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andekwarhola wrote: »Possibly because it was probably 30-40 years ago and it's easy enough these for normal people to distinguish a common ground between electing to be extra clean and being forced to bath once a week in a tin tub beside the fire.
Similar to not missing corporal punishment or smallpox really.
A good It Were All Fields In Mah Day riff, nonetheless.
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Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Can't quite describe how I feel about this post. It seems strange to me that you can spend so much time in the morning looking after yourself in this way.........but it obviously makes you feel better than if you didn't go through this routine.
I'm not even sure what many of the things you listed above even are! Stomach crunches? Water activated gel cleanser? Moisturizer AND final moisturizing protective lotion? It all seems a little.........extreme?
For what it's worth, I shower every morning and brush my teeth, and shave when I feel like it (no aftershave, moisturizer, anti-aging creams or whatever!) Occasionally I also shower in the evening too.
My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times 0 -
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Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »Can't quite describe how I feel about this post. It seems strange to me that you can spend so much time in the morning looking after yourself in this way.........but it obviously makes you feel better than if you didn't go through this routine.
I'm not even sure what many of the things you listed above even are! Stomach crunches? Water activated gel cleanser? Moisturizer AND final moisturizing protective lotion? It all seems a little.........extreme?
For what it's worth, I shower every morning and brush my teeth, and shave when I feel like it (no aftershave, moisturizer, anti-aging creams or whatever!) Occasionally I also shower in the evening too.
My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times
The post flew further over your head than a missile from the Luftwaffe over your father's...0 -
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He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.Ragnar wrote:
My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times
In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.0 -
eviltimeban wrote: »The post flew further over your head than a missile from the Luftwaffe over your father's...
Ah.......yeah I got caught
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Sardonicat wrote: »He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.
In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.
He was a young boy at the time. My guess is that I would win that bet 0 -
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My dad would be slightly older than yours and he's of the strip wash brigade. He had a daily strip wash as a child and the weekly tin bath.Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »Sardonicat wrote: »He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.
In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.
He was a young boy at the time. My guess is that I would win that bet0 -
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There's three reasons why they didn't smell given the infrequency of a bath or changes of clothes:Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times
The old school way was to change anything next to the skin regularly. So while trousers or jumpers might get a weekly (or less!) wash, the vests and underpants next to the skin got more frequent changes during the week, usually daily. Secondly, while they had a weekly bath, a daily strip wash at the sink or washbowl in a bedroom washing pits & bits daily was the norm and thirdly, old soaps like lifebuoy or imperial leather really cleaned the skin. Modern shower gels and washes do a less thorough job because their aim is to not strip the skin of it's natural oils which the old soaps did. And the oils trap the bacteria to make us stink up quicker than they would have.0 -
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