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Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 10:45:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 18 10:45:11 1984
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From: jeff (Jeff Frey)

Subject: public conveniences, coed

Britain, always a leader in public
conveniences, has now introduced on-the-street 
Superloos, [nominally] one-person
conveniences usable by both sexes.
Unfortunately they look like 21st-centry chemical toilets but in fact they're
fiberglas sealed capsules that cost
10p to use (about 13c) and have music
(I heard Jackson's "Beat it"--sort of
appropriate maybe; wonder if they every
change it?--and most important, after
each use the whole interior is automatically washed
down with some sort of sanitary solution
to maintain the healthfulness of both the
vapours and the hardware.  Inside,
besides the loudspeaker, there's a
seatless bowl (well who really neds
a seat anyway) washbasin, faucet, 
and paper towels.

Women in Britain have always been
annoyed by having to "spend a penny
" to use the stalls in their conveniences (I never have seen a man's P.C. not
paired with a womens') whereas most of
the time men could perform their
functions free, but now everybody
has to spend 10p.

J.Frey