@*Beth*, I hope your med issues are resolved soon, and congrats on the needed rain. We say similar when we manually water our outdoor plants. It always rains soon after, but if we don't, it doesn't rain.

We don't need to pay for elevators in Czechia, but it's still very common to have to pay to use public toilets here. The exceptions are in nicer restaurants and most pubs. Otherwise, you see a toilet "attendant" taking money, or in more modern set ups, a place to put a coin so that the bar releases to let you through. I think it's more common in Czechia than Germany and Austria, but I've seen similar there. In Germany, you sometimes accumulate coupons for future public toilet use, especially at highway rest areas. I keep them in our glove compartment. Toilet paper is in the stalls. It didn't used to be, in the past. Back then the "attendant" gave you a little or you brought your own. Another thing we sort of pay for is shopping cart usage. You need to insert a coin into the cart handle to release a chain that holds the carts together. That encourages people to return the carts to the corrals, since re-chaining releases the coin, thus making it free in the end.

I heard there is encouragement for Georgia to possibly declare war on Russia. Did you hear/read that? See Georgia proposes to hold a referendum and ask if Georgians want war with Russia | odessa-journal.com