"Commode"

Eric Nielsen ericbarnak at GMAIL.COM
Wed Mar 30 04:20:22 UTC 2011


On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Robin Hamilton
> <robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> > a chamber pot
>
> The so-called "slop jar" of my youth."
>
> --
> -Wilson
>
>
Commode is the term of choice for the portable toilet/shower chair of today.
Like the chamber pot or slop jar, it is convenient and portable.

http://www.apmmedical.com/Commodes.html

Eric

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