How many of you have ever used an outhouse?

For 5 years, when I was a child, in Alberta. One time, some kids pushed it over. My Dad remedied that by hammering long nails from the inside, out. We used to play with the Daddy Long Leg spiders, and keep an eye on the cocoons in there.
 

My grandparents had one until I was about 5 and used it whenever I visited. I was always afraid of falling in so never went alone. Also, as adult early days of tent camping in primitive campgrounds. Afraid of snakes and spiders then so again never went alone.
 
First 6 years of my life. I always was afraid of black widows, so I would not sit where I was supposed to, just squat and hoped I hit the hole.
 

toffee said:
when we moved to London we had one --spiders gap under the door -freezing cold -awful toilet paper called izal
must have been about 4 years old ..
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haha i remember izal ...it was like tracing paper ...i think they still sell it ....lol
 
I was born on a farm in Colorado, and we had an outhouse there....used it until we moved to Denver when I was about 6 yrs. old. To me, there isn't much difference between a old country outhouse, and the modern day temporary toilets that are brought in for outdoor events today.
 
Oh yes I remember them well. As we travelled on vacations we stopped ay many roadside stopping or rest areas. I remember holding my breath and charging in and doing my business as fast as possible. I won't say it was nice to experience the modern outhouses on outdoor work sites but they are a huge improvement. Just another reason to praise those ancestors before us.
 
I've never used an actual outhouse. The closest I ever came was that blue plastic thing I sometimes see at construction sites, & I didn't like that at all.
I'm sure glad I wasn't here before indoor toilets were invented.
Until a few years ago, I never knew what a chamber pot was. I'm glad I never saw one, either.
 
My father built a temporary outhouse in Venezuela while he built our house, then we had an indoor bathroom, it even had a bidet. The outhouse quickly acquired big roaches as tenants.
 
Yes, many times; my uncle had a summer cabin and there was no bathroom, just the out house,
as kids we used to be mentholatum under our noses before going to them.
Also, in the early days when we went camping, some camp sites only had outhouses.
This topic really takes me back years!!
 
Had to? or just did?

Just did yes, Sort of a deluxe model šŸ˜‰ At a family owned property, used for camping/weekend get-away's,etc. All they ask was you police yourself, & maybe leave a sealed container of water, or some extra firewood........oops I'm rambling now......anyway....Yes.
 
Surprised there are not more folks familiar with the the outhouse, given the age group of this site.
I haven't seen a post regarding the spiders, wasps, yellow jackets or scorpions that flocked to outhouse in summers.
Had to take rolled up newspaper to fight 'critters'

Don't know what to thing of Aunt Bea's three holer post: that was an absolute necessity is now something you hand in the living room with
mirrors.
 
This thread has reminded me of the facilities at various camps.

The lime or ash bucket to sprinkle in the hole between uses, the old tin coffee can with the metal lid that held the toilet paper to keep it away from the mice, kicking the outhouse door or bench before you sat down to scare away porcupines, etc...

I can't imagine going back to that at my age or using the old thunder mug under the bed!

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Many times, especially when we lived in rural Northern Idaho. I was about 5 at the time and trekking up the hill to the potty was not my favorite thing, ā€¦ especially during the winter months. At night I used a bed pan, or a tomato can.

In 1948 we moved into town and enjoyed indoor plumbing.
 
Pinky said:
For 5 years, when I was a child, in Alberta. One time, some kids pushed it over. My Dad remedied that by hammering long nails from the inside, out. We used to play with the Daddy Long Leg spiders, and keep an eye on the cocoons in there.
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Were you able to peek through the cracks? That little bit of ventilation was a "breath of fresh air."

We typically used a old Sears or Montgomery Ward catalog instead of store bought toilet paper.
 
A cartoon went around some years ago of a two story outhouse. The door to the upper one was labeled "Boss" and the lower one was labeled "employees".
 
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