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Cyril Haearn wrote:Whether one flushes once or more has to do with the Bristol scale that enables one to ascertain whether one has good digestive health

I do love digestive biscuits

Just had my lunch but just in case you wanted to know. But why Bristol?

I should have guessed how this thread was going to evolve...

Cunobelin wrote:At least you have them!

That's a good point! Do we?

I'd normally need to be desperate to use a train loo so it's not something I've bothered checking, merely assumed.

rjb wrote:

Cyril Haearn wrote:Whether one flushes once or more has to do with the Bristol scale that enables one to ascertain whether one has good digestive health

I do love digestive biscuits

Just had my lunch but just in case you wanted to know. But why Bristol?

Developed in Bristol. First time I saw this chart in a hospital I thought it was a joke. When I trained we didn’t need a bloody picture to deduce what was in front of us.

Latest charts in hospitals are pictures of different coloured urine in STAFF toilets to educate about dehydration- don’t they train this stuff anymore?

softlips wrote:Latest charts in hospitals are pictures of different coloured urine in STAFF toilets to educate about dehydration- don’t they train this stuff anymore?

I recently read "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor"

I no longer consider hospitals a safe place populated by experts which is probably just as well, I believe more people die in one than anywhere else.

kwackers wrote:I no longer consider hospitals a safe place populated by experts which is probably just as well, I believe more people die in one than anywhere else.

I learned this during a long stay as patient in 1980. In the ambulance I thought that now I was in the hands of the medics everything was going to be fine. But they messed up.
But when somebody is moribund they are taken to hospital, so their record is poor. I believe very few people leave hospices alive.

661-Pete wrote:I should have guessed how this thread was going to evolve...

Surely you are not surprised
I have several books about toilets: 'Privies of Wales', for example, and guides to 'Beduerfnisanstalten' in Hamburg and Berlin

softlips wrote: (My edit)
Developed in Bristol. First time I saw this chart in a hospital I thought it was a joke. When I trained we didn’t need a bloody picture to deduce what was in front of us.

Latest charts in hospitals are pictures of different coloured urine in STAFF toilets to educate about dehydration- don’t they train this stuff anymore?

Classic "joke" in the old days

A pool of melted chocolate in bed, take the student to help make the bed. Pick up what was "obviously" faeces, taste it and declare the patient as diabetic because of the sweet taste. Then offer the student a chance to sample and make the diagnosis

We always used charts for these things, urine and faeces included and that was back in the '70s

The current fashion for the staff toilets is that there is an emphasis on resilience and staff care. Hydration in the hot weather is a part of that.

Resilience?

Cyril Haearn wrote:Resilience?

Yep... resilience

Cunobelin wrote:

Cyril Haearn wrote:Resilience?

Yep... resilience

Please, what has it to do with fashion, weather, toilets?

661-Pete wrote:Yet another reason why I don't ever want to go flying again. Can I live up to this pledge?

I thought not having a choice between Quorn chasseur and tofu burger would seal the deal?

Though can you chasse Quorn.....?

Ben@Forest wrote:I thought not having a choice between Quorn chasseur and tofu burger would seal the deal?

Ha ha! Should have seen that coming! Definitely not available on Air Canada's in-flight menu, at any rate. So here are some suggestions - not targeted at AC, they're unlikely to take them up! But you may be interested....

Chilli-con-quorn. A quick and useful dinner, easy to prepare. It goes against the "no-meat-substitutes" principle, but we don't really follow that principle all the time, anyway. We just use quorn mince in place of the minced beef or whatever. Tastes as good as the meat-based version, and can be as hot as you like!

Black-Pepper-tofu. This is emphatically not a 'meat-subsitute' dish, it is a robust concoction of marinated tofu, caramelised onions, several types of soy sauce, spices, and lots and lots of pepper and chilli. Definitely not a dish to be taken lightly, it'll make your eyes water if you're not used to this sort of thing. It's more trouble to prepare than the above, so we have it only occasionally. But it's a real treat when it's on the table!

Of course we have many other recipes for both quorn and tofu. Definitely not to be dismissed lightly!

bovlomov wrote:

Mike Sales wrote:

bovlomov wrote:The Hungarians eat poppy seeds and sunflower seeds. I'm not aware that cauliflower seeds are - or can be - eaten. Perhaps it wasn't a brassica, and perhaps it was nothing to with train toilets.

This subject certainly demands closer inspection.

I was thinking that the seeds in cauliflowers are in the curds, which we eat. Similarly broccoli. These are certainly brassicas.
I always expect that on this forum there is an expert who can help.

I only know from growing broccoli - that we eat the immature flower. If it is left too long, the yellow flowers emerge. Presumably, those are where and when the seeds develop. Yes, we need an expert.

Doubtless the food is prepared fresh on board so all sorts of waste could land on the track