Janey... I too know the horrors of the Northern Ontario outhouse... for a few year we had land but not cottage... and the only place to go was an old outhouse... I was always sure that some creepy crawly was going to bite me in places I'd rather not be bitten (by bugs anyway
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The best was when my wife went to use it and she disturbed a flying squirrel who had taken up residence... I don't know who was more freaked out...