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Post by mohs on Mar 31, 2020 20:49:35 GMT -5
that and the line in The Great Outdoors about the washing machine one of my FAVORITE movies things are processing nicely
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 1, 2020 0:11:14 GMT -5
There are all sorts of different bidet options. The ones I have are equipped with warm air blowers that -- theoretically -- solve the problem you mention. My daughter has one and loves it. I'll know more when mine are installed, hopefully next week. Well... if I had one with a warm air blower, I may never leave the bathroom. LOL! You'd probably LOVE the model with a massage function
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 1, 2020 1:29:48 GMT -5
Well... if I had one with a warm air blower, I may never leave the bathroom. LOL! You'd probably LOVE the model with a massage function
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2020 10:44:20 GMT -5
I have never used a bidet. The thing I always think is- you still need to use TP to dry your butt, right? I mean who wants wet underwear. I seem to be missing what's so great about them. Most Americans have no idea how to use one - I'm sure there are youtube videos on that for various bidets, but no way am I gonna do that search Although some of the Japanese add-on models have blowers as gemfeller and parfive said, you don't use a blower or TP for the traditional ones - just a towel, as you do when you step out of the bath or shower. You are clean at that point (which is the great thing about them - no TP ever can get you anything like as clean). Yeah, they take some seconds longer to use than ripping a bunch of paper off the wall, so if a little patience isn't in a person's arsenal of virtues then a bidet probably isn't something they'd use
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 1, 2020 12:41:00 GMT -5
The history of toilet paper - What everyone needs to know, lol. (And no, I did not fact check this. Believe it or not, up to you.)
The History of Toilet Paper With the latest demand for toilet paper, I thought you would like to learn about its origin.
This is a bit of history that will truly make us thankful. We definitely need to thank the Chinese. Sometimes it's good to read something that makes you smile! I know that you have always been curious, so now you'll know.
1. The first recorded use of toilet paper was in 6th Century China.
2. By the 14th Century, the Chinese government was mass-producing it.
3. Packaged toilet paper wasn't sold in the United States until 1857.
4. Joseph Gayety, the man who introduced packaged TP to the U.S., had his name printed on every sheet.
5. Global toilet paper demand uses nearly 30,000 trees every day.
6. That's 10 million trees a year.
7. It wasn't until 1935 that a manufacturer was able to promise Splinter-Free Toilet Paper.
8. Seven percent of Americans admit to stealing rolls of toilet paper from hotels.
9. Americans use an average of 8.6 sheets of toilet paper per trip to the bathroom.
10. The average roll has 333 sheets.
11. Historically, what you use to wipe depended on your income level.
12. In the Middle Ages, they used something called a gompf stick, which was just an actual stick used to scrape.
13. Wealthy Romans used wool soaked in rose water, and French royalty used lace.
14. Other things that were used before toilet paper include hay, corn cobs, sticks, stones, sand, moss, hemp, wool, husks, fruit peels, ferns, sponges, seashells, knotted ropes, and broken pottery (ouch!).
15. 70-75% of the world still doesn't use toilet paper because it is too expensive or there is not sufficient plumbing.
16. In many Western European countries, bidets are seen as more effective and preferable to toilet paper.
17. Colored toilet paper was popular in the U.S. until the 1940s.
18. The reason toilet paper disintegrates so quickly when wet is that the fibers used to make it are very short.
19. On the International Space Station, they still use regular toilet paper, but it has to be sealed in special containers and compressed.
20. During Desert Storm, the U.S. Army used toilet paper to camouflage their tanks.
21. In 1973, Johnny Carson caused a toilet paper shortage. He said as a joke that there was a shortage, which there wasn't, until everyone believed him and ran out to buy up the supply. It took three weeks for some stores to get more stock.
22. There is a contest sponsored by Charmin to design and make wedding dresses out of toilet paper. The winner gets $2,000.
23.. There was a toilet paper museum in Wisconsin, The Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue, but it closed in 2000.
24. The museum once had over 3,000 rolls of TP from places all over the world, including The Guggenheim, Ellis Island, and Graceland.
25. There is still a virtual toilet paper museum called Nobody's Perfect.
26. In 1996, President Clinton passed a Toilet Paper Tax of 6 cents per roll which is still in effect today.
27. The Pentagon uses, on average, 666 rolls of toilet paper per day.
28 The most expensive toilet paper in the world is the Portuguese brand, Renova.
29. Renova is three-ply, perfumed, costs $3 per roll, and comes in several colors including black, red, blue, and green.
30. The CEO of Renova came up with the idea for black toilet paper while he was at a Cirque du Soleil show.
31. Beyonce uses only red Renova toilet paper
32. Kris Jenner uses only the black Renova toilet paper.
33 If you hang your toilet paper so you can pull it from the bottom, you're considered more intelligent than someone who pulls it from the top. (Wonder how this was determined?)
