In article , Helen Deborah Vecht
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Ian Jelf typed


The facilities are OK but I really would prefer to dry my hands on a
cloth or paper towel rather than use the germ-blowers that can overheat
the dungeons in which the facilities hide.
So they're not "more hygienic", as claimed?
No. there has been some research somewhere that showed it was on a par
with wiping your hands on trousers IIRC.
Ugh!

When I'm busting for a leak, I'm not minded to go looking for a member
of staff. Some of the time I walk fairly well & would have to eplain my
problems; when I walk badly, I don't want to be haring around a station
concourse. Quickest is still to struggle down the stairs to the ordinary
loos.
Would you be able to get a RADAR key? Would you want to?

(By the way, I don't make a habit of hanging around public toilets,
however much it might look like it from this post!

This is obvious to me as a Brum based guide doesn't seem familiar with
London Euston! ;-)
I always use Marylebone! ;-)
So I gathered...
*Far* more civilised than Birmingham New Street - London Euston. :-)

Helen, who always has a supply of 20p coins ('toilet tokens') on hand.
£1 coins are trolley tokens...
Here in Birmingham, you get used to carrying a supply of change for the
occasional bus journey (exact fare only here, no change given)!

Do you have reinforced pockets?
Yes, you need them (although our £2.50 day tickets help with many kinds
of journey and most off peak fares are £1 anyway. I wish we had
something similar to London's "Saver" tickets, though. They would
serve my current needs perfectly.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk