Bladehauler
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Boy this thread went DOWN the drain in a hurry !!
Toilet Paper
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I sure did, and remember whenever caught at the barn, a clean corncob worked very well. tried to keep two red cobs and one white one. Use a red one, then use the white one to see if I need the other red one.
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Years and years ago there used to be a bucket in the outhouse filled with corn cobs. Use your imagination on how they were used. This was after the catalogs had ran out.
paulharvey
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Ok, im only 31, and we had an out house till I was 8. We had no power, running water, or nat gas at our house in WVa. We had a old well at the bottom of the mountain ~1000 ft away. The church we went to had inside sink, but outhouses, till about 1993.
Yes, ive wiped with the Sears catalog, but you have to sit there an crincle it for a while, those glossy pages didnt do well.
Yes, ive wiped with the Sears catalog, but you have to sit there an crincle it for a while, those glossy pages didnt do well.
Egon
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Soo; scoff at my suggestion of Moss. Try it, see if you still prefer TP. It surely beats the catalogue.:thumbsup:
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Kinky stuff will get this thread dusted...:laughing:
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Hygiene is not though...
luvmexfood
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My daughter who is 16 and I have a saying. Two things we don't want to run out of is TP and the other is ketshup and the other is toilet paper.
Wise old Indian once told a pioneer to always keep his TP dry. Pioneer always thought he ment his tent till his toilet paper got wet.
Wise old Indian once told a pioneer to always keep his TP dry. Pioneer always thought he ment his tent till his toilet paper got wet.
dave1949
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It's not un-hygienic, really. It would be a challenge with sit-down toilets, but on the squat type it works fine.
The Japanese have a toilet that automatically wet washes and air dries.
PILOON
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Country folks that we often visited always asked us to bring them the last year city phone books.
They said it made great TP, but not the yellow pages.
Compared to newspaper phone book pages was a luxury for them.
They said it made great TP, but not the yellow pages.
Compared to newspaper phone book pages was a luxury for them.
paulharvey
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Two things more obsolete than an outhouse, newspaper, and a phone book
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Finally, a thread about one of my pet peeves, toilet paper. I go to Sam's and buy a giant pack of Charmin "24 double rolls = 48 regular rolls".
Put a roll on the dispenser and the next day its all gone. Check the label and it says 165 sheets per double roll. Who ever heard of a roll of toilet paper with only 83 sheets? We used to buy rolls of Northern with 1000 sheets. Even Angel soft has 264 sheets in their double rolls.
How can a manufacturer get by with false advertising like "double rolls with only 165 sheets" or Mr Whippel saying please don't squeeze the Charmin because its squeezably soft when the only reason the roll its soft is because there are so few sheets on it and it is wrapped so loose to make it as large as a roll with 500 sheets.
This upsets me so much I'm going to have to go have a few Margaritas to calm me back down so I can sit back and ponder "why can I keep a loaf of Wonder bread on the counter for 2 months and its still soft and white when my bread used to turn hard and green after 5 days?"
Put a roll on the dispenser and the next day its all gone. Check the label and it says 165 sheets per double roll.
Who ever heard of a roll of toilet paper with only 83 sheets? We used to buy rolls of Northern with 1000 sheets. Even Angel soft has 264 sheets in their double rolls.How can a manufacturer get by with false advertising like "double rolls with only 165 sheets" or Mr Whippel saying please don't squeeze the Charmin because its squeezably soft when the only reason the roll its soft is because there are so few sheets on it and it is wrapped so loose to make it as large as a roll with 500 sheets.
This upsets me so much I'm going to have to go have a few Margaritas to calm me back down so I can sit back and ponder "why can I keep a loaf of Wonder bread on the counter for 2 months and its still soft and white when my bread used to turn hard and green after 5 days?"
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Finally, a thread about one of my pet peeves, toilet paper. I go to Sam's and buy a giant pack of Charmin "24 double rolls = 48 regular rolls".
Put a roll on the dispenser and the next day its all gone. Check the label and it says 165 sheets per double roll.
How can a manufacturer get by with false advertising like "double rolls with only 165 sheets" or Mr Whippel saying please don't squeeze the Charmin because its squeezably soft when the only reason the roll its soft is because there are so few sheets on it and it is wrapped so loose to make it as large as a roll with 500 sheets.
This upsets me so much I'm going to have to go have a few Margaritas to calm me back down so I can sit back and ponder "why can I keep a loaf of Wonder bread on the counter for 2 months and its still soft and white when my bread used to turn hard and green after 5 days?"
Ya ain't using that white bread as emergency fill in moss are ya?
Might be you should look into a wore out pressure washer and set up one of them Japanese carwashes on yer toilet. Probably find yourself a hairdryer with the heter blown out and use that for the blow drying.
That there Moss Road fellow sure seems a little sensitive on this subject.
Leejohn
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I put one on a nail in the shops bathroom to see who knows what it is for. You know there has only been 2 people that knew out of maybe 50 people. It's been there for 11 years.
mikehaugen
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You guys obviously don't know what the 3 sea shells are for.
One night when there was nothing worth watching on TV, I watched an episode of Nat Geo's Preppers. They had one group (in NC, I believe) that had just about everything covered, three water supplies, a generator that worked off a wood burning truck, plenty of food stockpiled, weapons, defensive positions, and over 7000 rolls of toilet paper!
Redbug
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Spanish moss works down here, when out in the woods and no TP...
paulharvey
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Or just give up a sock
Well, here in Southwest Georgia, Spanish Moss is full of red-bugs (chiggers, for our northern friends).
Reminds me of the time in the early 70's when I was living in Barstow, CA. The rumor of a shortage of TP was started and in less than 24 hours, sure enough, there was a shortage.
I use to work in IT (supply business apps) in the Marine Corps during my enlistment and afterwards as a federal employee. Every now and then we would hear of an ordering screw up. Someone ordered some TP and wanted 6 cases. But erroneously checked unit of issue BX. I was told there was a lot of gnashing of teeth when 6 box car loads of TP showed up.
