[Magdalen] Something new!

[Marion Thompson]

The steps were on all three open sides.

Marion


On 10/25/2016 4:54 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
> Long long ago on honeymoon in England with ex-ex-, we visited 
> relatives of his whose lovely home had once belonged to Evelyn Waugh.  
> As I recall it, on the door that opened from the bathroom to her 
> bedroom, there was padding to muffle his hammering to be let in.  But 
> I digress ....  The bathroom itself was enormous, and up three steps 
> like an altar was the toilet with a commanding view of the 
> countryside, a real throne room.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>
>
> On 10/25/2016 4:21 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>> One summer when I was a teenager, we rented a house in Georgetown, 
>> CO, that
>> had all kinds of wondrous accoutrements, including a chair whose 
>> frame was
>> made from the horns of longhorn cattle. One of the outstanding features,
>> however, was that the toilet was, for some reason, built on a small 
>> dais,
>> which of course gave rise to many jokes over the summer about the 
>> "throne".
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/25/2016 2:53:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> I forgot  to tip the movers who moved our stuff into this apartment
>>> (from our  downtown one in 2004) and felt terrible about it for a week.
>>> Apparently  tipping movers is also fairly optional, but
>>> still...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When we closed out our large apartment provided by the Army
>>> in Frankfurt/M, Germany, we were told that the cleanup crew (German
>>> nationals) was not to be tipped, but that it would be appropriate and
>>> helpful for us to make a case of beer (Binding Bier - "Das Schmeckt!")
>>> available to the workers, all burly, sweaty types.  The three of  them
>>> polished off a case (I think it was 24 bottles) and did a wonderful 
>>> job  of
>>> cleaning out the apartment.  The BO left behind was another story!
>>>
>>> It was a lovely apartment, with separate dining room, living room,
>>> large bathroom and three bedrooms, complete with beautiful oak
>>> parquet floors except in kitchen in bathroom (tiles).  With our
>>> mixture of Danish teak and Bauhaus furnishings, it was lovely.
>>> I'm sure it was a step above the BOQ.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David S.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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