Cleanliness and hygiene

Well, I'm off to have my little bath (late as usual these days) followed by a quick shower-off. Can't stand being in yesterday's/the night's dirt all day.

Although I have been in said dirt for almost half of the day already.

Alexa I know that talc is not supposed to be good but I always use a bit under there (but not down below!)

Callistemon, I once used so much talc I got teased about leaving powdery trails from the bathroom. I have not used it for years.

I tend to shake it on to a big powder puff but it still flies around.
Cuticura mildly medicated (hope that's not an advert)
Other makes are available
And apparently corn starch is better

As a child, I was bathed once a week, on a Friday. The tin bath was dragged in from the yard, and filled with about three inches of water. Brother and I shared it.

Saturday was clean knickers/pants and vest day! (One set of underwear per week.) And I don't remember having any 'wash-downs' during the week. (Maybe we did ...?) But that was the norm then.

Times change.

I shower every day, and wash my hair 2/3 times a week. (Clean underwear every day, of course! )

I will always remember my mum berating the next-door children. "They sleep in their underwear! You have pyjamas!" A source of great pride to her, obviously.

Lyndiloo, I remember having to fold the pyjamas and keep them under my pillow. I'm pretty sure that we wore the same ones for a week!

Sparklefizz, maybe she forgot to pack knickers.

There is sometimes a reasonable explanation. E'g' when my teenage son went on an exchange to Germany he had never seen or heard of a duvet and he worked out that one was supposed to sleep inside the duvet cover.

Alexa Sparklefizz, maybe she forgot to pack knickers.

Yes, maybe she did .... but she remembered to pack 6 pairs of designer jeans which were lobbed into the washing basket after 1 wear each time.

I remember being sent with my sister to a holiday camp for children. Mum had bought and packed disposable paper knickers (probably the 'latest thing' at the time). They just fell apart after a few hours of wear!

Sparklefizz, is she one of those who can wear trousers with no knickers? Teenagers get funny ideas.

Alexa I can't believe you are still responding to my comment from way back about the French girl. It was 30 years ago. I really don't care. Sorry.

We were brought up to have a bath every night. Three of us shared the water and as the eldest I had the last bath, sometimes topped up with a little more hot water. I now realise that this was unusual in the 1940s, but we had no idea that we were different.

Sparklefizz I do like to get to the bottom of behaviour.

t shower every other day and have a hair wash

Oh go away, spam merchant ?

You certainly have been busy this morning, Peter!!!!!

When I was pregnant with my first son I had a craving for Dettol put loads in the bath,on the bath sponge and washed the floors with it?He turned out alright though.