Don't call them Portaloos
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
With an "e", that's a kind of semi-precious mineral, flourite, from Castleton, Derbyshire.
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Bring back the old trench, dug by hand and filled in after by whoever p*ssed off the organiser the most
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Big Jon wrote:Bring back the old trench, dug by hand and filled in after by whoever p*ssed off the organiser the most
The skip with balancing on the edge was always my favourite. Don’t lean back.
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
mikey wrote:Big Jon wrote:Bring back the old trench, dug by hand and filled in after by whoever p*ssed off the organiser the most
The skip with balancing on the edge was always my favourite. Don’t lean back.
or drop your compass...
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Nothing beats the mossie infested setup deep in the forests north of St Peterburg at the World Maters Champs
Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
We could just start calling them Nixons
https://www.nixonhire.co.uk/hire/toilets-uk
Although Mharky might have something to say about that
https://www.nixonhire.co.uk/hire/toilets-uk
Although Mharky might have something to say about that
To oblivion and beyond....
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
How about Portabloos?
The last time I used one of those awful trenches, the only accessory was a number of very unstable logs across the gap. We lost a couple of good people that day...
The last time I used one of those awful trenches, the only accessory was a number of very unstable logs across the gap. We lost a couple of good people that day...
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Cut and Paste email, pretty poor.
Same letter here -
https://mobile.twitter.com/jonty/status ... 2402791426
Same letter here -
https://mobile.twitter.com/jonty/status ... 2402791426
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Anybody like irony? I had a message from Portaloo Scotland - "unfortunately we closed down our Events division last year and we do not supply this product" (Portaloos)
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Freefall wrote:Anybody like irony? I had a message from Portaloo Scotland - "unfortunately we closed down our Events division last year and we do not supply this product" (Portaloos)
Maybe they p*ssed off too many event organisers with their snotty e-mails/letters about using "their" name.
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Big Jon wrote:Freefall wrote:Anybody like irony? I had a message from Portaloo Scotland - "unfortunately we closed down our Events division last year and we do not supply this product" (Portaloos)
Maybe they p*ssed off too many event organisers with their snotty e-mails/letters about using "their" name.
I wonder how this affects the legal standing of their snotty letters, as they are no longer supplying the product? Apple and WWF only became legally contestable when one side developed new products. McDonald's vs Big Mac's Black Country greasy spoon and Victoria Beckham vs Peterborough FC got nowhere as there was little chance of confusion. Though a previous supplier withdrawing from the market is a different scenario? And might Scottish law and English law come to a different conclusion?
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
They still use the name Portaloo but it is no longer synonymous with chemical toilet. They are now blocks that are portable but need water, power and drainage. As a supplier they were pretty crap at Highland 2015 and refused to accept orienteers got through rather a lot of toilet paper.
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Re: Don't call them Portaloos
Freefall wrote:they were pretty crap
I like the metaphor
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