When I bought my place it still had the original in the back yard. When the sewer came through they connected it up rather than put one in the house.I am still old enough to remember the external thunder boxes, not many homes had them left but there were still a few around when I was a kid. I can remember the poor pricks that used to collect the pans full of poop that had poop all over their backs from the spills.
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Except when you get weird things like quantum entanglement allowing information to potentially be transmitted at faster than the speed of light.
In Latrobe in Tassie (and a lot of old towns would have this) the older streets have a laneway behind them, and this was called the Night Cart Lane. That was for the poor sods whose job was to come through at night to collect all the "leavings" from that day. Talk about a shit of a job!I am still old enough to remember the external thunder boxes, not many homes had them left but there were still a few around when I was a kid. I can remember the poor pricks that used to collect the pans full of poop that had poop all over their backs from the spills.
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Yup. Suburb here in SA - Colonel Light Gardens has laneways everywhere from the old Night Cart days.In Latrobe in Tassie (and a lot of old towns would have this) the older streets have a laneway behind them, and this was called the Night Cart Lane. That was for the poor sods whose job was to come through at night to collect all the "leavings" from that day. Talk about a shit of a job!
Wow, really? I don't get people like that. Why have a lot of money if you don't spend it?Yup. Suburb here in SA - Colonel Light Gardens has laneways everywhere from the old Night Cart days.
Growing up a family from the school had a long dropper as well as dirt floors in the house. Was super weird but found out later in life that were very wealthy but super tight with their money.
Well fark me ! A bit of SA history.
It’s how they get rich. By squeezing every dollar or just plain ol eccentric.
Yeah, but what's the point of being rich and living poor. There's being responsible with your money and there's living with dirt floors.
That's how they stay rich. Well in as far as their bank balance is concerned, I'd wager the richness of their life is very poor.
Still a few around in major CBDs, the lane is the size of a small horse cart as that is what they carted the poop tins with. It was widely known as the 'knight soil' in the land of the kangaroos.
There's a few more in SA where I thought had lanes but it was just some of the houses like Norwood, Goodwood etc... some back onto each other with no access.
Yup I agree. Just the way some are. Friends of friends parents are quite well off but don’t have any hot water connected and live very basically. Each to their own but yeah dirt floors is odd.Yeah, but what's the point of being rich and living poor. There's being responsible with your money and there's living with dirt floors.
I bought some alloooominum for a little job and one of the young guys in the warehouse was having a melt down. Swearing his head off. Couple of the other guys trying to calm him down and keep him quiet. Mate, customers come to the door there and they can hear you carrying on. Not good for the company etc etc. Guy serving me apologised and said old mate is having a shocker. Hope you aren't offended by the language. No worries I said, just tell him to keep the fucking swearing to a minimum, no c*nt wants to hear that shit. Will do mate... Not sure if he worked it out or not.
