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Post by lar on Sept 11, 2016 9:36:39 GMT -5
We're all aware of Todd's ongoing travel guide and his ratings of various public restrooms. I have one to add to the list.
I was driving back from Lincoln, NE on Friday afternoon and stopped at Popeye's in Altoona, IA for lunch. I needed to avail myself of the facilities while I was there.
One of the chief advantages is that it's a one-holer. That's a plus for those of you who may have shy bladders. It was also at least as clean as any McDonald's restroom I have visited. I know McDonald's is Todd's gold standard.
I also found the stainless steel toilet paper dispenser to be both sturdy and serviceable.
While I'm on the subject, I've also visited the restroom at the Iowa-80 Truck Stop numerous times over the years and I can give it my highest recommendation. The Iowa-80 Truck Stop, located at I-80 exit 284 near Walcott, IA is billed as the world's largest truck stop. Not only are the restrooms spotless and diligently maintained throughout the day, it's worth walking around the building and seeing the sights. I can't imagine that there is a doo-dad or piece of equipment designed for truckers that doesn't reside on the shelves of that place. It's worth seeing.
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Post by Dub on Sept 11, 2016 10:04:25 GMT -5
So let me get this straight. You drove within forty miles of your iJam friends but didn't stop to say hello?  |
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Post by aquaduct on Sept 11, 2016 10:28:06 GMT -5
Apparently he didn't get any coffee either. Now we may never know.
Oh the humanity.
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Post by lar on Sept 11, 2016 11:14:42 GMT -5
So let me get this straight. You drove within forty miles of your iJam friends but didn't stop to say hello? Believe me, I wanted to. But I had an appointment early Saturday morning and an early gig Saturday afternoon. After driving 1,100 miles in 3 days I was getting tired of driving. |
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Post by lar on Sept 11, 2016 11:15:33 GMT -5
Apparently he didn't get any coffee either. Now we may never know. Oh the humanity. Nope. No coffee. I thought that the fried chicken and red beans and rice was adequate. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 11, 2016 19:47:41 GMT -5
Thank you, Lar, for holding down the fort for me. I'm just getting back into my travel/school routine, and haven't had a chance to rate any restrooms or coffee quality all summer. I very much appreciate you stepping in while I could not. What a pal!
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Post by theevan on Sept 11, 2016 20:04:34 GMT -5
Our local Popeye's franchisee with stores all around Baton Rouge, doesn't cut the mustard on the bathroom front. You'll all sorts of loathsomeness there, both in sight and smell.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 14:28:06 GMT -5
When I spent time on the road, I generally found that hotel chains (at least the hotels with lobbies) had decent restrooms. Generally. I usually looked for businesses that didn't have a lot of kids using them. Kids mess up everything.
Oddly enough, that issue was something I worried about (slightly) moving to Kuwait. My fears were unfounded. In my two years here, I've only walked into two public restrooms in which I looked around and my reaction was, "No way." Many public restrooms here have an attendant (thanks to oil money and cheap foreign labor) and the guy washes down each stall after the user exits, squeegees the floor and wipes down the place.
Also, the stall doors here are, generally, floor to ceiling, as are the partitions between stalls. Larry Craig could not have gotten into trouble in a Kuwaiti restroom. (And if he had, the penalty for that kind of behavior is pretty severe here.)
Every now and then, you'll find a restroom where the toilet is the porcelain rectangle in the floor with a hole in it. It flushes like a regular toilet. Those are the old-school Arab toilets. (ISIL is notorious for forcing residents of areas it conquers to get rid of their Western-style toilets, or else.) Using these facilities requires a level of balance which I do not yet possess, and I fear I never will.
Earlier this year, I went down to the Ministry of Information's sprawling walled complex to perform live on the air on Radio Kuwait. I needed to go to the restroom before going on the air, and all the toilets I could find were the hole-in-the-floor kind. I don't know if that was because it was a government building or what. I found I didn't need to go as badly as I had earlier thought.
TMI, but there you have it.
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Post by millring on Sept 12, 2016 19:02:51 GMT -5
red beans and rice was adequate. Popeye's red beans and rice is one of my guilty pleasures. |
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Post by kenlarsson on Sept 12, 2016 20:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by Fingerplucked on Sept 12, 2016 20:58:21 GMT -5
We have a nice washroom at my new office. There are big washrooms for men and women, and then single occupancy washrooms for each. I use the small one. I consider it my private vaping lounge.
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 12, 2016 21:02:05 GMT -5
Do they have coffee?
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Post by jdd2 on Sept 13, 2016 0:44:51 GMT -5
Apparently, November 19 is World Toilet Day.
Google that, and you can even find out how you can participate.
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Post by lar on Sept 13, 2016 19:31:32 GMT -5
Our local Popeye's franchisee with stores all around Baton Rouge, doesn't cut the mustard on the bathroom front. You'll all sorts of loathsomeness there, both in sight and smell. I think Altoona is too far out of the way for the loathsomes. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Sept 13, 2016 20:46:59 GMT -5
If they did I might never come out. |
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