shan
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Auto flushing loo (preferably fresh water) and marine loo paper. No need to be uncivilised on a boat.
A sticky question of toilet paper for liveaboards
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SmileyGiley
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I presume you have a pressurized shower in the head.
Buy a WHITE face flannel.
Do business.
Irrigate stern with shower (do not overflow!).
Pat dry with white face flannel. The white face flannel proves that the irrigation method is 100% efficient. No loo paper required.
Maybe get a light pink or blue face flannel for faces - just to avoid confusion.
Buy a WHITE face flannel.
Do business.
Irrigate stern with shower (do not overflow!).
Pat dry with white face flannel. The white face flannel proves that the irrigation method is 100% efficient. No loo paper required.
Maybe get a light pink or blue face flannel for faces - just to avoid confusion.
GHA
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Absolutely, problem solved
A piece more kitchen roll works just as well.
A large proportion of people on the planet see it as amusingly disgusting, trying to clean certain bits of your body by rubbing bits of paper on it instead of washing
capnsensible
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I dont.........
GHA
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There are other ways to have a wee wash
Us rich westerners are very likely in the minority not washing but rubbing with some paper as a way to get clean..
Spend a few years in Asia, you'll never be happy with loo roll again
Heckler
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The recent article in a national about an India sub continent gentleman and his restaurant where he kept quote "a dirty brown jar" with water in for washing after toileting puts it all in to perspective! No wonder they dont use their left hand for eating!There are other ways to have a wee wash
Us rich westerners are very likely in the minority not washing but rubbing with some paper as a way to get clean..
Spend a few years in Asia, you'll never be happy with loo roll again
Stu
BrianH
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How true. The bidet is an essential appliance in the civilised world, I couldn't imagine life ashore without it.A large proportion of people on the planet see it as amusingly disgusting, trying to clean certain bits of your body by rubbing bits of paper on it instead of washing
But where I sail it is possible to buy toilet paper that really is water soluble and will start to disintegrate as soon as it hits the toilet bowl and by the time it passes through the various exit valves has no more integral consistency than the rest of the debris it is used on - in fact less than any tomato pips that may accompany it.
The days of Jayes Izal (remember that stiff, shiny, non-absorbent brand?) are long gone, thank goodness.
KellysEye
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We used a bin with a lid and a plastic bag liner.
GHA
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Sounds about right for street cafes, often a plastic jug or something with either a tap and a bucket or cistern and all the water you want. Have a wash down there then wash your hands in the sink with some soap. Certainly works better than that disgusting habit of somehow cleaning yer bum by rubbing it with some little bits of paper!
Still, we did have to wait for the islamic scientists to invent the soap for us in the first place
Ric
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The toilet paper encyclopaedia makes a fascinating read
http://encyclopedia.toiletpaperworld.com/toilet-paper-history/complete-historical-timeline
http://encyclopedia.toiletpaperworld.com/toilet-paper-history/complete-historical-timeline
Heckler
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Sounds about right for street cafes, often a plastic jug or something with either a tap and a bucket or cistern and all the water you want. Have a wash down there then wash your hands in the sink with some soap. Certainly works better than that disgusting habit of somehow cleaning yer bum by rubbing it with some little bits of paper!
Still, we did have to wait for the islamic scientists to invent the soap for us in the first place
It was in this country, see here http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/13/curry...iping-his-bottom-with-his-bare-hands-5814745/
Stu
VicS
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You cannot beat a good stiff brush for personal hygiene.
Nothing like it for combatting dingleberries and clingons
Nothing like it for combatting dingleberries and clingons
Fantasie 19
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Nothing new under the sun VicS..
VicS
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Nothing new under the sun VicS..
where do you think I got the idea from?
It was only the ladies who used a sponge. The hairy assed menfolk used a brush made of a bunch of gorse twigs tied to a handle.
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Fantasie 19
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...and I read somewhere that in the 18th C they used to use corn cobs... makes your eyes water
Mister E
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We have a Fiama Bi Pot on the boat when needed the waste tank is used for used toilet paper. I put some water in it and a small amount of Biodegradable Toilet Fluid as this helps to remove smells and break down the paper.
ccscott49
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Our toilet paper goes down the electric macerator toilets, just slurry comes out, no sign of paper, plus it goes through another macerator, when it's pumped out of the holding tank, fish seem to like it!!!