And ::darkshadows:: did psot words of wisdom:::
> Is that worth 50 cents? I guess so...
>
> Thu Nov 29, 12:32 PM ET
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now there's
> "SatLav," a toilet-finding service to help people caught short in
> central London.
> ADVERTISEMENT
>
> Thursday, Westminster City Council launched a new mobile phone text
> message service that will guide Londoners and tourists to their
> nearest public lavatory.
>
> Anyone who sends the word "Toilet" to 80097 will receive a reply
> giving details of their nearest public convenience.
>
> Student Gail Knight, 26, came up with the idea for an innovation
> competition run by the council.
>
> "When I'm out with friends we're always ducking into McDonalds or
> department stores to use their loos but we feel a bit bad about it,"
> she said. "I thought a text service would be really useful for people
> on the move."
>
> The service is available across the Westminster, an area that includes
> many of the capital's most popular sights, such as Big Ben, Trafalgar
> Square and Buckingham Palace.
>
> Unlike in-car devices that rely on satellites to pinpoint someone's
> location, the SatLav uses mobile phone technology.
>
> All that comes at a price, however. Rather than spending a penny,
> people will be charged 25 pence ($0.52) per text.
>
BAH! It is just another way to track people in England. After all, a
tourist toilet user could be a terrorist.
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DT
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