Cleanliness and hygiene

What a shame Fennel. I can really understand how you feel.

30Pantglas2

If you are washing your hair in that two minutes, you beat me hands down!

I have very thick hair, so although I economize by using the cold water that comes through the pipe before the hot water to wet it, it takes quite a bit of rinsing after shampooing and again after conditioner.

Eloethan I miss my daily bath very much. So relaxing, I used to read in the bath.
I can tell you the exact date of the last bath I had - 14/ 02/ 2018.
As I got out I passed out, landed on the floor and had a few minor injuries.
Since then only showers. {sad}.

I’m a 2 minute girl MamaCaz and my DH has timed me on a hair washing session so it’s probably less than that on a quick morning sluice!

I actually don’t miss a bath because I usually got bored before I got cold in it but occasionally I will take a scented candle along if I’m staying in an hotel with the full monty in the room.

I notice that a lot of us claim that we don't spend long in the shower. But what is 'not long'?

Unless I am washing my hair, I think I run the water for a maximum of one and a half minutes - 10 seconds to wet myself, then the rest to rinse after I have lathered up. I bet some of you can beat that though

Well you have uncovered a memory as we h ad Dettol added to our bathwater which did indeed fascinate me as it turned the water white!I also remember one Christmas Eve having Matey ,it was a lovely treat until I put the soap in and all the bubbles went I was very upset ?I think I was about 6 years old.

I shower and wash my hair every day, I wouldn't feel clean without. I was born in a house with no bathroom so I think I feel lucky that I have those facilities. I don't spend long in the shower, I have it off to a fine art but I would hate not having that early morning clean.

08humptydumpty
Can someone please clarify somethin for me which has always puzzled me?
After a shower or bath, the water goes down the drain and presumable ends up being recycled or evaporating (I don't know which!) I can see that some water may be lost along the way, but surely most of it is not lost?

I can't give you a definite answer (though I think one of my sons could, so will ask him when I get the chance), but can say what I 'think', though it's just a layman's view and there are probably regional variations too:

Our waste water, whether from run-off, baths and showers or toilets, all goes to treatment plants. Once it has been 'treated', (the solids removed, etc.), the resulting 'clean' water is released into rivers and the sea.
However, there is no guarantee that treated water released into rivers or the sea will, once evaporated, fall as rain in our country, especially with changing climates and weather patterns, so it might very well be lost to us here in Britain.

The thing is, we rely on sources such as reservoirs and aquifers for our household water supply. Generally speaking, these are replenished by winter rainfall or snow melt (as rain at other times of the year often either evaporates or runs straight off into rivers and is lost).

It might seem strange in a country that has seen flooding over the summer that we are still short of water, but I think that in many regions we still are, seriously so, and we really shouldn't take our supply for granted, or abuse it!

When we were children, my sisters and I had our weekly bath on a Saturday night. The rest of the week we had a strip wash and if needed, washed our feet. Hair was also washed on bath night, and we used the sink if we wanted to wash it in between.

Nowadays I shower daily, I wake up with terrible bed hair.

For a week from 25th November, we will have no bathroom for about a week fortunately, we have a downstairs toilet & hand basin.

I can if need be use the shower at work, but not sure how Mr P will manage, he may have to stand outside with a bucket & sponge!

I shower every day, but am only in there for a couple of minutes. Like Sparklefizz I get wet, switch it off while I soap myself, back on for a quick rinse and out, so there's not a lot of water wasted. I don't wash my hair every day. When I worked I always treated myself to a luxurious soak in the bath on a Sunday night, but never seem to get round to it these days. Might just run one tonight......

I remember buying my mum bath cubes.

I sometimes see them in poundland, and I've been tempted to get some and see what they're like now.

mancgirl ditto to all that!!

MissAdventure I still think bubble bath is a treat. I'm easily pleased!

I remember giving my mum bath salts - she liked lemon verbena - and bath cubes for Christmas. I'm not sure what was in them!

I have a bath in the morning and a bath before I go to bed. For me, it's not just about cleanliness it's that I find a bath very soothing to the bones (especially after gardening or strenuous housework) and just very relaxing. If I don't have a bath at bedtime, I find it difficult to sleep.

As a child, like many people, Sunday was bath night. I was happy about that because it was freezing cold upstairs as, again like many people, we had no heating there.

Personally I would take enough underwear to last me if staying with people. I would hate anybody inspecting and commenting on my knickers!

Can someone please clarify somethin for me which has always puzzled me?

After a shower or bath, the water goes down the drain and presumable ends up being recycled or evaporating (I don't know which!) I can see that some water may be lost along the way, but surely most of it is not lost?

It was one of our Christmas presents.
We loved it!

Matey? You were posh, MissAdventure!

Right, well that’s answered my questions.
Shower after swimming and if covered in mud, sink wash whenever needed and that should have it covered.
Thank you all very much.

I think we had Dettol, too, and 'Matey' on occasions.

Yes, I do like the smell. I might buy some Dettol now. Not sure what can use it for. Drains maybe? And definitely OUCH to it being put on grazes! "Stop making such a fuss, it's just a bit of stinging."

Dunno bout sterile but I liked the smell and the white bubbles on the orange water. It burned if you had grazes though

That's funny re Dettol, Notanan2! I wonder if we came out of the bath totally sterile?

I think we think that because it rains its okay. But a huge amount of energy and resources goes in to processing our tap water too.