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Tubs:

"I look forward to when I hit IDS2042, and someone has finally designed a tub shaped like a lounge chair, with a wide deck around it and beautiful, integrated grab bars to help you get in and out, perhaps heated so you can warm your towels as you bathe. Safe, comfortable tubs that work for everyone of every age and are beautiful too. Is this so hard?"

Sounds like a capitalistic opportunity for you, Lloyd! "Build it and they will come!" I am (slowly) starting the rehab of my two bathrooms in which the first floor one should have a large tub. So what can you offer me?

Bathroom sink:

You like the idea of "no stoppers" which mean not filling up the bowl. I also dryly note that you, like me, wear glasses. My wife wears contacts and as part of her morning bathroom rituals, fills the bowl after stoppering it so as to have a great place to catch her hard contacts without scratching them AND know they aren't going to bounce around and NOT go down the drain.

Jus' sayin' - different designs for different people on which to make personal choices. I, on the other hand, might just pick one of those sloping ones. The one (not shown here) that is shaped like a Nautilus is visually interesting...

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“Sounds like a capitalistic opportunity for you, Lloyd!”

That’s **my** thought. If tub and sink design is that bad, then design, market, and sell your own products. It’s how the world works. It’s how you could make a buttload of money, and fund your other sustainable endeavors.

It certainly would beat the bellyaching that Kelly seems none too keen on hearing about every year.

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See Lloyd! Your two loudest "Loyal Opposition" guys WANT you to succeed! You've found a void in the Marketplace - now, do as VB states and Serve Your Customers (which is what capitalism is all about - serving others and providing solutions to their needs and wants).

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And Version 2 could incorporate a recirculating dedicated water heater (see Stephan Sheehy) as an option along with "side by controls" and grab bars to be able to give consumers more choice! Bazinga!

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So now, opportunities to constantly create and replace constant kvetching that your wife hates.

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Now, can you do something about the Toronto bureaucracy that hates kids having a good time tobogganing, saucers, and sleds?

The No Fun League strikes again!

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