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1. Anyone who has traveled a lot has come across the "no flushing toilet paper" rule.

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 11:38 AM

Feb 2014

Very common in South America. Not every nation/city has a sanitary system capable of handling paper waste.

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Re the Sochi "digs" - this could get really amusing in the coming days... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 OP

Agreed - that is only the tip of the iceberg, though.... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #2

'Come see the show after it closes, it will be much better then' Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #5

Their infrastructure was pretty primitive back in the 70's. canoeist52 Feb 2014 #3

I really feel badly for the athletes. Control-Z Feb 2014 #6

Pretty spartan arikara Feb 2014 #8

I saw a picture of the room with 3 beds. Control-Z Feb 2014 #9

Spacious compared to my college dorm rooms Retrograde Feb 2014 #10

I don't see anything wrong with them either SoCalDem Feb 2014 #14

No fishing in the toilet arikara Feb 2014 #7

Aside from the toilet paper in the bin davidpdx Feb 2014 #13