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| The continuing toilet topic | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 2 2007, 08:22 AM (26 Views) | |
| TribbleMom | Dec 2 2007, 08:22 AM Post #1 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/od_nm/...nR03BfJiJOs0NUE Is that worth 50 cents? I guess so... Thu Nov 29, 12:32 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now there's "SatLav," a toilet-finding service to help people caught short in central London. Thursday, Westminster City Council launched a new mobile phone text message service that will guide Londoners and tourists to their nearest public lavatory. Anyone who sends the word "Toilet" to 80097 will receive a reply giving details of their nearest public convenience. Student Gail Knight, 26, came up with the idea for an innovation competition run by the council. "When I'm out with friends we're always ducking into McDonalds or department stores to use their loos but we feel a bit bad about it," she said. "I thought a text service would be really useful for people on the move." The service is available across the Westminster, an area that includes many of the capital's most popular sights, such as Big Ben, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace. Unlike in-car devices that rely on satellites to pinpoint someone's location, the SatLav uses mobile phone technology. All that comes at a price, however. Rather than spending a penny, people will be charged 25 pence ($0.52) per text. ------------------------------ I couldn't resist posting this, since we've had several other toilet-related news stories here before. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Dec 2 2007, 10:51 AM Post #2 |
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My first reaction was to laugh, but this could actually come in handy. When you gotta go, you gotta go...
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| Intrepid | Dec 2 2007, 06:53 PM Post #3 |
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Recently, when I was in the city of Philadelphia, I found myself in an area they call the Italian Market. It was more of a outside vendors market where you kind of bought everything off a cart on the street. Suddenly... the urge came along. I had to find "accomodations" but the signs in the window always said, "Restrooms for customers only". I slowly walked into a hotel instead...... kind of like I had a room there anyway and used a bathroom in there. The service certainly would be handy in urban settings. I would have paid $5 to get to the closest bathroom. |
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