34. Koji Suzuki, a Japanese horror novelist best known for writing The Ring, had an entire novel printed on a single roll of toilet paper.
35. The novel takes place in a public bathroom, and the entire story runs approximately three feet long.
36. When asked what necessity they would bring to a desert island, 49% of people said toilet paper before food.
37. Queen Elizabeth II wipes her royal bottom with silk handkerchiefs. Wonder if the royal chambermaid gets to wash those?? Yeah, sure wouldn't want that job!
38. Muslims wipe their bums with their bare hand--- always the left hand. They eat with their right hand. If you are caught shop-lifting, your right hand is cut off, forcing you to eat with your poopy left hand. Yeeeech! This history was sent to you using my right hand.
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Post by parfive on Apr 1, 2020 13:55:15 GMT -5
OK this was an old Eddie Murphy one: A Bear and a Rabbit are take a dump in the woods- the bear leans over to the rabbit and asks the rabbit if he has a problem with poop sticking to his fur? The rabbit tells the bear No so the bear picks up the rabbit and wipes his but with him!
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Post by Wooferhound on Apr 2, 2020 6:26:14 GMT -5
The history of toilet paper - What everyone needs to know, lol. (And no, I did not fact check this. Believe it or not, up to you.)
Toilet Paper - The Movie
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Post by fernwood on Apr 2, 2020 7:18:11 GMT -5
Making my last trip to town today for who knows how long. I am at risk for COVID 19 and do not want to expose myself to anything right now. Town will only be the small, local one. I need to go to several stores to get anticipated supplies for any farm emergencies, plus the basics. Need some nails/screws in case "someone" takes down my horse fencing. My tenants cattle and the neighbor's huge dog have broke it in the past. Will need to go to hardware store for that.
Basic, non perishable food. Hope they have the dry milk at the grocery store, as they said a delivery was anticipated yesterday. Cat/dog food from the local Cenex.
I will be disinfecting my hands and critical areas of vehicle after each stop. Still trying to determine best way of disinfecting my purchases.
Later will be going to a nearby organic farm for more supplies. They have fresh veggies and eggs.
Doing everything I can to stay safe.
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Post by knave on Apr 2, 2020 7:34:20 GMT -5
Good luck Beth! 👊🏼😎
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Post by fernwood on Apr 2, 2020 12:30:27 GMT -5
Success. Mostly. Was unable to get dried milk. Now have 4 weeks worth of everything needed for my 4-legged family members and myself.
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Post by knave on Apr 2, 2020 15:23:54 GMT -5
Success. Mostly. Was unable to get dried milk. Now have 4 weeks worth of everything needed for my 4-legged family members and myself. Happy to hear it Beth!
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 2, 2020 15:44:35 GMT -5
Received this today:
Maybe this is useful, maybe not... To disinfect surfaces contaminated with Covid-19, the CDC recommends wetting with a 1000 PPM bleach solution for a minimum of 60 seconds. To mix 1000 ppm bleach solution: Look on the label of the bottle of bleach for the percent hypochlorite. If the percent hypochlorite is greater than 5% and less than 6.25%, add 4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water to make a 1000 ppm solution. If the percent hypochlorite is greater than 6.25% and less than 9.5, add 3 teaspoons bleach per quart of water to make a 1000 ppm solution. If the percent hypochlorite is greater than 9.5%, add 2 teaspoons bleach per quart of water. The CDC guidelines are here. The calculations for PPM I did myself, because I noticed that the CDC did not provide them (they only gave mixing directions for 5.25% bleach). Feel free to share with whomever.
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Post by parfive on Apr 2, 2020 17:23:58 GMT -5
Careful with the bleach . . . fumes . . . ventilation.
I know me and the wife are a lot more sensitive to it at this stage of the game.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 3, 2020 22:21:34 GMT -5
Preparing for the next pandemic a person should look for things that are essential and difficult to impossible to find now. The time taken to restock is a lot longer than I expected. Food doesn't seem to be a problem and substitutions are possible. I've been looking for brown rice for a few weeks and picked up a bag on ebay. Toilet paper availability is improving but there will be a lag next time. Disinfectant wipes are unobtainable now. I had 4 cans and I thought that would be enough to last until they were restocked. I will need to be more judicious in their use. Surgical masks can be added to the list. Online purchases that were two day delivery are now 10. Snack foods and candy have been hit hard. I don't need to add rocks to the list. I don't have a large supply but there is no problem getting more.
