This is a small experiment in the blogosphere. "If you have no interest in what it's like to grow old, what follows is not for you. However, if it's going to happen to you, and the outcome is ultimately going to be negative, then finding a way to make the process as bearable, even as enjoyable as possible, might be worth a little attention."—from John Jerome's On Turning Sixty-Five
06 February 2008
Ostia Antica: Communal Crapper
The wide-awake among you may have noted that this blog has been culled of at least a few travel entries, most recently of our trip to Italy. The notes and pictures on that trip have been moved to web.mac.com/kmueller40/muellertravel_Over_There Just click on this address and it will get you there.
Of course I couldn't resist puttting the name of the now abandoned Roman seaport on the title because when I googled it, I found a reference to my blog right up there with the really helpful ones. Which surprised me.
And I couldn't resist posting a picture of a communal crapper I found in Ostia Antica. I wonder if this was the equivalent of our "smoke-filled" committee rooms where important decisions were made before going to the forum. These are some references to hygiene in ancient Rome.
Touring Ostia Antica is a really nice website by Caroline Lawrence, who has written some good stuff for kids on the BBC.
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