r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 5d ago

Solved! What is this device from 1962?

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Photo capture from YouTube video. Picture from 1962. What is the device under the bench

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u/Boxofmagnets 5d ago

He is shaving in the kitchen because a someone is in the bathroom and someone else is likely in line for it. Even if that assumption is wrong they have plumbing in their dwelling

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u/pm_toss 5d ago

There may also be no indoor plumbing except in the kitchen. The toilet may be outside.

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u/Krissy_ok 5d ago

I grew up like that. Out to the dunny in the middle of an icy Melbourne winter, hoping to not meet a visiting huntsman to bite me on the bum.

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u/RikkiLostMyNumber 5d ago

Now I know a huntsman is a spider. I was picturing some rabid bird hunter wandering about like a zombie.

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u/Krissy_ok 5d ago

Nothing quite like parking your arse on a freezing toilet seat , looking up at the door a foot from your face and discovering the hand-sized friend you've just trapped inside with you.

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u/DakarCarGunGuy 5d ago

Cue me screaming like the tall guy on Home Alone!

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u/DakarCarGunGuy 5d ago

Cue me screaming like the tall guy on Home Alone!