church was undergoing renovations. They were upgrading their toilet facilities, so had hired a portaloo, which was placed on the church lawn, while the regular facilities were out of action.
One wall of the church was entirely made up of clear glass windows. Normally, this gave a rather attractive view of the lawn and surrounding area. At this time, however, it gave a clear view of a procession of church members making their way across the lawn to the portaloo and back.
I can remember some memoir of the period describing how the writer as a small boy would be told to Go Away by some lady standing in an alley taking a great interest in the nearby rooftops. He recalled the voluminous petticoats as being somewhat smelly.
Pepys’ diary gives an account of him rushing home because Lady Sandwich has called at his house. He goes into the drawing room and engages her in conversation but soon realises that she is sitting on the pot (covered by her skirts).
I was told by my Nana of the underwear called two on a band - separate legs with a gap between, held up by a band round the waist. To enable the sprt of thing described above.
I was told by my Nana of the underwear called two on a band - separate legs with a gap between, held up by a band round the waist. To enable the sprt of thing described above.
I used to visit an elderly lady in a care home who recalled seeing her great-granny's drawers, constructed as thus described, pegged out on the washing-line.
I remember reading that drawers with an open seam were proper ladies undies. Closed seam drawers were used for burlesque dancing such as show girls drawn by Toulouse-Lautrec: https://www.cutlermiles.com/a-lelysee-montmartre-henri-de-toulouse-lautrec/ Click on one of the thumbnails for a better view.
I’ve made and worn open drawers during Victorian re-enactment because it’s really hard to go to the toilet and pull down and up closed drawers while wearing a corset, crinoline and several petticoats.
I was told by my Nana of the underwear called two on a band - separate legs with a gap between, held up by a band round the waist. To enable the sprt of thing described above.
I used to visit an elderly lady in a care home who recalled seeing her great-granny's drawers, constructed as thus described, pegged out on the washing-line.
We called out grandma’s drawers ‘barrage balloons’ as they billowed and ballooned in the wind on the line!
I used to wear vintage Victorian drawers under my skirt when I was riding my bike (with modern knickers underneath). When my skirt blew up, they kept my legs warm (and modest!).
Restarting church post lockdown. Re-opening (or not) church toilets. Expedients in absence of toilets (round the back o large gravestones etc). What they did in the Old Days before public toilets. Particular problems for women. Underwear design as it addressed said problems.
On the topic of C-19, I have been interested in the variety of responses by the variety of denominations. Earlier this week, the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto (still in Phase One while most of the rest of Ontario has moved to Phase Two this week) announced that they are resuming mass, with Communion by intinction for the celebrants. The laity, it seems, will receive only the host only in the hand. Maintaining the 2m distance is still the order of the day. I had heard, but it's not in online guidelines, that the congregants are to reserve in advance (?!). The Anglican Diocese has announced that we're maintaining our closure until the autumn (I think unspecified, or, I didn't see it on the website). There has been informal discussion amongst our congregation about the possibility of opening our chapel for private contemplation/devotion, probably by appointment, or some similar arrangement, but this is still in the very vaguely speculative stage and we have yet to consult the Diocese formally. The Eastern Orthodox are resumed yesterday with Great Vespers. I'm uncertain what the other denominations are doing. The rabbinical council has also opted to stay closed until the autumn. The muslims are resuming their services under very strict protocols.
Considering that I was down with something last month, I'm happy to have us closed.
My sister and I met up with a few of the family today for a walk along the front at Queensferry, and the place was absolutely hoaching, with scant regard for social distancing. Hardly anyone was wearing a mask; I put mine on when I went to patronise the ice-cream shop, but the only other mask I saw was on the bloke behind the counter.
My sister and I met up with a few of the family today for a walk along the front at Queensferry, and the place was absolutely hoaching, with scant regard for social distancing. Hardly anyone was wearing a mask; I put mine on when I went to patronise the ice-cream shop, but the only other mask I saw was on the bloke behind the counter.
Another fond (tangent) memory... I wonder if that's the same ice cream shop near the Hawes Inn where we took a very small daughter many, many years ago when we lived nearby. It was memorable as the first occasion when she tried to feed herself. She grabbed the cone with both hands from her mother and pretty much shoved it into her face. How did you handle yours, Piglet?
and the place was absolutely hoaching, with scant regard for social distancing. .
I tried to find out what "hoaching" means, and La Computter gave me a bewildering variety of possibilities; Mugs, chalices, Chinese silver export items, and on & on. My best guess is (from context) "crowded".
