10 minutes ago, Hane said:

@JermajestyDuggar, “Pittsburgh potties” weren’t basement bathroom facilities for workmen—they were toilets installed to deal with water flow issues such as sewage backup. If they had been intended for usual toilet purposes, they wouldn’t have been set out in the middle of the cellar with no enclosure or sink.

Thanks. I’ve heard the myth so many times that I figured it was true. But I have seen a lot of toilets that weren’t right in the middle. Some were off to the side of the basement too. And there was usually a sink down there for laundry. Usually the giant cement ones. We still have our giant cement sink that was used for laundry in the basement. 
 

This is what wiki says. Maybe it’s a combination of both. 

@JermajestyDuggar, “Pittsburgh potties” weren’t basement bathroom facilities for workmen—they were toilets installed to deal with water flow issues such as sewage backup. If they had been intended for usual toilet purposes, they wouldn’t have been set out in the middle of the cellar with no enclosure or sink.

Still no donations.  I sure hope they are trying to come up with plan B.  A single $100 donation isn't going to help them move. 

5 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

The ADHD talk reminded me of someone’s crotchety old grandpa saying around the dinner table, “in my day, we didn’t have ADHD. We had the belt.” 
 

I truly hope that one day when I’m very old, I don’t fight against modern psychological treatment and parenting techniques thinking my day was better. 

I was diagnosed with ADHD a few weeks shy of my 40th birthday a year ago. I was also spanked by my father for punishment. He used his houseslippers, not a belt, but I think not really less painfull. And I very likely inherited it from him. It's hard to proof now because he died almost 20 years ago, but the symptoms fit him. He was punished by his father by being spanked with a carpet beater. No matter how many beatings I got, it didn't made my neurotypical. But what helps are the meds. They don't make it perfect, but help me get things done and lessen the worst of it. So fuck all these people with their "beat it out of them" bullshit.

22 minutes ago, indianabones said:

And that, again, was because her mom was at lunch with them and made her do it.

Let’s hope her mom is able to make it to her homebirth. If it’s a very fast birth, she might not make it in time. And then she won’t have someone with fucking sense to recognize and emergency.