For our American Brothers...A topic that's a little on the lighter side

[Scoobie Newbie]

What's the deal with shower curtains for doors on your bathroom stalls?  This isn't the first time I've seen this.  Anyway just wondering.

 

[gaspasser]

you worry about the wierdest things...

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

Dude after the places and conditions I've taken a dump I have no worries about a shower curtain.  Just curious is all.

 

[tomahawk6]

Privacy. ;D

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Because they reverse the flow for a shower......

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

uck!

 

[stukirkpatrick]

They had those in our shacks in Camp Ripley - but I was under the impression that they were set up by our own advance party, given the makeshift materials utilized  :blotto:

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

I don't think so

 

[Spanky]

I've been to places in the States that did not even have stalls, just the open concept style.  Very airy and conducive to conversation.  

 

[tomahawk6]

Ya I remember that in the WW2  barracks at Basic and AIT.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

T6 any idea why?

 

[Cloud Cover]

Ya I remember that in the WW2  barracks at Basic and AIT.

You were in WW2?  ;D

 

[medicineman]

I've been to places in the States that did not even have stalls, just the open concept style.  Very airy and conducive to conversation.  

I remember dealing with those in 29 Palms for a few weeks one spring - you could tell all the Canadians there because we all brought in newpapers and magazines to prevent flagrant violations of guy law and provide some makeshift privacy.

MM

 

[tomahawk6]

You were in WW2?  ;D

Nope but when I went through basic/ait our training brigade used the WW2 barracks it was either that or tent I suppose. Those wooden barracks were cheap to build and had latrines upstairs and down. Zero privacy.Our DI had a room on the ground floor of our BCT barracks. In AIT they trusted us I suppose and the DI didnt keep a room in the barracks. They were open bays with wall lockers and bunks running the length of the barracks. Mo one walked down the middle of the floor and we only walked down the side along the wall.I remember at Ft Polk pulling guard duty over an area of empty wooden barracks that were unused. When I was at Ft Benning they still had wooden barracks as well for BAC, Ranger School,for the mothbolled basic training area . There were usually nice modern barracks for perm party. With the advent of the all volunteer force new barracks were built to replace the wooden ones.

 

[Boxkicker]

North Fort In FT Lewis Washington, no walls for the toilets. That was just so wrong, you could have a gang dump and hold hands for encouragement, if you wished. That was in the 90's.

 

[Trip_Wire]

I took Engineer basic training at North Fort Lewis in February 1947. The two story wooden barracks, had open bays with bunk beds on both sides of the aisles. Latrines were on the rear end of the bottom floor. Comodes were lined up and in the open side-by-side. The shower was one large room with many faucets/showerheads. No privacy at all.

We had the same type of barracks at Ft. Benning in Parachute school and Ranger training at Harmony Church area

There was also NCO/Cadre rooms at the end of the second floor and the front of the 1st floor.

At North Ft. Lewis, the barracks were heated by a coal furnace.

We also had the WW II Type mess hall. (Wooden long one story building, kitchen and serving line in the front and entrance in the rear. They served family style, with large bowels of food brought to the long mess tables by the KPs serving as DROs.

Aww the good old days! (not!)

Although even these conditions were much better then below 0 degrees, wind and snow in Korea in a foxhole confronting a zillion chinese. 

 

[Boxkicker]

I took Engineer basic training at North Fort Lewis in February 1947. The two story wooden barracks, had open bays with bunk beds on both sides of the aisles. Latrines were on the rear end of the bottom floor. Comodes were lined up and in the open side-by-side. The shower was one large room with many faucets/showerheads. No privacy at all.

We had the same type of barracks at Ft. Benning in Parachute school and Ranger training at Harmony Church area

There was also NCO/Cadre rooms at the end of the second floor and the front of the 1st floor.

At North Ft. Lewis, the barracks were heated by a coal furnace.
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  You have got to be talking about just off the paradise enlisted mans club. Yes some 40 years later they were the same the last time I was there about 95, they put up walls between the toilets, still no doors.

 

[geo]

Remember starting my reserve training in 1970 in Farnham with outhouses that were eight holers.... no waiting.  Lovely things in winter - no insulation.. you'd stamp down the snow, force the door open,  get a good gulp of fresh air and dash in with your own personal roll of toilet paper in hand....... Effing wonderful memories (after 37 yrs)

 

[Mortar guy]

I'm in Camp Blanding, Florida right now experiencing the shower-curtain-for-stall-door experience right now. Our shacks are fairly comfortable but also extremely rudimentary. Still, they're cheap and are just right for what we're doing.

Living in these shacks for any period of time would be a bit much though...

MG

 

[Trooper Hale]

Do you folks ever get portaloos out bush? I dont know if thats what you call them, but portable toilets? Nothing like using one of those suckers on a 40degree day! Step in, light a match and hope that you make it out without sweating out your body sweat.

There are shower curtains in the RCD's shacks, is it not a common Canadian thing?