Toilet Paper
Toilet Paper
Well, all I can say is how helpful those little toilet paper packages came just a bit ago. I forgot to buy toilet paper from the store and I had to go #2 and I was wondering "WHAT THE HECK AM I GOING TO DO?" Paper towels? Napkins? AHA, I remembered that I had saved up about 50 of those little toilet paper packages from my MRE meals that I have eaten over the last year and man was that ziploc bag full of toilet paper a site for sore eyes.
Are those little handy toilet paper packages handy in non-war time?
ABSOLUTLEY!!!
Are those little handy toilet paper packages handy in non-war time?
ABSOLUTLEY!!!
"THEY CALL ME DIRTY...DIRTYDAVE"
Bah...as u might not have known i come from Singaporean, a tiny nation sandwiched between Pennisula Malaysia and Indonesia. Doubt we have poison ivy leaves here. Remembered i pluck those "choice large leaves" resemblance to taipoca plants. Those big leaves are biggest i can find and at a level where my arms can reach while i am squatting.Mirage wrote:bejean - even worse if you grab some poison ivy leaves by mistake!
For scraping action, couldn't you use your bayonet - then follow it up with some brisk leaf action?
My bayonet is hardly used in fact as i am worried about rust from usage and wear. So its well oiled and bought outfield for show only. I have a swiss army utility knife though.....
Remembered i have a chap in my section ( infantry squad in American context), who insist on bringing toilet paper outfield and he had the rolls well protected in ziplock bags in his fullpack.DIRTYDAVE wrote:LOL! Perhaps a friend could lend a hand...LMFAO!
IMHO, those tissue paper issued with MRE aren't too good for wiping arses, they are too thin, tears easily and we might use than a pack in a single dump. Its so irritating when u don't have enough to wipe. A good sized toilet roll keeps me assured while unloading outfield.
Strangely not all guys are able to do "it" in the wilds but i also have the need to especially after a day of eating nothing but MRE / combat rations. Have u guys seen greyish looking shit? Yucks.
May I recommend some good old german toilet paper, wet single packed :
http://images.shopping-profis.de/products/38933.jpg
I always have it with me. In the car , while beeing abroad, camping, biking
http://images.shopping-profis.de/products/38933.jpg
I always have it with me. In the car , while beeing abroad, camping, biking
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You have to hand it to the Germans, always some neat gimmick to use, plus this stuff leaves your butt smelling like fresh camomile!
However - last time I was in Germany, to try and find any kind of semi-decent toilet paper in a public washroom was fruitless. It was usually the consistency of splinters on a roll and felt like knotted burlap that would rend the flesh from your hole in a second. I used to pray for constipation when I was travelling! What's the story with that anyway? I know Germans have a tough constitution, but are all their holes supposed to be the same tensile strength as shoe leather?
I couldn't find "Kleenex", paper towels or any kind of disposable paper products very easily at all in the stores - it seemed like this was some VERY strange request when I asked for these items.
Those German wipes that Zeiti mentioned look like the "wet wipes" you can buy over here - definitely handy on a trip! The anti-bacterial ones for your hands are really handy as well.
However - last time I was in Germany, to try and find any kind of semi-decent toilet paper in a public washroom was fruitless. It was usually the consistency of splinters on a roll and felt like knotted burlap that would rend the flesh from your hole in a second. I used to pray for constipation when I was travelling! What's the story with that anyway? I know Germans have a tough constitution, but are all their holes supposed to be the same tensile strength as shoe leather?
I couldn't find "Kleenex", paper towels or any kind of disposable paper products very easily at all in the stores - it seemed like this was some VERY strange request when I asked for these items.
Those German wipes that Zeiti mentioned look like the "wet wipes" you can buy over here - definitely handy on a trip! The anti-bacterial ones for your hands are really handy as well.
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There's bound to be some kind of VERY irritating plant that you may grab by mistake!bejean wrote:
Bah...as u might not have known i come from Singaporean, a tiny nation sandwiched between Pennisula Malaysia and Indonesia. Doubt we have poison ivy leaves here. Remembered i pluck those "choice large leaves" resemblance to taipoca plants. Those big leaves are biggest i can find and at a level where my arms can reach while i am squatting.
My bayonet is hardly used in fact as i am worried about rust from usage and wear. So its well oiled and bought outfield for show only. I have a swiss army utility knife though.....
Even better the Swiss Army knife is stainless, so it won't rust if you employ it, would be easy to clean after usage; plus it has several handy attachments should you run into any unexpected "difficulties" in the field.
Strange thing .. You must have travelled trough "Barbaria" err... BavariaMirage wrote:You have to hand it to the Germans, always some neat gimmick to use, plus this stuff leaves your butt smelling like fresh camomile!
However - last time I was in Germany, to try and find any kind of semi-decent toilet paper in a public washroom was fruitless. It was usually the consistency of splinters on a roll and felt like knotted burlap that would rend the flesh from your hole in a second. I used to pray for constipation when I was travelling! What's the story with that anyway? I know Germans have a tough constitution, but are all their holes supposed to be the same tensile strength as shoe leather?
I couldn't find "Kleenex", paper towels or any kind of disposable paper products very easily at all in the stores - it seemed like this was some VERY strange request when I asked for these items.
Those German wipes that Zeiti mentioned look like the "wet wipes" you can buy over here - definitely handy on a trip! The anti-bacterial ones for your hands are really handy as well.
Yes, I agree, the toilet paper in public washrooms is not the best (thats why I aways habe my single packed wet wipes with me) But you should not have a problem finding some good qualtity TP in a store.
HINT: Next tome, check out a so called "Drogerie" they are supposed to have all thing kind of stuff
This is a link to Schlecker online, with most stores in Germany
http://de10.shop.schlecker.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0200006596
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Next time you come to Germany, let me know in advance, I´ll pick you up at the airport and hand you your personal Germany survival kit:
Toilet paper /Best quality
Bottle opener (Because best german beer comes in bottles, not cans)
Aspirin ( for the morning after )
Some medicine for you stomache ( If you can deal with our Haxen mit Sauerkraut ..)
Your personal customed bavarian styled leather pants (Lederhosen)
A standard issued cookoo armwrist watch
And an personal ambassador to the german way of life
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http://www6.dw-world.de/de/images/c2c13 ... 3d4a75.jpg
Klagt nicht, kämpft !