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10 points for anyone who knows what I'm talking about.]]>Nov 19th 2006 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
Where'd that come from! From the ground Johny :)

--Jon Z | http://www.jzencovich.com]]>Nov 19th 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
What if you're standing there and doing your biz, and it starts to go back into the ground?

Trapped in a urine smelling tomb for the better part of a day?

just a thought]]>Nov 19th 2006 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
Clamp Cable Network building is from Gremlins 2: The New Batch
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They do need to.

But does that mean we cannot place men urinals untill we figured out a similar solution for women?]]>Nov 19th 2006 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.urilift.nl/]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/Nov 19th 2006 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
I suggest a small modification to the top of the capsule... dome shaped.]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
I picture a thing where your head and shoulders stick out, and there is enough room to sit on the throne and little more. The lack of light would add to the privacy afforded by one's creative use of one's clothing.

There is no lack of turds downtown either.

Everyone will know what you're doing, of course, but so what ? Before indoor plumbing, peopel used to just stand astride the gutter, relieve themselves, and pretend to be thinking happy thoughts.





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This article is inaccurate: the City has only introduced a trial mobile-pisser. I agree it's pricey, but know a friend who works Bastion Square and dreads the Monday morning stench of a urine soaked square.

This is also the olde location of Victoria's gallows and is situated betwen many drinking establishments.... and drunk male students simply don't care where they piss and police are far too busy to be handing out by-law infractions around closing time.

Speaking of "shrubs" making up for the volume of urine obviously hasn't been to Hamburg's (?) Love Parade ... where tens of thousands of "drunk male students" and others piss in local parks.

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Though when you're drunk you have a whole new frame of mind and they're a godsend.]]>Nov 20th 2006 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
I can't wait to see who the first person is who gets duct taped to one of these things just before it goes down into the ground.

And people will be pissing ON these things, not just in them. And people taking dumps in these things? Nasty...

Instead of spending 75 G's for one of these, they should spend it on the yearly salaries for two cops who can go around and taser people in the ass who are too piss drunk or stupid for peeing in public.
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He He]]>Nov 20th 2006 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/urilift-the-disappearing-public-urinal-and-we-do-mean-public/
Sure I can write about 10 pages about the experiences we have had over the last six year. But I don’t want to take the piss with you. However a few comments I would like to make on general issues raised her.

- The UriLift is safe: it is raised and lowered by an attendant. And that has never caused any unsafe situation
- The UriLift is vandalism proof: no moving parts, 3mm stainless steel, total weight 1500 Kg. No human force can break it. In off peak hours it is safely stowed away.
- There is a ladies version, however the problem of public urination is a male thing. And you don’t want to spend double the price if it solves only 1% of the down town problem. So ladies go for it!!
- Public urination is not matter of anti social behavior. It is a effect of more people in the city at night, drinking more alcohol, for longer periods. And as this trend is lasting, cities have to provide sanitation in the public space. After all they make a lot of money on all people spending there money in there entertainment areas.
- If well maintained the UriLift will cost a city less that 7.500 USD/year. And that’s is far less than having a cleaning staff cleaning sometimes hundreds of liters of urine every weekend.

And remember. It ain’t much if it ain’t Dutch. You ask any North American visiting Amsterdam.

Best regards.
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