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Default Why did drainpipes used to have a box on the wall?

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:39:04 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

On 22/04/2020 09:00, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 22/04/2020 00:38, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:38:45 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:18:03 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:10:12 +0100, Rod Speed

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most obviously with the dunny in the shed etc. The block of flats I
lived
in before building the house actually had a dunny for the gardener.

Aren't all Aussie dunnies in the shed?

They never were in the shed when we had dunny
carts collecting the **** and **** that was in tins under
the seat and emptied weekly into the dunny cart.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dunn...ralia&tbm=isch

Great job, eh ?

What about outhouses?

We call those dunnys. Only the yanks have outhouses.

I thought any toilet was a dunny, no matter if it's indoors or outdoors.

a cludgy if you don't mind ...

or should that be cludgie ...think so


I've lived in Scotland my entire life and detest all their silly words. They should learn to speak proper English.