Pee-Traps

Thanksgiving is coming soon and we have something to be thankful for...pee-traps.
Yep, good old pee-traps. If you don't knowwhat those are, as I did not until last spring, they are the little bends in your toilet / sink pipes when you look under the counter. They hold water in them always, which prevents "smells" from returning to visit your home.

In China, they don't have those. SO you can imagine what walking past any bathroom is like, among other reasons here. But lest I regress from the story...our toilet has had an ongoing problem of constantly running lightly, but we've chosen not to fix it for a long time, b/c it keeps the water moving and there are no smelly odors to greet us anymore. Well, those days are done. The repair guys found that water was leeking from our apartment, came up here, and turned off our 2000 flushes. Some things even nice candles can't even overcome.

This Thanksgiving, be thankful for pee-traps. We will be.