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There were no hook-ups for campers, either. You had to walk about a mile or so to the outhouses and washing was another story altogether. That was a once in a lifetime trip for me. I suppose that was as close as I ever came to experiences of our ancestors before in home plumbing and I can truly appreciate that modern convenience. We used to call them chamber pots.

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My dad called them thunder pots too, my grandmother still had one when I was growing up, a commode in her bedroom which was upstairs and not close to a bathroom. If they give you the shivers, consider the poor nurses and nursing assistants who still empty the modern version bedpan every day.

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Oh the little things I have quickly learned to be thankful for. I do recall being told the house I was born in had no indoor plumbing.

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My dad called them thunder pots too, my grandmother still had one when I was growing up, a commode in her bedroom which was upstairs and not close to a bathroom. If they give you the shivers, consider the poor nurses and nursing assistants who still empty the modern version bedpan every day. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

Etymologies

slop-jar (plural slop-jars). (US, dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan. Slop jar definition is - a large pail used as a chamber pot or to receive waste water from a washbowl or the contents of chamber pots.

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