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Trains used to dump waste, without incinerating it. Which is why there's this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiMYI4oQTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Trains used to dump waste, without incinerating it. Which is why there's this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiMYI4oQTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiMYI4oQTU

snvzz 2y ago
I remember an old train's toilet just being an outright hole to the area between both tracks. No processing whatsoever, you could look down and see your train zooming through the granite.
- Scoundreller 2y ago
  The “do not use in station” is a really important sign to follow.
  - iamacyborg 2y ago
    I remember seeing tomato plants growing on the tracks at my local station and realising how they got there.
    - Scoundreller 2y ago
      Bypass phytosanitary security theatre with this one simple trick!
- taneq 2y ago
  Reminds me of a river cruise I went on in India back in '96. The toilet was a seat over a length of poly pipe going directly into the river. At one point we stopped around lunchtime and some British tourists on the cruise had a lovely lunch with locally caught fish... after which they were mysteriously rather unwell.
  - LorenzoGood 2y ago
    During offshore sailboat races, we just hang off the back.
    - somat 2y ago
      An interesting fun fact. On old square rigger sailing ships the toilets(holes really) were at the very front of a ship. this is because the wind is always coming from behind the ship so this keeps the smell from washing over the vessel. This is why toilets on a ship are called the "head" And to add one of those things you can't unsee once you learn about it(sort of the nautical equivalent of font kerning) the flag on a sailing ship should always be fluttering forward for the same reason, the problem is our intuition is built around motor vessels where the vehicle is faster than the wind and does flutter backwards. so it looks wrong and quite a few artists get this incorrect in modern paintings and video games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfC1PEKt1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfC1PEKt1U
      - LorenzoGood 2y ago
        That's also why the small deck sections that extend forwards off the bow are called poop decks.
        somat 2y ago
        I suspect, and wikipedia confirms, that is incorrect, but it made me laugh, salutes.
        LorenzoGood 2y ago
        My father has lied to me.
- GJim 2y ago
  "Toimii kuin junan vessa" A Finnish saying "Works like a train toilet" meaning something that works with utter reliability. This is because old Finnish trains simply had a flap in the toilet to dump the shit out onto the tracks. However, if it broke, it would invariably break in the open position, meaning it still worked.
  - euroderf 2y ago
    And there were helpful notices asking you not to do your business when the train is at a station.
carlob 2y ago
There are still quite a few of those in circulation in Italy.
cozzyd 2y ago
And then there's the Dave Matthews Band (and I don't mean what is spewed on stage). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_River_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_R...
NikkiA 2y ago
Last time I was on a virgin west coast train (which should highlight how long ago we're talking since they've not had the franchise for like 15 years), they still did, only into the bathroom, the bathroom with a incorrectly functioning automatic door.

Trains used to dump waste, without incinerating it. Which is why there's this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiMYI4oQTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiMYI4oQTU

snvzz 2y ago

I remember an old train's toilet just being an outright hole to the area between both tracks. No processing whatsoever, you could look down and see your train zooming through the granite.

Scoundreller 2y ago
The “do not use in station” is a really important sign to follow.
- iamacyborg 2y ago
  I remember seeing tomato plants growing on the tracks at my local station and realising how they got there.
  - Scoundreller 2y ago
    Bypass phytosanitary security theatre with this one simple trick!
taneq 2y ago
Reminds me of a river cruise I went on in India back in '96. The toilet was a seat over a length of poly pipe going directly into the river. At one point we stopped around lunchtime and some British tourists on the cruise had a lovely lunch with locally caught fish... after which they were mysteriously rather unwell.
- LorenzoGood 2y ago
  During offshore sailboat races, we just hang off the back.
  - somat 2y ago
    An interesting fun fact. On old square rigger sailing ships the toilets(holes really) were at the very front of a ship. this is because the wind is always coming from behind the ship so this keeps the smell from washing over the vessel. This is why toilets on a ship are called the "head" And to add one of those things you can't unsee once you learn about it(sort of the nautical equivalent of font kerning) the flag on a sailing ship should always be fluttering forward for the same reason, the problem is our intuition is built around motor vessels where the vehicle is faster than the wind and does flutter backwards. so it looks wrong and quite a few artists get this incorrect in modern paintings and video games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfC1PEKt1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfC1PEKt1U
    - LorenzoGood 2y ago
      That's also why the small deck sections that extend forwards off the bow are called poop decks.
      - somat 2y ago
        I suspect, and wikipedia confirms, that is incorrect, but it made me laugh, salutes.
        LorenzoGood 2y ago
        My father has lied to me.
GJim 2y ago
"Toimii kuin junan vessa" A Finnish saying "Works like a train toilet" meaning something that works with utter reliability. This is because old Finnish trains simply had a flap in the toilet to dump the shit out onto the tracks. However, if it broke, it would invariably break in the open position, meaning it still worked.
- euroderf 2y ago
  And there were helpful notices asking you not to do your business when the train is at a station.

carlob 2y ago

There are still quite a few of those in circulation in Italy.

cozzyd 2y ago

And then there's the Dave Matthews Band (and I don't mean what is spewed on stage). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_River_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_R...

NikkiA 2y ago

Last time I was on a virgin west coast train (which should highlight how long ago we're talking since they've not had the franchise for like 15 years), they still did, only into the bathroom, the bathroom with a incorrectly functioning automatic door.