the commode has been just lovely.
luckily the plumber fella and a new toilet (and new basin for the sink while we're at it) are coming to the house around noonish or so.
it's going to cost about $750 for everything including installation... it's a kohler one that they're picking up.
i'm warming up my checkbook as we speak.
(on the plus side, i CAN just sit in the living room and watch tv as i tinkle.... i haven't, but, with the portable commode, i COULD if i wanted to. okay, technically, i WANT to, but apparently that's "disgusting" according to gigglemom)
Whatchoosayin'?? (10 yapped)
do it, drop a duece in the living room
Posted by furiousball | March 14, 2008 7:51 AM
What a time for your toilet to go on the fritz - right after you discover YO+. Are there any warnings on the label that mention "This product may cause anal leakage" like the warnings on the bags of WOW! potato chips that are made with Olestra? From now on, may I suggest you avoid ANY food products that are mono-syllabic, spelled in ALL CAPS and end with a punctuation mark or a character symbol.
Well, at least you're getting a Kosher toilet...
Did you look into just renting a Port-A-Potty for the house? It may save you a bit of money. Unless you also hire the optional bagpiper.
Posted by Nick | March 14, 2008 9:00 AM
furiousball: nope. no deuce in the LR... but, i did one in the kitchen. not while making dinner.
nick: haha no no, i don't have anal leakage on account of YO+ ... I am in total control of my sphincter. of course, i may rent a bagpiper to stand outside my bathroom anyway after the new toilet arrives, while i christen it.
Posted by gigglechick | March 14, 2008 10:00 AM
Yay! Your new toidy was born in the great state of Wisconsin :)
I have been to the Kohler factory showroom, which has 2 floors of the most awesome bathroom set-ups you have ever seen. Also big $$$$$!!!
You are purchasing a quality product.
Happy New Terlet!
Posted by dana michelle | March 14, 2008 11:30 AM
dana michelle: cool! it's funny, back when i was doing Industrial Design in college (my major) I either wanted to design toys or toilets. I had gone to a design conference and American Standard had a huge showroom set up that was beautiful. yes. beautiful. actually, they had all of these toilets that were very sexy. yeah i said sexy, too. i forgot about that. my passion for toilet design - back in 1991.
Posted by gigglechick | March 14, 2008 12:21 PM
For Kohler products AND labor you are getting a pretty darn good deal there GC...I should know, I am a Kohler Showroom Sales Manager, :-)
Posted by Denise | March 14, 2008 1:48 PM
Denise: cool! actually it's a "sterling" or something (he just told me - i have to go look at the little toilet tattoo to double check) -- he said it's a Kohler product...
Posted by gigglechick | March 14, 2008 2:05 PM
Please call the Borders Bookstore in Flemington and give them the number for your plumber. We went out to dinner at Chili's last night and afterwards stopped into Borders. I don't know what it is about Chili's that gets my bowels in such an uproar, but while checking out the magazine racks, I felt a rumbling a mere 10 minutes after leaving the restaurant. I'm not a big fan of public toilets, but there was no way I was going to hold out for 15 minutes until I could get home (nevermind over an hour to get to Brick to try out your new fixture), so I caved in and decided to venture into the Borders restroom. Imagine my horror when I walked in and saw the "Out of Order" sign on the stall door. So I quickly ran down my list of options: 1)drive like the Dickens and hope that I can make it home in time; 2)go back to Chili's and demand a refund; 3)go back to Chili's and ask for a take-out bag; 4)use the Border's urinal; 5)use the Border's sink; 6)use the toilet in the ladies room; or 7)use the broken toilet anyway. Not wanting to risk a speeding ticket, I was toying with the idea of going to get my wife and have her take me into the ladies room - afterall, she did that when our 8-year old said he had to go to the bathroom at Chili's. So I made an executive decision and decided to use the out of order toilet. The stall was in disgusting condition, but everything worked out OK. There was sufficient toilet paper available so I didn't have to use the magazine. I soon found out the reason for the "Out of Order" sign - the auto-flush toilet wasn't working. Don't you just love modern technology? I hope they don't mind what I left behind (no pun intended but it rhymes!). Serves them right for not having any sanitary toilet seat protectors. Funny thing as I was sitting there, I could hear the Irish bagpipe music they had playing over the stores PA in honor of St. Patrick's Day. As an added bonus, I got the phone number for some girl named Sandy who promises a good time...
Posted by Nick | March 17, 2008 10:22 AM
nick: holy shit! pun intended. yikes, yeah, i've had similar experiences happen (maybe not quite so terror-filled... more tinkle than poop) and you did the right thing by using the broken potty. hell, it might even inspire the place to be more on the ball when it comes to their plumbing.
eh... glad everything came out okay :}
Posted by gigglechick | March 17, 2008 10:57 AM
Congrats on the crapper. In the past two years, I've replaced three of the four toilets at my house with Kohlers and couldn't be happier (it takes about half an hour to pull the old one and put in the new one, as long as the crazy old man who built your home didn't do something sneaky like build one bathroom with room only for a mobile home toilet and not bother leveling the floor so that you tended to slide sideways off of the old toilet if you didn't brace yourself). I haven't tested the claim yet, but supposedly I can flush 250 golf balls at once in each of them, thanks to the wide pipe design. I think I'll leave that test up to my 7 year old.
Posted by nato | March 17, 2008 1:38 PM