On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:50:50 +0100, Xeno wrote:

On 20/4/20 6:27 am, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:29:37 +0100, "Jim GM4DHJ ..."
wrote:

On 19/04/2020 20:20, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:12:10 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ...
wrote:

On 19/04/2020 19:28, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why did drainpipes used to have a box on the wall, some sort of overflow
if blocked? See link below for an example photo.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jry8zas14bmivc/box.jpg?dl=0
yip hopper heads were for that function and others....usually in the
days of three pipe systems foul waste and rainwater....then again cast
iron rainwater downpipes weren't usually cocked if they were for
rainwater only and if the drain blocked the water ****ed out of the
first joint above ground......

What's the advantage of your waste spilling all over the garden instead
of just not leaving the bath?
what ? ...
It's a British thing, obviously.

Yeah, like communal baths in a tenement. They are welcome to it and
explains why having baths are a *treat* over there.

What have you got against sharing baths? Are you really ugly when naked?