tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post3735037665476817003..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: Repent and be Saved!Jazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-63108459694532546162011-04-28T00:40:02.250-04:002011-04-28T00:40:02.250-04:00I use the wipes that are biodegradable, but you...I use the wipes that are biodegradable, but you're supposed to pack out out the soiled wipes in a sealed zip-lok bag because the coyotes and bears will dig them up and scatter them all over the landscape. That said, I've certainly seen TP scattered that way, but not wipes, so I use situational awareness to decide when to follow the official "leave no trace" doctrine in that regard...<br /><br />Leaves were certainly used, but some of the other methods used I prefer not to go into because I ate recently. Bleh. <br /><br />Regarding sanitary napkins, generally just cloths tied in place to absorb the flow that were then washed and boiled and then reused. Just as once upon a time, babies were diapered with cloth diapers rather than the modern high-tech gel-filled things. Imagine that! (And now you know another answer for the left-behinds problem, think about it). <br /><br />All in all, this appears to be a topic that sounded better in titillation than in the writing :).<br /><br />- Badtux the Too-curious-for-his-own-good PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-88574768590309506612011-04-28T00:16:15.816-04:002011-04-28T00:16:15.816-04:00So, do you leave the wipes in the cathole? Are th...So, do you leave the wipes in the cathole? Are they biodegradable?<br /><br />I think in the past, they might have used leaves. Be careful in poison ivy country. <br /><br />And way back when, what did they use for sanitary napkins, say, during the siege of Athens?<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB the incorrigibly curious trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-15720105253789606312011-04-27T23:38:45.053-04:002011-04-27T23:38:45.053-04:00Believe it or not, the question of methods of cont...Believe it or not, the question of methods of controlling sanitary waste (and what did people use to deal with untidy left-behinds before the era of cheap pulp-based paper?) is an area of serious archaeological study. Damnably hard to get papers published in it, however.<br /><br />My own interest was piqued by backpacking and the things you end up doing to deal with waste on backpacking trips. There aren't toilets handy in the wilderness, after all :). After discarding toilet paper as an option and settling on sanitary baby wipes to deal with the left-behinds problem, the question arose in my mind, "What did people use before toilet paper?" Idle minds are a horrible thing to put to waste, so I put it to work researching waste. What an interesting topic, if hard to find information about!<br /><br />- Badtux the Ridiculously Curious PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-18370302632159427222011-04-27T13:10:00.628-04:002011-04-27T13:10:00.628-04:00Ultimately, isn't everything about a gas seal?...Ultimately, isn't everything about a gas seal?<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-32402374694437592962011-04-27T11:34:45.846-04:002011-04-27T11:34:45.846-04:00So Repenting looks an awful lot like squatting to ...So Repenting looks an awful lot like squatting to take a dump?(*) Gosh, I didn't know that! Next time I go backpacking and squat over a cathole to take a dump, I'll have to remember to scream at the top of my lungs, 'Thank you, Jesus! Thank you!' as my expression of repentance. I'll have to remember to do that before May 21 too, wouldn't want to be on the wrong side when the Great Sky Demon starts snatching up people and doing horrible things to those who *didn't* repent, after all...<br /><br />-Badtux the Snarky Penguin<br /><br />(*)In most of the world, people squat to take a dump, much as they did for the previous million years of evolution. Sitting on a throne to take a dump is a uniquely Western thing that occurred due to the limitations of the siphon system invented by Mr. Crapper to deal with maintaining a gas seal against sewer gas intrusion while still being able to evacuate waste from the toilet bowl.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com