Toilet Paper And After

[Meerkat]

We never had phone books in our out house (Jones house) when I was a kid, we always had t.p. I did read that if you ever get to the point that you are using a page or two out of the phone book, you want to soften it up. You can do that by crumpling it up, flattening it out, and re-crumpling it again, a few times. The more times you do it, the softer it will get.

With 10 kids sometimes you ran out of tissue. And it sure beat pine cones.

 

[DrPrepper]

I went to the extreme of calculating toilet paper use in my household for a set period of time, and then figured out how much we would need for a year- and then multiplied that by..... well, let's just say I do not see us running out of TP for the foreseeable future! My husband thinks I am nuts, but I do NOT want to have to rely on phone books, leaves or anything other than nice soft TP on my tender old butt!

 

[Weedygarden]

I went to the extreme of calculating toilet paper use in my household for a set period of time, and then figured out how much we would need for a year- and then multiplied that by..... well, let's just say I do not see us running out of TP for the foreseeable future! My husband thinks I am nuts, but I do NOT want to have to rely on phone books, leaves or anything other than nice soft TP on my tender old butt!

I monitored t.p. use as well and figured out how much was being used. We have a good supply as well.

 

[Meerkat]

I went to the extreme of calculating toilet paper use in my household for a set period of time, and then figured out how much we would need for a year- and then multiplied that by..... well, let's just say I do not see us running out of TP for the foreseeable future! My husband thinks I am nuts, but I do NOT want to have to rely on phone books, leaves or anything other than nice soft TP on my tender old butt!

Can't say I blame you for that.

I monitored t.p. use as well and figured out how much was being used. We have a good supply as well.

Weedy Sweety I know it will be missed when its gone, but it is not worth the storage space for us. Plus we do have some stored. And hopefully we will not need the phone books. But to be on the safe side we got em. .

 

[marlas1too]

growing up near the swamps of Florida we had wood stove ,hand pump water and a outhouse down by the garden and we didn't always have toilet paper but we did have catalogues .they worked and just recently I put a composting outhouse by the back of my garden and I have both toilet paper and a huge stack of phone books -nice thin paper-if I should run out of the first one

 

[CrackbottomLouis]

I stock a ton. I do not consider toilet paper a luxury item. The romans and greeks used a sponge on a stick and a lot of the world still uses the washable left hand method. Wonder if you can encourage growth of spanish moss on trees in your yard for a renewable source? Just make sure it isnt full of chiggers. Heard about using mullein and catalpa as well. I might buy more tp at costco this week .

 

[Terri9630]

I love the look of Spanish moss hanging off the live oaks.

 

[Meerkat]

growing up near the swamps of Florida we had wood stove ,hand pump water and a outhouse down by the garden and we didn't always have toilet paper but we did have catalogues .they worked and just recently I put a composting outhouse by the back of my garden and I have both toilet paper and a huge stack of phone books -nice thin paper-if I should run out of the first one

I bet some of those were Sear and Roebuck , JCPenny , Montgomery Ward catalogs? Some had slick pages in them which were hard to soften though. I think the phone books will be a much better remedy.

 

[TMT Tactical]

My wife is a kind and tender hearted woman but I could see her becoming a marauder of toilet paper if she ran out. Hand over your TP or die, not too far out there.

 

[CrackbottomLouis]

If we are growing food we might as well grow tp as well. If growing spanish moss I wonder if you can cut off the daily amount and soak it in water with a little tea tree oil to make sure its bug free before it meets sensitive parts of your anatomy. Maybe someone else has a better suggestion but thats the first thing that came to mind. A quick google search showed me it isnt too hard to start spanish moss on trees if you are at the right climate. Looking to see how fast it grows and cant find anything definitive.

 

[Meerkat]

My wife is a kind and tender hearted woman but I could see her becoming a marauder of toilet paper if she ran out. Hand over your TP or die, not too far out there.

Thanks forf the huge laugh TMT.:thumbs up: I pictured it. Here use this [ phone book]

 

[TMT Tactical]

If we are growing food we might as well grow tp as well. If growing spanish moss I wonder if you can cut off the daily amount and soak it in water with a little tea tree oil to make sure its bug free before it meets sensitive parts of your anatomy. Maybe someone else has a better suggestion but thats the first thing that came to mind. A quick google search showed me it isnt too hard to start spanish moss on trees if you are at the right climate.

I really like the idea of growing a TP substitute but I don't think Spanish moss is going to do to well in my neck of the desert. Great concept.

 

[Meerkat]

I really like the idea of growing a TP substitute but I don't think Spanish moss is going to do to well in my neck of the desert. Great concept.

We are loaded with the stuff down here. Butt just the thought of chiggers is painful! We use finger nail polish to smother those little devils. Chiggers are right up there with fire ants.
I can't imagine finger nail polish cure in that area of the anatomy.

 

[CrackbottomLouis]

I really like the idea of growing a TP substitute but I don't think Spanish moss is going to do to well in my neck of the desert. Great concept.

