tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8370335718600825768..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Reasonable heat and progressKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8746587208207361712019-06-27T11:41:53.115+02:002019-06-27T11:41:53.115+02:00The house I grew up in, built in 1910, originally ...The house I grew up in, built in 1910, originally had what we called an outhouse. We moved in in 1951 and indoor plumbing had been added on by then — I don't know when, but probably before the war. In 1960, when we went to see my mother's family in South Carolina, there was a pump in the kitchen and no indoor toilet or bath. They had a farm and kept cows, guinea fowl, chickens, and dogs. The outhouse was a few hundred yards from the house, through the woods, on the banks of a stream. It seemed awfully primitive to us.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-78017940651948581382019-06-27T10:47:19.251+02:002019-06-27T10:47:19.251+02:00We had a separate loo in our old UK house, no sink...We had a separate loo in our old UK house, no sink in there. In the bathroom there was a sink, bath and shower, no loo. All very old fashioned and inconvenient (excuse pun).<br />We knocked through from the bedroom into the toilet to make and ensuite with shower, loo and basin. We then remodelled the bathroom to add a loo. Much better. You can never have too many loos.<br />My father recounts the tale of his mother coming home from work at a local gentry house where she was cleaner, cook and dogsbody and was outraged that her employers had plans to put a toilet INSIDE THE HOUSE! Apparently inside toilets were thought to be very unhygienic back in the 1930's!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43208061480910161932019-06-25T21:38:03.249+02:002019-06-25T21:38:03.249+02:00I'm sure my husband would pee in the bidet and...I'm sure my husband would pee in the bidet and probably wash his feet in it.Diane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084527972686778895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74952353913232820432019-06-25T16:39:57.458+02:002019-06-25T16:39:57.458+02:00Heat is not too bad right now. Only 86ºF in the lo...Heat is not too bad right now. Only 86ºF in the loft! Not humid though. Hotter tomorrow, Thurs., and Fri. Something to look forward to.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51346703688497368562019-06-25T16:38:44.726+02:002019-06-25T16:38:44.726+02:00We have a half-bath (toilet and sink) plus a ¾-bat...We have a half-bath (toilet and sink) plus a ¾-bath (sink, bidet, bathtub, shower) downstairs. No toilet in that bathroom.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91708186064740732032019-06-25T16:01:55.349+02:002019-06-25T16:01:55.349+02:00Oh boy, it's looking good! I appreciate your s...Oh boy, it's looking good! I appreciate your showing us the progress :) It's fun to watch the changes you make in your house.<br />Thinking of you in the heat!<br />JudySearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4904165523588608402019-06-25T15:02:42.765+02:002019-06-25T15:02:42.765+02:00Your downstairs bath is also a half bath? Your downstairs bath is also a half bath? Diane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084527972686778895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36483306745227848182019-06-25T14:15:00.822+02:002019-06-25T14:15:00.822+02:00English : 'Going potty' is to go slightly ...English : 'Going potty' is to go slightly mad. A potty is what little kids use (usually now made of plastic). Pots are ceramics and I have gone slightly mad about Moorcroft ginger jars.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36144430896838128692019-06-25T13:24:39.887+02:002019-06-25T13:24:39.887+02:00What goes up must come down, n'est-ce pas, Ell...What goes up must come down, n'est-ce pas, Ellen? Et vice-versa. I haven't felt it in my eyes yet. There are fewer people and fewer cars making pollution out here in the country, I guess.<br /><br />Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68847262812258277602019-06-25T13:19:45.563+02:002019-06-25T13:19:45.563+02:00We are relieved, too, to see the lower predicated ...We are relieved, too, to see the lower predicated temperature. The polluntion haze, though, has settled in over Paris and I can feel it in my eyes.<br />Having a toilet at each floor is important -- you don't want to trip and fall down the stairs on your way to the toilet or have to climb upstairs if that's where the only one is. Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65305551312511045122019-06-25T09:20:01.992+02:002019-06-25T09:20:01.992+02:00Do you use the expression "go potty" in ...Do you use the expression "go potty" in your English? Or is it American? "Go potty" means going to the loo, not losing one's marbles.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79049130286690593452019-06-25T09:13:36.711+02:002019-06-25T09:13:36.711+02:00Probably. We'll pop open a bottle of bubbly wi...Probably. We'll pop open a bottle of bubbly with the contractors the evening they finish the work.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85297068130106107352019-06-25T08:58:02.089+02:002019-06-25T08:58:02.089+02:00Will you be having a first flush party?Will you be having a first flush party?pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.com