Toilet Paper And After

[Sewingcreations15]

The ones that won't compromise on the expensive brands in my books are a lost cause to teach but usually you can still teach them something. I did however get her to stock up on multiple things by buying groceries and other things on half price specials.

I really think as most schools do not teach budgeting and haven't for a while and that then in adult life that makes it impossible to work within their budgets. Math and English are another thing not concentrated on in schools either.

 

[lonewolf]

we have a tv programme over here called "eat well for less" which tries to teach people how to budget and not buy the more expensive brands, it fronted by a couple of well known chefs and they teach people how to cook to a cheaper recipe.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@lonewolf they had a similar program here that aired but I think there was only 4 episodes. They ran through what each family spent on groceries each week and it totally blew my mind on what they bought and also the expenditure too .

 

[lonewolf]

@lonewolf they had a similar program here that aired but I think there was only 4 episodes. They ran through what each family spent on groceries each week and it totally blew my mind on what they bought and also the expenditure too .

yes that sounds like the same remit.
what most people spend on groceries is mind blowing, we only spend a fraction of what most spend, of course there is only the 2 of us.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

And us too and empty nesters here as well so only the two of us. There was one couple with no children that spent $700 AUD a week on groceries and we spend that in 2 and a half months and stock up with that too.

 

[backlash]

My brother budgets $800 a month for food for him and his wife and occasionally their grown son. That seems like a lot to me. He includes take out but it still seems excessive.

 

[jimLE]

the smart phone i use for the internet only.has a invalid sim card.but it still has the internet capabilities. i also have a desktop computer.in which it was my moms.the phone i use for phone calls and texting is a safelink phone.no cost to me at all .

 

[Weedygarden]

Really getting off track from the original topic: There is a YouTube channel, Living on a Dime, that is all about how to not spend so much money on groceries and other stuff. There are many videos on the channel. One of the things that I figured out while watching their videos was portion control. The mom cooks according to recipes, but they also are all about portion control. They don't eat out. Eating out is one of the most expensive ways to buy food, but in this day and age, so many get food delivered. No mess to clean up, no working in the kitchen in the evening after a long day's work. No one understands that more than me. I would be so exhausted after working. I cooked, but not every day. When I cooked, there were always leftovers and sometimes for two days.

 

[backlash]

Really getting off track from the original topic: .

You're right. This has derailed way off the original track. Sorry for my help derailing it.
But there is only so much one can say about toilet paper.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Back on track now with a description of toilet paper being some is embossed, others not, some scented, some not, some soft some like sandpaper. But guess what we all use the stuff and need to stock a mound of it. Our church teaches to at least have a years worth of everything you use and we live by that.

 

[backlash]

There is always the option of using your left hand like some middle east countries.
No idea how that works, and I really don't want to know.

 

[jimLE]

guess that means this subject is all wiped out.

 

[Weedygarden]

Look at this thread! It must have been one of the first. It was started the day before I joined here.

I am looking through old threads, because I have a couple topics I want to start threads about, and I don't want to duplicate older ones. After our SHTF pandemic stay at home orders in the spring, I wonder if anyone on here was short of t.p., or struggled to find some when they needed it. I know in my area, there were several people who were out and asking for help if anyone had any.

 

[Amish Heart]

Didn't run out and was good. Have alot. again. I'd be more worried about running out of water or food. Honestly, there are spray bottles and rags for your bottom if necessary.
Funny how people are thinking tp, though. Talked to MIL in California and she was going to go to the store. She was getting more TP. Asked her if she had lots of stocked food, and she said she had some for the next week or so. I think that's nuts.

 

[Supervisor42]

. After our SHTF pandemic stay at home orders in the spring, I wonder if anyone on here was short of t.p., or struggled to find some when they needed it. I know in my area, there were several people who were out and asking for help if anyone had any.

Never a problem for us.
After looking for 10 years I married a wonderful woman.
We fit together perfectly. Every skill I lacked, she had, every skill she lacked, I had.
She has a black-belt in shopping .
We currently have enough TP in stock for more than 6 months.
Not scared.

 

[Meerkat]

I used cloth diapers when my daughter was an infant. I think that some of the strategies I used for them would work for t.p. cloths.

I had a 5 gallon bucket for dirty diapers. I kept some water in it, and at the time, I used a smaller box of a product called BIZ in the water. It was non-chlorine bleach. The diapers soaked and when I was low on clean diapers, I emptied the water, and then dumped the diapers into the washing machine where I washed them. Soaking any dirty cloth helps to loosen the dirt, using either soap, bleach or just water. I would suggest keeping a lid on the 5 gallon bucket.

I would suggest sewing the edges of the cloth so that they don't fall apart as quickly. I have a set of flannel sheets that tore last spring that would work for t.p. cloths.

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[Meerkat]

Anyone else get the page from the past? I'll be replying to damn 2017 before i know it.Something I already replied to a few years ago. It always hits me when I see I see I ' liked' post back then. .That needs to be fixed.

 

[Morgan101]

Anyone else get the page from the past? I'll be replying to damn 2017 before i know it.Something I already replied to a few years ago. It always hits me when I see I see I ' liked' post back then. .That needs to be fixed.

I have made that mistake. Once burned twice shy. I ALWAYS check the date of the post to make sure I am replying to the most recent.