Just seemed like an easier softer way than the corn cobb idea I read about when I researched the topic

 

[CrackbottomLouis]

We are loaded with the stuff down here. Butt just the thought of chiggers is painful! We use finger nail polish to smother those little devils. Chiggers are right up there with fire ants.
I can't imagine finger nail polish cure in that area of the anatomy.

Yes, a way to make sure it is clean and bug free is a must! Chiggers are bad enough in less sensitive areas!! Can be grown indoors though. That might help.

 

[TMT Tactical]

We are loaded with the stuff down here. Butt just the thought of chiggers is painful! We use finger nail polish to smother those little devils. Chiggers are right up there with fire ants.
I can't imagine finger nail polish cure in that area of the anatomy.

"
That could certainly give the term having a RED azz" a whole new meaning.

 

[Meerkat]

Yes, a way to make sure it is clean and bug free is a must! Chiggers are bad enough in less sensitive areas!!

We did some clearing a few years back and hubby got into a nest of them. We tried everything including Ben Gay, BAD MISTAKE! Now only was he still horribly itching but on fire too. Finally went and got chigger meds and finger nail polish.

 

[Meerkat]

"
That could certainly give the term having a RED azz" a whole new meaning.

Red Bug Burning ass ,what a nightmare.

 

[Meerkat]

Now I'm getting too :thumbs up:silly, good night yall. Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite.

 

[Terri9630]

Just seemed like an easier softer way than the corn cobb idea I read about when I researched the topic

how about the corn husks.

 

[The Innkeeper]

As someone who was dicing jalapeño peppers and had to take a bowel movement, I can attest that even with washing hands before hand and through toilet paper, jalapeño juice in the rectal area brings tears to the eyes and one shouldn’t try to wipe those tears away. Just saying ... drawn your own pictures

 

[angie_nrs]

We did some clearing a few years back and hubby got into a nest of them. We tried everything including Ben Gay, BAD MISTAKE! Now only was he still horribly itching but on fire too. Finally went and got chigger meds and finger nail polish.

Ouch!!

As someone who was dicing jalapeño peppers and had to take a bowel movement, I can attest that even with washing hands before hand and through toilet paper, jalapeño juice in the rectal area brings tears to the eyes and one shouldn’t try to wipe those tears away. Just saying ... drawn your own pictures

and OUCH!!!!

I just got a couple of cases online to add to my supply, but am thinking now maybe it ain't enough! LOL! I do have clean rags cut up and stored as well as they have more uses than just for TP.

I do have my Spider Man comic book collection.....several boxes.....but things would have to get REALLY bad for me to even think of using those!

 

[Sewingcreations15]

I was thinking growing bananas on your property would be good. The leaves are huge, multiple toilet tissue could be made out of 1 leaf and you can also use the leaves to wrap and cook food in too . I will specify here of course not after you used it as a toilet paper substitute .

 

[Sewingcreations15]

I will attest to a similar excruciating painful experience to @BugoutBob but with Dencorub. I put the cream on DH's back carefully and I thought thoroughly washed my hands and went to the rest room. I can quite honestly say you cannot successfully wash Dencorub off your hands to sufficiently go to the toilet afterwards without posing a substantial risk to your nether regions .

 

[The Innkeeper]

I will attest to a similar excruciating painful experience to @BugoutBob but with Dencorub. I put the cream on DH's back carefully and I thought thoroughly washed my hands and went to the rest room. I can quite honestly say you cannot successfully wash Dencorub off your hands to sufficiently go to the toilet afterwards without posing a substantial risk to your nether regions .

Oh. My heart goes out to you but thanks for letting me know it isn’t just me

 

[Weedygarden]

There are some hilarious posts here!

As someone who was dicing jalapeño peppers and had to take a bowel movement, I can attest that even with washing hands before hand and through toilet paper, jalapeño juice in the rectal area brings tears to the eyes and one shouldn’t try to wipe those tears away. Just saying ... drawn your own pictures

Jalapenos? I had them burning my hands for days once. I can't imagine getting that burn in my privates.

We did some clearing a few years back and hubby got into a nest of them. We tried everything including Ben Gay, BAD MISTAKE! Now only was he still horribly itching but on fire too. Finally went and got chigger meds and finger nail polish.

I have had chigger bites a couple times, but one time was bad.

 

[Weedygarden]

Costco has a nice sized bin that I like for storing my t.p. It is large and sturdy with a tight lid with special holes so that you can zip tie them shut. They stack nicely as well.

 

[DrPrepper]

Gee, I don't know a lot about plants, but these look like nice soft leaves that could be used as a substitute for TP.....

or not!!!!

 

[Weedygarden]

Gee, I don't know a lot about plants, but these look like nice soft leaves that could be used as a substitute for TP.....

or not!!!!

LOL! Thanks! I will pass on that!

 

[Terri9630]

Gee, I don't know a lot about plants, but these look like nice soft leaves that could be used as a substitute for TP.....

or not!!!!

Only if you have benadryl and calamine lotion. leaves of 3 let it be.