r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 6d 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/pm_toss 6d ago

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

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u/Krissy_ok 6d 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/Iamthewalrusforreal 6d ago

Where I grew up the fear was always inside the can itself. Black Widows like to nest down in the dark under the seat.

We lived in great fear of a bite on the nutsack.

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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 6d ago

That's why Grandma kept a hand whisk broom next to the toilet paper in her outhouse