> *Could this explain a certain amount of domestic infelicity?*

S. O. S. -- Depends on if your bathroom his historic or not and if you
read your e-mail from there.

Hmmm.  Our bathroom is something of a reproduction.  Has new varnished wainscot (BTW, my Jr Hi woodshop teacher was Wayne Scott), but old tub on legs, old pedestal sink (from the East 90's, as I remember), and old water closet. Also has an old Dr's balance-type scale.  However, the room it's in was probably originally a maid's room.  So you tell me whether it's historic.

 

And I don't read my email there.  That would be an anachronism.

 

Ralph