I'll just have water

[bigtiller]

Wife has one. They work for light jobs only. Not nearly enough pressure to replace paper.

You want pressure?
Try a different one.
This one of mine will blow your guts out.

 

[Runner]

I'm so proud to finally be able to throw away bent nails when tearing something apart. Feel like I've finally "made it". Still save the straight ones though.

 

[Jstpssng]

You want pressure?
Try a different one.
This one of mine will blow your guts out.

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A couple of years ago when my back was so bad I was crawling to the bathroom on my hands and knees, I realized how handy one of these would be. It also made me aware that sometimes when you get behind somebody in line they may not stink because they just had an accident; it's possible they couldn't reach around to wipe.

 

[masseyrider]

It also made me aware that sometimes when you get behind somebody in line they may not stink because they just had an accident; it's possible they couldn't reach around to wipe.

With the size of some people now I sometimes wonder how they manage to... clean up back there.
If you have a serious injury you just can't do anything aboot it except hopefully heal.
However with the size of some of the hippos waddling around it's a self inflicted disability by calories.
Long before you can no longer reach back to clean up your arms should be too short to feed your face.
Ma nature didn't do a good engineering job there.

 

[rScotty]

We grew up poor - though we never thought of it that way. Food came from the garden, and we rebuilt anything that broke in the family sedan - including the battery. It never bothered my dad to ask at the tire shops for "take offs" & old tubes. We mounted them ourselves.

Today we have done well.... I think our savings will outlast our lifespan, yet I still patch my old clothes, sew buttons back on, and reinforce the knees on jeans.

Mom used to say, "nobody cares if your clothes are patched, as long as they are clean"

Sorry Mom, I know you meant well....and I wish we lived in a world where that was true. But in most of the world people do care. Today, patches do reduce social choices.

rScotty

 

[Jstpssng]

your arms should be too short to feed your face.
Ma nature didn't do a good engineering job there

 

[BnRidge]

In the 50s, the farm house was remodeled, with some rooms totally renovated by a local carpenter. I remember his hit/mis cement mixer, chewing tobaco, bib overalls and of course the stick ruler. Some of the salvaged old trim was used to assemble the new kitchen cabinets and closets. Elaborate construction, with onsite salvage material behind and out of sight. 15yrs layer he was again hired on to put on a barn roof, reinforce the rafters, and do many other repairs. Sure enough, more of that salvage trim showed up in multiple places. And it is nice to finally get past all of that and unwind a little.

 

[WinterDeere]

I use plastic, but reuse them a lot. I get the powdered Gatorade zero and mix it in reused bottles. 90% of the time its just water, but this time of year, I need the Gatorade. The bottles help me track my intake. I usually have 1 in the fridge all of the time and rotate so I always have a cold bottle.

Check out Nuun, like Gatorade for adults. Lower sugar, and because it comes in tablet form, you can mix to your preferred strength. I mix mine at half strength (1 tablet / 32 oz. of water) this time of year, which gives the water a little flavor and the desired sodium and electrolyte kick, but so much less sweet and sugary than Gatorade. Also, if you're drinking a lot of the stuff throughout the day, it doesn't tear up your stomach like most sports drinks at full strength.

FWIW, they have different formulations for sport vs. daily hydration, etc.

 

[Torvy]

I only have one a day and Gatorade Zero has no sugar. I work in the heat for an hour or two and then drink one. After that, water 99% of the time. I may have unsweet tea if I need caffeine. Gatorade was actually developed for adults.

The powdered stuff on Amazon is pretty cheap. They sell variety packs so we can have different flavors.

 

[ultrarunner]

We grew up poor - though we never thought of it that way. Food came from the garden, and we rebuilt anything that broke in the family sedan - including the battery. It never bothered my dad to ask at the tire shops for "take offs" & old tubes. We mounted them ourselves.

Today we have done well.... I think our savings will outlast our lifespan, yet I still patch my old clothes, sew buttons back on, and reinforce the knees on jeans.

Mom used to say, "nobody cares if your clothes are patched, as long as they are clean"

Sorry Mom, I know you meant well....and I wish we lived in a world where that was true. But in most of the world people do care. Today, patches do reduce social choices.

rScotty

But jeans with holes sell for more…

 

[not2old]

But jeans with holes sell for more…

A few years back, my niece was wearing fashionable jeans with the knees shredded. I played dumb and quietly asked her if I could help with some money for new jeans. She giggled and didn't get mad at me.

 

[ultrarunner]

Granddaughter was giving a eulogy for her Grandfather yesterday and she said she will always remember the time he offered to take her clothes shopping and she said Grandpa… I just bought these and he said they have holes and she said that’s the way they came and he said I hope you got a big markdown.

 

[2manyrocks]

There was a time when kids wouldn't be caught in a pair of ripped jeans for fear of looking poor. I understand stone washing to make them softer and look used, but rips?

 

[Jstpssng]

I look at some of my jeans and think that I must be sitting on a gold mine. Not only do they have holes in the knees but they're splattered with 1 or more colors of paint.
I must have thrown out millions of dollars over the years!

 

[WinterDeere]

I understand stone washing to make them softer and look used, but rips?

I think this one sentence sums of the whole debate, perfectly. Your parents or grandparents wouldn't have udnerstood stone washing, to make the jeans look used, and you don't understand today's kids holes in jeans. If that isn't a great demonstration of generational gap...

Like Jstpssing, I've thrown away a fortune in ripped jeans. I'll wear jeans with holes in them, but only until the hole gets big enough for my knee or underwear to poke out, then they go in the trash.

 

[Jstpssng]

Back in my landscaping days I might leave the house in the morning wearing my oldest, rattiest pair of jeans. If I was put on the mowing crew on a hot day I'd go home wearing a pair of cuttoffs.

 

[Peter 315]

Back in my landscaping days I might leave the house in the morning wearing my oldest, rattiest pair of jeans. If I was put on the mowing crew on a hot day I'd go home wearing a pair of cuttoffs.

Hope they weren't Daisy Dukes..

 

[bdhsfz6]

With the size of some people now I sometimes wonder how they manage to... clean up back there.
If you have a serious injury you just can't do anything aboot it except hopefully heal.
However with the size of some of the hippos waddling around it's a self inflicted disability by calories.
Long before you can no longer reach back to clean up your arms should be too short to feed your face.
Ma nature didn't do a good engineering job there.

After hip surgery, I made up this rig to "clean up", using plumbing parts I had laying around. It's a toilet tube bent in a "U" with a long shower hose and shutoff.

I just leave it hanging on the curtain rod when not in use.

 

[Jstpssng]

Another story... on a different stint as a landscaper I worked with 3 guys who had been roommates in college. They claimed they went an entire semester without toilet paper; preferring to buy beer instead. After doing their business they would jump into the shower. That was the same job where one of them got hit in the head with a sledgehammer their buddy had thrown to them-from about 30 feet away. He tried to throw it over his friend's head, but the guy got scared and ran directly into it's path.
Luckily it was just the handle which hit him.

 

[Oaktree]

I look at some of my jeans and think that I must be sitting on a gold mine. Not only do they have holes in the knees but they're splattered with 1 or more colors of paint.
I must have thrown out millions of dollars over the years!

I guess I was ahead of the curve on fashion. Had jeans like that forever. Never wore 'em in public though.