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Warning to those who play the tables at Nathan Phillips Square
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You'll love this one. City of Toronto. It seems that in the main washrooms beside the main concession, they have installed shiny new heavy duty industrial strength stainless steel automatic-flush water saving toilets, at least in the men's washroom. It flushes with a terrific jet - blast of cold water, However, it is either unable to tell, or does not care, that you are still sitting there. Twice now I have been sprayed with cold water on my buttocks and upper thighs. I suspect a combination of "motion" detector and timer.
The large handicapped toilet stall in the men's washroom at the Birkshire Community Centre has the same problem...........Scarborough Chess Club meets there.
You'll love this one. City of Toronto. It seems that in the main washrooms beside the main concession, they have installed shiny new heavy duty industrial strength stainless steel automatic-flush water saving toilets, at least in the men's washroom. It flushes with a terrific jet - blast of cold water, However, it is either unable to tell, or does not care, that you are still sitting there. Twice now I have been sprayed with cold water on my buttocks and upper thighs. I suspect a combination of "motion" detector and timer.
Fred, the questions seem to be: 1) why did you go back for a second session?, and 2) will there be a third? :)
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Fred, the questions seem to be: 1) why did you go back for a second session?, and 2) will there be a third? :)
Prob following a system:)
Fred came into the Strategy Games store on Sunday and I offered
him the London system and he fell down laughing. He was looking
at the Flexible Sicilian (2....e6!), and told me a nice story on Avrukh!
Never a dull moment!
Fred, the questions seem to be: 1) why did you go back for a second session?, and 2) will there be a third? :)
I was constipated. It all happened in the same sitdown. I guess city hall is now telling us to s h i t or get off the pot.
Thanks Francis. The story on Avrukh is: He was on my Facebook list during the lockdown. In volume 4,of 1.d4 Grandmaster Repertoire, which we all waited a long time for, , in the chapter on the Modern Benoni, the opening goes...
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O. He considered many possibilities for Black, but the one that was giving me the most trouble was 9...Bf5, which was not in his book. When I pointed out this omission, his reply was short and sweet, "I guess it wasn't popular when I wrote the book". I was not impressed.
Last edited by Fred Henderson; Thursday, 4th May, 2023, 01:06 PM.
Hey Guys. I am here at the city hall library and I have some good news. I have just discovered that there is still one of the old-school manual-flush porcelain toilets from the 20th century, the one on the far left. I am hoping they left it their on purpose, for guys like me.
OK, since I have gone to this much trouble, I may as well get it right. It took a while, but it is now apparent that the ... erm ... purges ... occur according to two different cycles. When not in use, they are purged`every five minutes or so. When in use, the purges speed up. This means that the infrared sensor on the wall behind you must be sending a message to a timer which regulates the purge mechanism. This can only happen with some kind of specialized microprocessor device. If the geniuses at city hall manage this system like they do the library computers, then probably every purge is logged on a central computer, and trends are analyzed and the cycles adjusted accordingly. Hmmm..., fertile ground for a hacker.
On a similar note, I was pleased to see that after many problems, my local Tim Hortons replaced their infrared sensor with a manual-purge handle.
This all reminds me of a pretty good joke....
What did Mr Spock find in the toilet
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Last edited by Fred Henderson; Wednesday, 22nd May, 2024, 10:21 AM.
Prob following a system:)
Fred came into the Strategy Games store on Sunday and I offered
him the London system and he fell down laughing. He was looking
at the Flexible Sicilian (2....e6!), and told me a nice story on Avrukh!
Never a dull moment!
Well like the London system, this thread is full of crap
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