At 12:04 12/3/99 , Davidson wrote: >It's really comical and ridiculous how far westerners will go to avoid >squatting or leaning up against a tree! I agree the item in question is comical...but having been in an environment with squat toilets, and having watched Singaporeans squat flatfooted* -- my western feet don't bend that way. My CG is way aft of the support, and I fall over backwards. I can squat on the balls of my feet, but that's not a stable position. I rather think it's one of those things you have to start while your bones are still soft. david *no, actually not in toilets. They squat happily on the street or wherever we would use a folding chair, so my research did not involve peeping. And in fact Singapore has enough western toilets to go around -- though when I was there ('85) every Singaporean carried a pocket-size packet of Kleenex (or equivalent), and I was warned to do so by my hosts. *Courtesy is in us -- let us show it* *Help stamp out the evils of glue-sniffing* *Stop killer litter* (flowerpots and stuff dropped from apartment balconies) David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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