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To Flush Or Not To Flush
gooman writes "Tired of arguing the same old issues like Linux vs Windows? Choose up sides in the fight over flushing vs non-flushing urinals. The L.A. Times reports on efforts to place the waterless urinal into the Uniform Plumbing Code. To quote: '...the ordinary-looking urinal is at the center of a national debate that has plumbers and water conservationists taking aim at one another.' Amazingly simple, the no-flush urinal uses gravity to force urine through a filter containing a floating layer of oily liquid which then acts as a sealant to prevent sewer odors from escaping. Each no-flush urinal is claimed to save over 24,000 gallons of water a year, but the opposition is concerned about the spread of disease. Although not mentioned in the article this technology is in use around the world. Does anyone have these fixtures installed at their place of employment? Are there any real drawbacks? Is this really a worthwhile debate or just an excuse for toilet humor?"
I see it happen all the time.
May I suggest more fiber in your diet?
soapless hand rinse to acknowledge any possible witnesses to his hygeine [...] quickly rinse and dry his hands without soap to acknowledge my presence as a potential witness to his hygeine
And learning to aim?
You can't take the sky from me...
"Are there any real drawbacks? "
You mean besides varies strains of hepititas?
Sorry, I think I'll stick with the health care recommendations for reducing the spread of disease.
Sadly, eviromentalists* have become unthinking, knee jerking, anti-corporate, idiots more bent on have the term 'enviromentalist' tagged on to their name then actually thinking about responsible application of enviromental techniques.
*Not all enviromentalists, but a sure lot of them.
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We were hit by a hurricane that we're were powerless to prevent
Which caused the city to be flooded which could have easily been prevented.
New Orleans exists where it does for a lot of practical reasons, and those reasons are very important to the economic workings of this country.
The extreme majority of the population had nothing to do with shipping, fishing, oil, etc.
The local governments are working pretty damn hard.
That's complete bullshit. Yall just sat your asses down and waited for the federal government to come help you. Nobody in their right mind would seriously believe that the local governments were working hard. There were hundreds of examples all over the news proving this. Parking lots full of unused buses, etc. were a very common occurance.
I question if any city/state/locality would have the resources to deal with something of this scale.
Like, oh, say... Texas? We did a pretty good job of hauling our asses outta there when we heard a hurricane was coming through. It helped that nobody was living in a hole in the ground surrounded on all sides by huge amounts of water.
Flooding which, by the way, would not have happened if the Army corps of engineers had actually built the system to the tolerances that they had told us they did.
Just another example of relying on other, non-local, groups. Did you never think that maybe yall should handle it yourselves? Also, it was publicly known that it could only handle a category 3 storm, and guess what? A category 4 storm broke it. What a surprise.