Saturday, October 14, 2006

Ann still needs to gain weight. So we have been working on it, one hill at a time. We go walking each morning after breakfast for at least an hour, sometimes two. Their house sits right in the middle of what feels like one of Adelaide's steepest hills. We are motivation for one another I believe. She feels like she needs to keep up with me, and I know that I should keep up with her.

Most often we take the "beach route". There are a countless number of things to see on the beach. Strangely enough, the thing that measured highest on the unique scale was not a person. It was the.................


ExeLoo


You have to push a button to get the door to open. Once you are in, the door automatically closes and easy listening music starts playing from some hidden speaker. Very ironic. There is a button to press for tissue paper. At the sink, you are meant to start on the left hand side with an automatic squirt of soap; then onto the middle for some water; finally, off to the far right with automatic hand drier. "If you can not finish all this in 10 minutes," warns the eerie man living in the Loo speakers, "you will be forever shamed when the door zings open." (not verbatim)

Eventually, when Bert is caught up with sermon prep, I have to ask where the cord for downloading photos is. But till then...

7 comments:

Mrs. P said...

I went in one on a crowded street in Paris once and just stood there to see if it really would fly open after 10 minutes.

Yep. It did. I feel sorry for anyone who takes longer than that.

PEM Cell Hydrogen said...

That just seems really scary. But it does look nice and shiny and respectable on the outside. A lot better than the porta johns in the states.

Anonymous said...

At first glance I thought it was an ATM but I couldn't find a place to make the deposit. :) I think they should have a moon on the door.

Tim and Lanette said...

Wow, I think port-a-johns should have time limits. You know they could just threaten to tip over after ten min. What you think?

Kryna said...

At least you do not have to pay 20 pence!

PEM Cell Hydrogen said...

I don't understand the going for walks to gain weight thing. We always went for walks to lose weight. Maybe you are walking to McDonalds.

Tim and Lanette said...

I was kinda wishin you were here kryn cuz i have to blow the leaves and don't have a lot of extra time and know how much you like to use the leaf blower:)~tim