During the transit from Marathon to Bimini I broke the toilet seat off. (the cheap plastic hinge splintered) I'm saying it was - must have been - defective? After only ten years of use it "just broke off." The fact that we were rolling in eight foot seas and i was bouncing off the wall when attempting my business should not have caused the seat to break. Must have been defective! After it broke, I duct taped it back on, in the down position. That's how its been ever since.
Yesterday I went to the local store in George Town about a block from the dinghy dock to buy a new toilet seat. It was not quite that easy. The only toilet seats were at the Darville Lumber Company 8 miles away. As it turned out Jillian happened by and informed me, "its easy to travel just stick out your thumb. Everybody hitches here." So i walked about two blocks with my thumb stuck out before a guy stopped and gave me a lift to the Lumber Co. After i left the lumber yard one of their workers was headed back to town to drop off some purchase and she gave me a ride back. It was easy to hitch. I definitely got lucky with my two rides after only about a minute of walking both times. I was really dreading that eight mile walk back carrying a toilet seat...
Jillian and I at the local library
Words to live by. Do unto others and all that... $19 and Priceless!
I expect this seat to last longer than ten years. It was made in India after all.
- take a seat. Skipper
