[celty]

Originally Posted by JustMary

You need to travel more. In some countries, all public toilets require you to pay -and ordinary people do, because you would get arrested for pissing in the street.

Plus, after the 'crypto crisis' and countless other fiascos by our darling City Council I'm quite happy to admit that I buy bottled water (and I consider myself an 'ordinary' person ...).

I don't want to discover in five or ten years that I've been drinking stuff which causes cancer or whatever.

Agree with Just Mary. There are not too many other countries where hundreds of drunken people think it's ok to pee in the street late at night.

I guess a/ Irish people drink too much and b/ there aren't enough public toilets late at night.

[J o e]

Originally Posted by celty

I don't want to discover in five or ten years that I've been drinking stuff which causes cancer or whatever.

I hope you're not buying it in plastic bottles then...?

[BhoscaCapall]

What a silly assumption. My comment was in regards to public toilets in Galway, Ireland.

[J o e]

We need some of these to pop up at 2am around the city...

[_Whimsical_]

Originally Posted by J o e

We need some of these to pop up at 2am around the city...

I don't know...given that our "hi tech" public toilets have had trouble opening unexpectedly and trapping people inside during automated cleaning cycles do we really want one that just might deliver you to the underworld by accident?

It does look the business though...apart from the fear of a grimey death I'd vote yes.

[yermanoffthetv]

Back to the OP's post. Is it a solar compactor?

[FlashD]

Originally Posted by celty

I don't want to discover in five or ten years that I've been drinking stuff which causes cancer or whatever.
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Plastic bottles have been known to degrade into the water, the speed depends on the grade of plastic used which you can find out from the number at the bottom of the plastic bottle.

You would probably be better off drinking from the tap from an environmental, financial and health perspective, the water in Galway is fine now.

[buzz11]

Originally Posted by Eviledna

Answer: It was a tourist information touchscreen booth, twas all the rage during the boom. Worked for about two months, got vandalized, and was never fixed.

Any idea who was behind the idea and how come its been left there unused? It seems quite high tech and expensive looking

[Robmeister2011]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...g-p10cA#t=179s

That is all.

[Eviledna]

Originally Posted by buzz11

Any idea who was behind the idea and how come its been left there unused? It seems quite high tech and expensive looking

If I remember correctly it had software branded with Discover Ireland on it. Twas supposed to be a replacement for the tourist information kiosk further down the prom. The problem being that with mobile devices with multi-touch screens now in everyones pockets, the whizbangwow effect just ends up...dated looking.

Twas probably too expensive to keep working (read:unvandalised). Sure they can't even maintain the fupping toilets there to a working order, so the info kiosk has little chance. Perhaps with the volvo coming they might upgrade the firmware on the damn thing. And, er, switch it on again.

Personally, I'd like to see free internet on it for the prom walkers.

[Rob A. Bank]

Originally Posted by J o e

We need some of these to pop up at 2am around the city...

That Urilift is a brilliant idea ! Appears in the evening when needed and is gone for the day. It gets the thumbs up from Esbjerg in Denmark...

"We (all citizens in the town) are very happy with the UriLift. Every night at about 22.00 the UriLift is activated by personnel from a bar nearby (they have a remote). Next morning the street-sweepers clean it from empty cans, glass etc. and lower it down with their remote. They also activate the self-cleaning-system, so the UriLift is clean when it is activated in the evening. It is still looking just as good as it looks when it was new."

However, given the austerity we may need to go for the Dutch more basic 'Pee Tree"

[buzz11]

Originally Posted by Eviledna

If I remember correctly it had software branded with Discover Ireland on it. Twas supposed to be a replacement for the tourist information kiosk further down the prom. The problem being that with mobile devices with multi-touch screens now in everyones pockets, the whizbangwow effect just ends up...dated looking.

So I wonder which state body paid for it? Since its there a few years, the costs must have been very high as that technology was very expensive just a few short years ago.

There is no record of any planning application on the city council website.... so maybe it could be 'salvaged' and 'liberate' the flat screen tv inside it?

Who would notice?

[Funkygreendogs]

they have these everywhere in amsterdam



its a win-win situation! Ive seen them at the galway arts festival aswell, such an easy solution to the problem and cheap too!

They also have these burger bars that have the burgers displayed inside a little door that you pop coin into and you can open the door to get your burger, im sure youve all seen them when youve been over last...



Such an awesome idea and fairly simple.........

*rags week flashback*...........

[muskyj]

Originally Posted by Funkygreendogs

they have these everywhere in amsterdam



its a win-win situation! Ive seen them at the galway arts festival aswell, such an easy solution to the problem and cheap too!

They also have these burger bars that have the burgers displayed inside a little door that you pop coin into and you can open the door to get your burger, im sure youve all seen them when youve been over last...



Such an awesome idea and fairly simple.........

*rags week flashback*...........

used to love Febo's after a morning out. no messing with queue's and all that. burgers were never great but used to love those chips with the mayo!