American toilets

[Jerry]

Best you pull your internet connection then, for the medium that has the most factual errors is the web...

[Mary Fisher]

You're assuming that I consult the web for facts!

[Adam Funk]

True, but I don't think you get probiotics off other people's damp hands after they've been to the toilet.

[Adam Funk]

So there ought to be a public-health campaign to compel businesses to provide paper towels --- at least as an alternative to electric dryers.

[Jerry]

Well I know you have asked question here....

I have no problems with television, radio, the internet or newspapers, not all the content is fiction, not all is correct, but I am able to digest what is given and sort the chaff from the grain.

[Jerry]

No, but you do get low doses of bacteria, which in turn allow the body to develop anti-bodies.

[Mary Fisher]

It must be awful to have to share ngs with lesser mortals

[Mary Fisher]

Well I suggest you start one.

Great oaks ...

[John of Aix]

Not really true and no doubt the reason for hand dryers*. Water, even 'clean' cotains and is a good host for many bacteria. The object therefore of such a dryer is to eliminate the host, the water and, I suppose, supply sufficient heat to kill any nasties that remain. While personal I'd rather have (paper) towels any time, logically I think that if you're a hygiene nut, then a dryer is probably better.

(*Is it 'drier' or 'dryer'?)

[deckertim]

Wickes sell brass ones with a white cap for about =A33. I have used these to fit both loos in my house and they are good quality and substantive.

[Frank Erskine]

Where does the air originate for these hot-air hand driers? Surely it's from the bowels of the bog, which includes the #2 cubicles and the urinal stalls?

Or is it ducted in from fresh sweet pastures somewhere?

EMNTK -

[Marcus Houlden]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:22:19 +0200, John of Aix wrote the following to uk.misc:

A few options that these surveys never seem to consider is what happens if:

1. You don't wash your hands at all
2. You rinse them without soap
3. You wash (or rinse) them, use neither paper towel nor dryer, and let them dry naturally

My dictionary (Collins Compact English Dictionary) suggests that "drier" is the adjective and "dryer" is the noun, although it says that "dryer" can also be used as an adjective.

mh.

[Frank Erskine]

Yes.

[<me9]

Exactly, but they rarely say that. It's usually just E. Coli.

Yes, it's an indicator of what could be worse. There's one particularly nasty one who's spores aren't killed with the usual disinfectants, but can be filtered out. Its name escapes me ATM.

[John Rumm]

Cryptosporidium?

[Owain]

In the better class of pub, yes.

In the rougher establishments there isn't such a fine distinction between the purposes of the various sanitarywares provided.

I expect Harrods have bottled air. I can't see them running a pipeline.

Owain

[<me9]

Bingo!

[Roly]

We have a double-trap syphonic WC and it's by far the most effective bog we've ever had. It must have been installed about 25 years ago and always clears everything at the first attempt. It's also very quiet, so not too antisocial to flush in the night while others sleep.

When our daughter visists, she often comments about how she wishes she could get something similar for her house.

[Dave Fawthrop]

|On 2006-08-24, Dave Fawthrop wrote: | |>|> The air is full of bacteria, your skin is, your car keys are, your steering |>|> wheel is - and as for picking your nose or scratching your head ... |>| |>|The air is even more full of bacteria when warm air has been blowing |>|across people's damp hands... |>

|> Not all bacteria cause disease, many are helpful to the human body, notably |> those in Yoghurt and most strains of E-Coli. | |True, but I don't think you get probiotics off other people's damp |hands after they've been to the toilet.

You probably do! They pass through the system like other bacteria.

[cramerj]

You have overlooked the most effective cleaner of all - mother's spit rubbed in and then rubbed off with a handkerchief.

This worked for generations of children until all these arty farty things were introduced.