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noduerme
12 days ago
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Bring bathroom doors back to hotels
Pretty sure I went to a bar in NYC that still had a urinal trough running directly below the bar as you were standing there... so one wouldn't need to leave the bar to take a leak. This was 30 years ago. McSorleys maybe?
ralnivar
12 days ago
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It could be a spittoon, which is designed for chewing tobacco.
https://www.kegworks.com/blog/a-lesson-in-tavern-history-the...
But it seems like they also where used as urinals
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