Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 Many people may find this difficult to understand in these times, but I did not have indoor plumbing until I went to college and then got married. Mom and Dad had to wait until 4 of the 6 kids were out of the house before they could afford to build a new house on the same property. That was 24 years ago. I was 30 and expecting my 3rd child when my now deceased brother and I put in the new carpeting. It's amazing when I think how difficult it must have been for Mom to do laundry and wash us kids for those years. During the winter, we had a " pot " just inside the back door in an entry way. It was emptied daily. I am thankful that was NOT one of my chores. I did have to pump the water and put it in the large copper pot on the space heater in the kitchen, though. I guess, of all the modern conveniences we have, the one I would miss most is running water in the house. Yes, the area was rural, but many people around us had running water and indoor plumbing. We were just po folks. And this was just 30 years ago. Mike Gray At 12:22 AM 8/4/02 -0400, you wrote: >Mike, and all. Let's all go back 50 or 60 years to the farm or rural >area. No indoor plumbing. Long way to out house. Solution indoor white potty >with lid. Empty every morning, rinse and bring back in. I can remember well. >Why not now for those with this problem?? > >Byron and in FL > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. Mike At 02:37 PM 8/4/02 +1000, you wrote: >Mike, > >A couple of years ago I found something which works really well as a >portable urinal, which is exactly what it was designed for. I carry one >with me in the console of my car now, always use one at night so I don't >have to try to walk to the bathroom if woken by the need to urinate and >take one with me whenever I go anywhere where I don't know how easy it >will be to find a toilet. > >It is called a Uribag and is a very strong plastic cylinder, only about >two inches long and an inch in diameter - I can easily carry one in my >shirt pocket. People can see there is something in my pocket but unless >they knew about them would have no idea what it was. At one end it has >a full diameter lift up cap. Fixed to the inside of the cylinder is a >very strong rubber bag which is just pushed up inside the cylinder and >stays there when not in use. > >When you need to use it you just lift the cap up and push the rubber bag >down through the other end with your finger or thumb, giving you a bag >with a very useful capacity - not sure what it is but probably about a >pint. Put it this way - even when I have drunk a lot of fluid before >going to bed and am woken several times by the need to urinate it is >only the third time when I start to worry about filling it. > >As my previous email said I usually don't have a need to carry one >around with me any more because my antidepressants alleviate the urinary >urgency, but they are a great little device! > >Over here I think they retail for about US$20 and I am still using the >first one I bought about 2 or 3 years ago, although usually only now to >prevent me having to go to the bathroom during the night. I now only >have to swing my legs out of bed, get the Uribag out of the bedside >drawers, sit on the edge of the bed and Bob's your uncle!! It is also >relatively easy to use in the car without making any mess and without >people in other cars wondering what the heck you are doing or thinking >you are a pervert! :-) > > > >Mike wrote: > > > > > Snip......... > > > > > > And Dave, carrying a urinal at work would be a little strange. But, I work > > in a strange place. I do limit my fluid intake on long trips and recently > > had a 10 hour drive and had no problems. > > > > Mike Gray. > > > >-- > . > ,-._|\ Covington > / Oz \ > \_,--.x/ > v > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. Mike At 02:37 PM 8/4/02 +1000, you wrote: >Mike, > >A couple of years ago I found something which works really well as a >portable urinal, which is exactly what it was designed for. I carry one >with me in the console of my car now, always use one at night so I don't >have to try to walk to the bathroom if woken by the need to urinate and >take one with me whenever I go anywhere where I don't know how easy it >will be to find a toilet. > >It is called a Uribag and is a very strong plastic cylinder, only about >two inches long and an inch in diameter - I can easily carry one in my >shirt pocket. People can see there is something in my pocket but unless >they knew about them would have no idea what it was. At one end it has >a full diameter lift up cap. Fixed to the inside of the cylinder is a >very strong rubber bag which is just pushed up inside the cylinder and >stays there when not in use. > >When you need to use it you just lift the cap up and push the rubber bag >down through the other end with your finger or thumb, giving you a bag >with a very useful capacity - not sure what it is but probably about a >pint. Put it this way - even when I have drunk a lot of fluid before >going to bed and am woken several times by the need to urinate it is >only the third time when I start to worry about filling it. > >As my previous email said I usually don't have a need to carry one >around with me any more because my antidepressants alleviate the urinary >urgency, but they are a great little device! > >Over here I think they retail for about US$20 and I am still using the >first one I bought about 2 or 3 years ago, although usually only now to >prevent me having to go to the bathroom during the night. I now only >have to swing my legs out of bed, get the Uribag out of the bedside >drawers, sit on the edge of the bed and Bob's your uncle!! It is also >relatively easy to use in the car without making any mess and without >people in other cars wondering what the heck you are doing or thinking >you are a pervert! :-) > > > >Mike wrote: > > > > > Snip......... > > > > > > And Dave, carrying a urinal at work would be a little strange. But, I work > > in a strange place. I do limit my fluid intake on long trips and recently > > had a 10 hour drive and had no problems. > > > > Mike Gray. > > > >-- > . > ,-._|\ Covington > / Oz \ > \_,--.x/ > v > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. Mike At 02:37 PM 8/4/02 +1000, you wrote: >Mike, > >A couple of years ago I found something which works really well as a >portable urinal, which is exactly what it was designed for. I carry