How long without a shower

[dunnah01]

No more than once a week to ensure social distancing is adhered to by others

 

[The general]

Did you not know that we were only expected fo last 48 hours? Best to make the most of it IMV!

That’s why are american friends had mobile cruise nuclear missiles

 

[Grasmere9]

Note to self: do not allow 11 year old son read this thread....he already thinks 3 or 4 showers a week is child abuse

 

[The general]

6 weeks…..when I was in the army.

Strip washes was the best I could hope for……when returning home my wife would run a bath and I’d get in fully clothed……only way I could get my kit off.

Plus the green issue underpants your could turn inside out whilst out on scheme

 

[138go]

Note to self: do not allow 11 year old son read this thread....he already thinks 3 or 4 showers a week is child abuse

My experience of boys is once they hit the teenage years, you can’t get them out of the bathroom.

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[Grasmere9]

My experience of boys is once they hit the teenage years, you can’t get them out of the bathroom.

Everyone keeps telling me this ....

 

[Pablotti]

I used to use the principle when I toured Europe on my motorbike, 'if you threw your pants against a wall and they didn't stick' wear them again

Ewwwwwwww

 

[Coolcats]

personally I like to shower every night before going to bed.

And before using the Hot Tub

 

[Minxy]

Not saying how often but Stinky Minky is mild compared to us at times!

 

[Geistguy]

I'm not boasting but since badly breaking my leg in May I have not been able to get upstairs to shower or bath. By using industrial size wet wipes ( used in hospitals ) I have been able to stay fresh and clean - although I haven't had many visitors

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[kevenh]

I'm not boasting but since badly breaking my leg in May I have not been able to get upstairs to shower or bath. By using industrial size wet wipes ( used in hospitals ) I have been able to stay fresh and clean - although I haven't had many visitors

GWS!
I’ve only had to have one leg in a cast & that was the lower section only but that had a bit of a whiff towards the 5th of 7 weeks!

 

[fat haggis]

Wire brush and dettol. Keeps the germs away and stink at bay

 

[PhilMary]

Wire brush and dettol. Keeps the germs away and stink at bay

And cleans the sink and pipes at same time.

 

[MitchandJenny]

Did you not know that we were only expected fo last 48 hours? Best to make the most of it IMV!

I was told at one point (1967 Bergen Hohne) that the 20 minutes we could last would be long enough for the married families to get going towards Calais..
No wonder we drank a lot back then.
Mitch.

 

[John Barrett]

I was told at one point (1967 Bergen Hohne) that the 20 minutes we could last would be long enough for the married families to get going towards Calais..
No wonder we drank a lot back then.
Mitch.

Did we drink a lot? I can't remember...

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[Sapper520]

Did we drink a lot? I can't remember...

What’s more…..a lot or copious amounts?

 

[CamperJack]

Since going semi full time I shower daily at uni. They have loads of free to use showers for students or staff that cycle / run in. I get the train but no-one needs to know that and nobody would stop me anyway. Never seen anyone else use them. It's great.

At the weekend I've been making do with a pan of warm water in the washing up bowl and a flannel. That's despite having built a shower under my seat and buying a USB shower.

Only used my van shower once, when I was away walking in The Brecon Beacons. It works really well. But showering at uni is easy and saves my gas and water.

 

[John Barrett]

What’s more…..a lot or copious amounts?

A whisky in 16 Sqn RE bar was 3 1/2 d, so we bought doubles to keep the change simple!

 

[Puddleduck]

My paternal Grandparents didn't have a bathroom when I was a wee 'un. As a baby I was washed in the kitchen sink (the only sink in the house and cold water tap only, the hot water was heated by pan on a gas ring - yuck thinking about it now) and the tin bath came out once a week for the females and small boys. The men and older boys used the bath house at the colliery. Sponge baths were administered morning and night at the sink.

The soap was sliced off a huge bar of soap that was used for all cleaning - people and household and laundry. I remember the green and white mottled colour of the soap. It's possible that the soap was home made (lye and animal fat base). Where the green colour came from I don't know. I have made soap myself (lye and fats and oils) so know that adding plants before the soap was cured would mean it would be brown and not green - but then maybe the soap was remelted and herbs / juice added after a few months of curing. Grandma knew a lot about herbs. It's even possible she wrapped the soap in greenery and the colour transferred.

 

[Sapper520]

My paternal Grandparents didn't have a bathroom when I was a wee 'un. As a baby I was washed in the kitchen sink (the only sink in the house and cold water tap only, the hot water was heated by pan on a gas ring - yuck thinking about it now) and the tin bath came out once a week for the females and small boys. The men and older boys used the bath house at the colliery. Sponge baths were administered morning and night at the sink.

The soap was sliced off a huge bar of soap that was used for all cleaning - people and household and laundry. I remember the green and white mottled colour of the soap. It's possible that the soap was home made (lye and animal fat base). Where the green colour came from I don't know. I have made soap myself (lye and fats and oils) so know that adding plants before the soap was cured would mean it would be brown and not green - but then maybe the soap was remelted and herbs / juice added after a few months of curing. Grandma knew a lot about herbs. It's even possible she wrapped the soap in greenery and the colour transferred.

9 of us in our house. Tin bath in front of the fire on a Sunday…….water always tasted strange by the time it was my turn.

1969 before I had bath in a proper bath. Mid 70’s before I sampled the delights of a shower.

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[John Barrett]

9 of us in our house. Tin bath in front of the fire on a Sunday…….water always tasted strange by the time it was my turn.

1969 before I had bath in a proper bath. Mid 70’s before I sampled the delights of a shower.

Gas fired copper boiler on the floor of the kitchen. My dad worked the semi-rotary pump which took the hot water up to the bathroom!

 

[Puddleduck]

My Mum had a shower put over the bath when in the 1960s. It was quite a novelty and lots of people came to have a look at it - Mum was so proud of that shower bath as it was then called.

I loved being able to shower whenever I wanted

 

[Sapper520]

Gas fired copper boiler on the floor of the kitchen. My dad worked the semi-rotary pump which took the hot water up to the bathroom!

My Dad worked on the buses……DIY was not his thing.

 

[the1andonly]

Whats this shower lark,
never shower at home





its an hours bath every morning.
and im not an old wrinkly

 

[busbuddy]

My paternal Grandparents didn't have a bathroom when I was a wee 'un. As a baby I was washed in the kitchen sink (the only sink in the house and cold water tap only, the hot water was heated by pan on a gas ring - yuck thinking about it now) and the tin bath came out once a week for the females and small boys. The men and older boys used the bath house at the colliery. Sponge baths were administered morning and night at the sink.

The soap was sliced off a huge bar of soap that was used for all cleaning - people and household and laundry. I remember the green and white mottled colour of the soap. It's possible that the soap was home made (lye and animal fat base). Where the green colour came from I don't know. I have made soap myself (lye and fats and oils) so know that adding plants before the soap was cured would mean it would be brown and not green - but then maybe the soap was remelted and herbs / juice added after a few months of curing. Grandma knew a lot about herbs. It's even possible she wrapped the soap in greenery and the colour transferred.

Washed, standing up in the kitchen sink......it would be classed as child cruelty nowadays

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[Jimbohorlicks]

Whats this shower lark,
never shower at home

its an hours bath every morning.
and im not an old wrinkly

After an hour in the tub,you will be.

 

[Puddleduck]

Washed, standing up in the kitchen sink......it would be classed as child cruelty nowadays

And in front of a window with no curtains!!!!!

 

[Geistguy]

Whats this shower lark,
never shower at home





its an hours bath every morning.
and im not an old wrinkly

You soon will be spending an hour in the bath