The ancient inhabitants of the
mighty Indus Valley, in present - day Pakistan, had privies above
channels of running
water, whereas King Minos's palace on Crete, 4,000 years ago, fed rainwater through terra - cotta pipes to flush privies below.
Writers and planners like to call the aging baby boomer generation a «Silver Tsunami,» but the delta of a
mighty river where
channels branch off as the
water flows into the sea might be a better metaphor.