It scares me that so many people are ignoring distancing, and not using face masks. The church I work for is super-eager to resume 'normal' activity. {roll eyes]
I am wondering if this virus is any more or less contagious then the yearly flu. I have seen no comments on this. It certainly is more dangerous but does it really spread faster and further. I remember last November/December it seems half the town was complaining about being sick.
In my tiny orbit of five shops and half a dozen streets, social distancing is pretty well observed. It's become ingrained now, when I see someone approaching, to compute which of us should/is most likely to swerve into the road as we pass.
I also wonder if I'll become conditioned to only ever going round a supermarket in one direction.
I am wondering if this virus is any more or less contagious then the yearly flu. I have seen no comments on this. It certainly is more dangerous but does it really spread faster and further. I remember last November/December it seems half the town was complaining about being sick.
My 15 year old son brought it home from school and 3 of the 4 of us at home clearly had it (my 19 year old was asymtomatic but he is never unwell). Several of my son’s school year had the same cough (I could hear his friend cough over his internet) with one parent having a confirmed positive test. It seemed to be spreading quite effectively.
Social distancing is rather ignored in the streets around here as well.
I am one of very few people wearing a mask here; often on my daily walk I don’t see anyone masked, even people who clearly are heading to work at the hospital. I find people are more likely to attempt social distancing if they see someone in a mask and this is especially apparent if I walk via the nearby alleyway where people will cover their face with their clothes if they see me masked.
The nearby Waitrose, however, is well masked up; about half the patrons early in the morning but fewer in the evening.
Masks can be uncomfortable -I wonder if those heading to the hospital are waiting until they arrive at work before putting on their mask?
Social distancing seems to be fairly well-maintained in my local village street and shops (Co-Op, pharmacy, and another 'convenience' store), and Masked Desperadoes are certainly to be seen waiting at the Bus Stop...
I hope to get to Tesco this morning, where, again, the distancing/one-way-system etc. seems to be working well, but, given the re-opening this morning of many other shops, I'm expecting to find more road traffic than has been the case lately.
The rules say you don't have to wear masks outside, so I carry masks in my bag and put them on as I go inside. There's usually plenty of time in the queue to do so. Although we seem to be losing masks pretty universally here. And when I've finished going into shops I'll take my mask off and put it in its own bag in my bag.
The motorways are noticeably a lot busier. It was really nice when they were so quiet.
Like CK, I carry a mask and wear it only if I'm going into a shop.
Social distancing is being well observed here, with friendly waves and smiles as people cross the road, or veer to the side or whatever. I've only had one experience since lock down of anyone ignoring it completely. That was an elderly man, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt re confusion. Four of us were queuing on the pavement outside the Post Office, all well spaced out. The elderly man walked along the narrow pavement as we all attempted to shrink back into the wall away from him, and walked straight into the Post Office, obviously not having registered the four people as a queue.
My aunt has also reportedly been ignoring social distancing, but we think she's in the early stages of dementia.
Yes, I've seen one or two people do much the same thing, not noticing a fairly obvious queue.
I'm sure that those with some form of dementia are finding the whole business even more difficult than the rest of us!
Traffic in town was OK, but there were long queues outside various newly-reopened shops. I need new Jeans, and some new Shoes, which I usually get from George at Asda (being a Scruffy Old Water Rat means that I don't like paying too much for clothes that soon get plastered with mud, oil, seawater, tar, and paint...), but I can wait a day or several till the rush dies down.
Masks can be uncomfortable -I wonder if those heading to the hospital are waiting until they arrive at work before putting on their mask?
I’m sure they are (it will be compulsory for all of them this week and most were wearing last time I visited 2 months ago). But I was more intrigued by the fact they didn’t seem bothered outside their work despite some of them being health care workers and some didn’t seem to make an effort to be socially distant when walking or cycling past me either. I put my mask up when near people, despite almost certainly having already had covid.
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I remember having a sneaky wee behind a bush when my three year old son shouted ‘are you having a WEE Mum?’
One should practice first in the shower. 🙂
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@Alan Cresswell - we have hand-dryers in the Hall WCs, but not in the one in the Vestry. Given that very few people are likely to be using the Vestry facility, we may make do with paper towels here...
The idea is to pee standing up (therefore with less surfaces to clean later.)
Old Lady (to Doctor) 'Doctor, I can't pee!'
Doctor 'How old are you?'
Old Lady '88!'
Doctor 'You've pee'd enough...'
I'll get me gozunda...
Thank you very much.
I had an advert for a similar piece of equipment (different brand) on my FB feed today - and I hadn't even read the posts here.
@Heavenlyannie and @Boogie, thank you! I'll send my friends a link to that article. I suspect that it will make them think twice, or thrice.