 

[Meerkat]

I have made that mistake. Once burned twice shy. I ALWAYS check the date of the post to make sure I am replying to the most recent.

I'm like a magnet to the things! If I could remember to check the date I probably wouldn't be on tha page to begin with. But thanks for the heads up.

 

[LadyLocust]

Two things: first is we were fine as far as earlier this year, and second was even if we weren't, I wasn't really worried. I've used an out house and phone book page before. I will say, I've kinda made a point to have enough prior to the election just as I think most here have done.
One more thing before it gets shot down, we don't live in town. It would take little for us to dig a hole and rig up a little "dunny." I do understand living situations differ.

 

[Grimm]

One of the most Icky subjects that come up when talking about Prepping for the after of any major disaster that will disrupt the flow of products being at the store is Toilet paper. What do you do AFTER it runs out.

Most of the time it ends up being a conversation about personal cloths to clean with. And a bucket of Clorox water for rinsing them in if 1, but soaking in if two.

Have you ever thought of that and had conversations about it?

I think soft flannel with serged or pinking sheered edges would be best choice.

(don't forget the rubber gloves for while you are cleaning the cloths).

When Roo was born we used cloth diapers. I made several hundred flannel cotton square wipes with a serged edge. I had miscalculated the size but saved the several hundred mis-sized squares for family wipes. They are bagged up so they can be put in each bathroom with a small flip top trashcan to use as a pseudo diaper/wipe pail.

I recommend that if this is the route you are going to go get a package or two of Rockin Green Funk Rock ammonia bouncer.
This can be used to knock out that nasty smell from clean wipes and works for hand washing/stripping.

 

[UrbanHunter]

I have been fortunate in being well supplied. While son was home during the early lockdown, he picked up 1 bale of a cheeper TP, we are now 3 rolls from having used that up. Wife swares never again on the cheep TP. I have stocked sufficient TP to meet out needs for several lockdowns. The nice thing about TP is there is no "use by" date.... I tend to hold onto the "good stuff" and try to use up the cheep stuff first.

We have lots of cheep cleaning stuff (old wash cloths and towels) that could be used as @Grimm discribed... But I don't think we will need to go there unless the lockdown goes beyond 2023.....

 

[elkhound]

nothing but opinion...my 2 cents...but keep your larder(larder being all supplies) filled...dont let up on restocking used supplies. none of this is over ! i know folks already doing rationing on certain supplies as it cant be refilled currently very easily.

p.s. things that use to be common are not so common anymore...especially last 10 years.

 

[phideaux]

Put my order together today , for pickup tomorrow.

TP outta stock.

I have plenty , but always buying more.

Jim

 

[Meerkat]

When Roo was born we used cloth diapers. I made several hundred flannel cotton square wipes with a serged edge. I had miscalculated the size but saved the several hundred mis-sized squares for family wipes. They are bagged up so they can be put in each bathroom with a small flip top trashcan to use as a pseudo diaper/wipe pail.

I recommend that if this is the route you are going to go get a package or two of Rockin Green Funk Rock ammonia bouncer.
This can be used to knock out that nasty smell from clean wipes and works for hand washing/stripping.

Clothe was the only thing we had to use no such thing as plastic diapers in the late 60s but they cme out soon after. We did have delivery diaper service if you could afford it. Tydee Dydee Diaper Serv.Prefolded diapers,nice while it lasted.

 

[backlash]

I have a bidet seat on my toilet. We use very little TP, but we have a lot stored. That was a well-spent $35. I just looked at my order and I bought it in 2015. It still works like new and I have a spare just in case it breaks. It was very easy to install and came with the "T" for the waterline.

 

[Spikedriver]

I'm good on TP for close to a year. During the earlier panic I was lucky enough to find TP during my travels around Colorado and Wyoming, and I brought some home every two weeks. I even stashed it in different places in my home, just in case some clown breaks in while I'm gone, maybe he won't get all of it so easily. So now, I'm finding it when I'm looking for other things. But I'm still buying more. TP is one thing I'm not going to do without. And if family or some poor elderly person in town needs some, I'll have some to spare...

 

[goshengirl]

We cut it a little close with the shortage this past spring. I'd been living away from home, and the guys at home had been using the stash without replenishing it. Now that they've experienced the reason WHY we had that stash in the first place, that's not going to happen anymore.

I do have some old flannel sheets put aside for stuff like this - just need to cut them up and edge them. I could use more rubber gloves, though... Gotta admit, I'm thankful to the "Going Home" series for this prep idea.

 

[CalicoKatie]

A couple of Christmases ago, I gave a bidet kit to my son and dil because when I saw it on Amazon I had a feeling. I don't try to explain it because when I get a feeling, I don't always know why or what it means. Probably just a mother thing. Anyway, they politely said thank you but were puzzled to say the least and I knew it would end up on a shelf in their garage. That was fine with me because I'm one of those "everything in it's time" kind of people. Last spring my dil posted on her facebook page publicly thanking me for the bidet. Sometimes it's good to be the Queen Mother.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Went shopping yesterday to boost the pantry supplies.

The local chain is already limiting TP/PT purchases as well as many other items. Boxed goods, pasta, sauce, soup, and many other things.. 2 rolls of PT and one package of TP was the limit. We had both, but got what we could, just because we could and now we are set for 6 months, or close to it..

Canned vegies was almost non existent already.