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Post by greig on Apr 3, 2020 22:48:19 GMT -5
While you’re hemmin’ and hawin’ about the six feet or the twenty-seven, don’t forget to put the lid down . . . every time a lidless toilet is flushed, it aerosolizes a fine mist of microbes. This fecal cloud may disperse over an area as large as six square meters (65 square feet). Look on your neighbour's roof. There is a plumbing stack open to the air from the sewage pipes inside. In fact, every house has one. I cannot imagine what is floating in the air in a dense area.
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Post by greig on Apr 3, 2020 23:10:29 GMT -5
Now, more food for thought if you like to be prepared...
Supply chains are broken, so there may be issues later in the year whereby some items will be impossible to find or limited quantities at much higher prices. Think about what you may need between now and Christmas, or longer. Complex items usually have components from multiple factories and locations. Any break in the chain, means they aren't being built.n. For example, if you think you will need a new phone, computer or TV, it would be a good idea to get it now. Other ideas:
light bulbs canning products or other items to store foods bar & 2-stoke oil for chain saw rock grit, saw blades tires for car, truck or trailer candles batteries camping, fishing or hunting gear gardening supplies plastic bags and tuperware shampoo, toothpaste, brushes for electric toothbrushes. Nail files.
I am sure the list can go on and on. I have a feeling that I am about to become my Dad....little jars filled with parts so I can fix things as they break.
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 3, 2020 23:50:19 GMT -5
... additionally, it's the beginning of garden season in my area and everyone is starting to sow seeds in the garden. I learned a good lesson last year when I seeded my garden and then we got three weeks of soggy weather that rotted the seeds and we got very little germination. I then planted seeds again and things went well.
Lessons learned: I was lucky to have extra seeds in the freezer because when I went to replant I noticed that many seeds were sold out at the stores. I now keep at least three years of seeds stored in my freezer at all times and have even used seeds that have been frozen for eight years and had good germination results.
I've learned that if you store your seeds in warm temperatures they will fairly rapidly loose viability.
I am also using heirloom seeds as much as possible so I can harvest my own seeds and not rely upon stores as much. I really like self sufficiency!
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Post by aDave on Apr 4, 2020 0:26:19 GMT -5
Now, more food for thought if you like to be prepared... Supply chains are broken, so there may be issues later in the year whereby some items will be impossible to find or limited quantities at much higher prices. What supply chains are broken? Would you care to elaborate? I'm not asking to be argumentative. I'm curious as to your rationale for making such a comment.
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Post by greig on Apr 4, 2020 1:16:29 GMT -5
Good question. Might be easier to identify supply chains that are still intact. The problems will become clear 1-3 months after there is a shutdown somewhere. Right now, that focus is on China. The processes most affected have been running on a just in time inventory system. A good example is automotive (or big box retailers). On top of that, some counties are stopping export of goods they deem critical (US stopping export of masks (including into Canada), India stopping pharmacy exports ...). Apparently cargo containers are stacked up in China causing a worldwide shortage for transport of goods from anywhere. The current media focus is on TP, food, personal protection and soon pharmacy. They are not explaining the pending tsunami (my thinking) related to general goods, maybe to avoid more panic. With the demand and supply shortages, plus financial issues, it may become difficult to restart things in a timely fashion. If the US dollar fails( which it hasn't yet), then ongoing international trade for the foreseeable future is hamstrung. Remember, the US is spending trillions that it doesn't have and worldwide production of all goods has basically stopped. And I could be completely wrong and over-reacting. In which case, I have bought for myself a few extra things now, that I will consume later. However, If I am correct...then I am not competing with all of the others who left things too late. The problem always is - nobody knows it until everybody knows. Yet, looking back, it is kinda obvious. I realize that not everybody has the cash to prepare and many will be hurt if things get worse. I have been doing some really uncomfortable things such as selling equites in Jan. Buying gold and oil on the major dips. On the other hand, I am up 20% by trying to predict, based on what makes sense to me and not running with the herd and certainly not paying attention to the media. I do this to protect my family and our future. Soon I think the best any of us can do is not to lose relative to everything else. At the end of the day, if we survive then that is success. Hope that makes sense. You can google to see what is being said about supply chain, but here is a link to get started: www.entrepreneur.com/article/348081Greig
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Post by parfive on Apr 4, 2020 2:18:05 GMT -5
If the lists gets much longer, it might be easier just buyin’ the house next door.
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