' gunrunnerjohn posted:I gotta say, I'm not sure I understand the antagonism toward the PR, especially since it's a separate building. If it's cold, snowing, or raining, it'll be nice to have the facilities in the same building. Having running water will also be a nice convenience. I also think the odor issue is somewhat overblown, if that's such a problem, let's get rid of all bathrooms in the house and just go back to an outhouse in the back yard! That's what I had as a kid, and I can tell you that it was mighty uncomfortable in upstate NY in the winter! Besides Ken, it's your RR, so it's your rules!
I really like the idea that I have a PR in my train room, and it'll be even more appreciated when I have guests and we're all swizzling beers!
OK, maybe diet coke...
Here, Here, John!! 
I am in total agreement with Ken's idea of putting facilities in his train building! I agree about the over concern about the odor issue. If any of the rest of the 'old guys' here are like me, they can't smell hardly anything any more either!! I have to ask my wife if I or my clothes smell! My dad's place still has the old brick outhouse out back anyway. The story goes, my great-grandfather asked his cousin to build an outhouse that the kids from down the hill in the village couldn't push over the hill every Halloween. His cousin got over cooked bricks from the local brickyard and built the outhouse on a concrete foundation on the hillside. Is still stands and is usable over 100 years later. It always came in handy when working outside. Otherwise you had to come in, take off your work shoes to not get reprimanded from Mum, traipse through the house and upstairs to the only bathroom. Ken's bathroom essentially solves the same problem in the 21'st century! As always, Ken is thinking outside the box, or in this case inside the box, so to speak! 