People use this stuff for leave no trace hiking. That and poo tubes for rock climbing.
🤣🤣
There are a couple of large gravestones in the kirkyard which might provide enough cover, but I think my standing as an Elder of the Kirk might be dented if I was known to have been peeing on the graves, even if done discretely with a she-wee.
Mind you, it might liven up Session meetings no end if item 7b) was "Elders using the kirkyard for post-service urination"
The tale is told of long-distance trains, before the days of corridor coaches with WCs, halting at stations in order for the Gentlemen to patronise the urinals, or perhaps the local bushes, whilst the Ladies (in their Very Long and Voluminous Dresses) stood on the platform and admired the scenery. Let the reader understand...
Seriously, though, I think it's important that churches, once re-opened for public worship, should at least have some access to WCs.
FatherInCharge has made the point that, no matter what we do in the way of preparation, cleaning etc., we are not going to have a 100% perfectly safe church. He emphasises, of course, that We Must Do As Much As We Can.
The biffy bag has a modesty screen and then you take it home with you ...
*in the deluxe model a two stroke engine.
Gives new meaning to the term "platform shoes", doesn't it?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/j7MAAOSwoTFeY1b3/s-l640.jpg
Not possible to achieve without very wet legs when standing. They would have to be at least half squatting, admiring the daisies in the grass, skirts billowing out around them.
When my eldest niece was baptized, my brother's church was undergoing renovations. They were upgrading their toilet facilities, so had hired a portaloo, which was placed on the church lawn, while the regular facilities were out of action.
One wall of the church was entirely made up of clear glass windows. Normally, this gave a rather attractive view of the lawn and surrounding area. At this time, however, it gave a clear view of a procession of church members making their way across the lawn to the portaloo and back.
a) a potty chair for a pope to use during long meetings, while enrobed;
b) a way to check a nearly-pope for male plumbing, just before investiture/coronation;
c) both the above;
d) something else...
Bawdy but not obscene.
We called out grandma’s drawers ‘barrage balloons’ as they billowed and ballooned in the wind on the line!
Restarting church post lockdown. Re-opening (or not) church toilets. Expedients in absence of toilets (round the back o large gravestones etc). What they did in the Old Days before public toilets. Particular problems for women. Underwear design as it addressed said problems.
See? Obvious.
Considering that I was down with something last month, I'm happy to have us closed.
Another fond (tangent) memory... I wonder if that's the same ice cream shop near the Hawes Inn where we took a very small daughter many, many years ago when we lived nearby. It was memorable as the first occasion when she tried to feed herself. She grabbed the cone with both hands from her mother and pretty much shoved it into her face. How did you handle yours, Piglet?
I tried to find out what "hoaching" means, and La Computter gave me a bewildering variety of possibilities; Mugs, chalices, Chinese silver export items, and on & on. My best guess is (from context) "crowded".
It scares me that so many people are ignoring distancing, and not using face masks. The church I work for is super-eager to resume 'normal' activity. {roll eyes]
I also wonder if I'll become conditioned to only ever going round a supermarket in one direction.
The nearby Waitrose, however, is well masked up; about half the patrons early in the morning but fewer in the evening.
Social distancing seems to be fairly well-maintained in my local village street and shops (Co-Op, pharmacy, and another 'convenience' store), and Masked Desperadoes are certainly to be seen waiting at the Bus Stop...
I hope to get to Tesco this morning, where, again, the distancing/one-way-system etc. seems to be working well, but, given the re-opening this morning of many other shops, I'm expecting to find more road traffic than has been the case lately.
The motorways are noticeably a lot busier. It was really nice when they were so quiet.
Social distancing is being well observed here, with friendly waves and smiles as people cross the road, or veer to the side or whatever. I've only had one experience since lock down of anyone ignoring it completely. That was an elderly man, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt re confusion. Four of us were queuing on the pavement outside the Post Office, all well spaced out. The elderly man walked along the narrow pavement as we all attempted to shrink back into the wall away from him, and walked straight into the Post Office, obviously not having registered the four people as a queue.
My aunt has also reportedly been ignoring social distancing, but we think she's in the early stages of dementia.
I'm sure that those with some form of dementia are finding the whole business even more difficult than the rest of us!
Traffic in town was OK, but there were long queues outside various newly-reopened shops. I need new Jeans, and some new Shoes, which I usually get from George at Asda (being a Scruffy Old Water Rat means that I don't like paying too much for clothes that soon get plastered with mud, oil, seawater, tar, and paint...), but I can wait a day or several till the rush dies down.