and, i was fascinated with their toilets.
you see, i'm an ecologist & i work in water resources. australia has been in a state of serious drought for about a decade now & they have learned how to be pretty smart with their water. this includes duel flushing toilets.
sure, you see them around here every now & then, but why it took so long for this to catch on in the states confuses me.
i even took this picture of the toilets in our hotel in sydney. half circle button for baby flushes, & the full circle for big daddy flushes. why hadn't we thought of these earlier?
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well, things have changed around the nielson household.
sam was doing some grocery shopping at costco on friday & came home with some $19 gadget that he was pretty proud of. props to sam. it was a duel-flushing-toilet-adapter-device. yes, that is the technical name.
for $19 he switched out our old flush handle, installed this cool 2-button flusher, stuck some weird thing in the tank, calibrated the flushing, & voila! duel flushing toilet.
i know those instructions were lame, but i left all the technical stuff up to him. he is an engineer after all. now i have some street cred when it comes to all my "save the planet" speak.
boo-yah. (oops, there went my street cred)
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just in case you didn't believe me, you can see for yourself in the above picture. and yes, i just wrote a post about toilets flushing, posted a picture of my potty-place, & then you read it. awesome.
and now for some things that make me laugh
on to something else equally random. these have both been around a while, but they get me every time. enjoy.
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guess who else thinks these are incredibly funny? p-ray. just look at him.
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now if one of those four pictures didn't make you smile, i'm not sure what would. i mean c'mon, that guy has four popped collars!
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LOLOLOLOL - we are laughing as I type...:-D
ReplyDeleteAmy, that is genius! A duel flusher. I really want to get one of those now. I HATE flushing the toilet for just a little bit of pee, but its considered gross if you don't! I like the saying, "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" hahaha (I do clean my bathrooms, so I'm not that gross ;)) But seriously, I might have to look into one of those flushers.
ReplyDeleteand those pictures are awesome. I ALWAYS thought an elephant was bigger than the moon...my bad.
Parker is soooo cute!
Awesomeness! You seriously crack me up and every time I read your blog I think the same thing "We REALLY need together with them again!" Cool toilet flushing thingy. Brilliant. I bet it'll save some good money on your water bill. Parker is getting so big and adorable as ever. Love those cheekers!
ReplyDeleteHmmm I should see if our Costco has those! The guy with the four popped-collars looks like Ben Stiller from Zoolander. :)
ReplyDeletePS P-Ray is one adorable baby with his monkey friend! :)
Amy! I'm commenting! Whoohoo. Someone even distracted me and I STILL came back. Big round of applause.....thank you, thank you. ok now about the post.... why didn't you show me the flusher when I was there? That is quite the find. That is amazing that Sammy got it for only 20 bucks. That is a deal! P.S. I loved holding Parker and putting him to sleep yesterday. SOOOOOO CUUUUUTTTTEEEE! ;)
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog on Top Baby Blogs, and you have me laughing already. That, plus the fact that I am not the ONLY crazy person who would go to such great lengths as a new toilet flusher to save a little water, makes me your newest follower :)
ReplyDeleteFunny, funny, funny!!!!! Good job, Ame!
ReplyDeletethat sock monkey is hilarious!!
ReplyDeletewe're going to install this toilet flusher asap. thanks for posting!
He is getting so big!! I love those cheeks of his :) Also I like your toliet idea :)
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