one >with me in the console of my car now, always use one at night so I don't >have to try to walk to the bathroom if woken by the need to urinate and >take one with me whenever I go anywhere where I don't know how easy it >will be to find a toilet. > >It is called a Uribag and is a very strong plastic cylinder, only about >two inches long and an inch in diameter - I can easily carry one in my >shirt pocket. People can see there is something in my pocket but unless >they knew about them would have no idea what it was. At one end it has >a full diameter lift up cap. Fixed to the inside of the cylinder is a >very strong rubber bag which is just pushed up inside the cylinder and >stays there when not in use. > >When you need to use it you just lift the cap up and push the rubber bag >down through the other end with your finger or thumb, giving you a bag >with a very useful capacity - not sure what it is but probably about a >pint. Put it this way - even when I have drunk a lot of fluid before >going to bed and am woken several times by the need to urinate it is >only the third time when I start to worry about filling it. > >As my previous email said I usually don't have a need to carry one >around with me any more because my antidepressants alleviate the urinary >urgency, but they are a great little device! > >Over here I think they retail for about US$20 and I am still using the >first one I bought about 2 or 3 years ago, although usually only now to >prevent me having to go to the bathroom during the night. I now only >have to swing my legs out of bed, get the Uribag out of the bedside >drawers, sit on the edge of the bed and Bob's your uncle!! It is also >relatively easy to use in the car without making any mess and without >people in other cars wondering what the heck you are doing or thinking >you are a pervert! :-) > > > >Mike wrote: > > > > > Snip......... > > > > > > And Dave, carrying a urinal at work would be a little strange. But, I work > > in a strange place. I do limit my fluid intake on long trips and recently > > had a 10 hour drive and had no problems. > > > > Mike Gray. > > > >-- > . > ,-._|\ Covington > / Oz \ > \_,--.x/ > v > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 If you keep a urinal at your bedside, you don't have to race at all. I have done this for many years and it works just fine. Give it a try. Levy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 If you keep a urinal at your bedside, you don't have to race at all. I have done this for many years and it works just fine. Give it a try. Levy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 If you keep a urinal at your bedside, you don't have to race at all. I have done this for many years and it works just fine. Give it a try. Levy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 known as a chamber pot. {:+) Re: Embarrassing Problem > Mike, and all. Let's all go back 50 or 60 years to the farm or rural > area. No indoor plumbing. Long way to out house. Solution indoor white potty > with lid. Empty every morning, rinse and bring back in. I can remember well. > Why not now for those with this problem?? > > Byron and in FL > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 known as a chamber pot. {:+) Re: Embarrassing Problem > Mike, and all. Let's all go back 50 or 60 years to the farm or rural > area. No indoor plumbing. Long way to out house. Solution indoor white potty > with lid. Empty every morning, rinse and bring back in. I can remember well. > Why not now for those with this problem?? > > Byron and in FL > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2002 Report Share Posted August 4, 2002 known as a chamber pot. {:+) Re: Embarrassing Problem > Mike, and all. Let's all go back 50 or 60 years to the farm or rural > area. No indoor plumbing. Long way to out house. Solution indoor white potty > with lid. Empty every morning, rinse and bring back in. I can remember well. > Why not now for those with this problem?? > > Byron and in FL > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 I've found emptying it to be a piece of cake Mike, although I don't live in the big, big smoke - more like in the little, big smoke. Just find a quiet spot somewhere (preferably grassed), pull over, stay in your car seat, open the door a bit and empty it out. No drama. Unless you'd drunk heaps of fluids and were emulating Niagara Falls you'd have plenty of time to find a suitable place. Mike wrote: > Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little > thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be > how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. > That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine > sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. > > Mike > > -- . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 I've found emptying it to be a piece of cake Mike, although I don't live in the big, big smoke - more like in the little, big smoke. Just find a quiet spot somewhere (preferably grassed), pull over, stay in your car seat, open the door a bit and empty it out. No drama. Unless you'd drunk heaps of fluids and were emulating Niagara Falls you'd have plenty of time to find a suitable place. Mike wrote: > Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little > thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be > how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. > That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine > sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. > > Mike > > -- . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 I've found emptying it to be a piece of cake Mike, although I don't live in the big, big smoke - more like in the little, big smoke. Just find a quiet spot somewhere (preferably grassed), pull over, stay in your car seat, open the door a bit and empty it out. No drama. Unless you'd drunk heaps of fluids and were emulating Niagara Falls you'd have plenty of time to find a suitable place. Mike wrote: > Aw, shucks, . People already think I'm a pervert. What would a little > thing like this do while driving down the road. My only concern would be > how to get it emptied while on a long trip if we pulled into a Rest Stop. > That thing would be obvious. I guess I could tell everyone it's my urine > sample and I passed, so I have to get rid of the excess. > > Mike > > -- . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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