There are two toilets in my house—one downstairs by the main door, and the other in the bathroom upstairs. And both toilets have been leaking for a few years already. Flush valves in both toilet tanks are not working properly because there is quite a bit of calcium in Motovun’s water. As water goes, it is pretty “hard” over here. Having had enough of the annoying leaks, though, I am reverting to old technology, so to speak. By the bathroom toilet, there is a bucket full of water always on the ready. The toilet tank has been out of use for months now, and it has been disconnected from the water supply all the while. But I am more than delighted by my own intervention in technological development. The bucket beats all the tricks of the last century or thereabouts. It works without a glitch. In a few years, I may well abandon both of my toilets and go to the garden instead. A couple of chamber pots would be all I would actually need for a comfortable life in the boondocks. Fuck technological development. In the meanwhile, the good old bucket is just to my liking.