In the shower today I noticed the soap had reached its carbon footprint critical point in size, ie it took longer to work up a lather hence longer shower, hence use more hot water. But what does one do with the remnants? Throw them away or let them soften in a small amount of water and squeeze them together to make a larger, multicoloured bar?
They don't make soap like they used to. I remember as a child in England (many years ago), a bar of soap used to last a lot longer. We used to bathe every Friday night whether we needed it or not.
We do take a lot for granted nowadays. I can remember as a child, before bath time we turned the immersion heater on to heat the water. I used to have to feel the water tank to see when there was enough hot water for the bath and then turn it off thus saving electricity. These days we have tanks full of hot water for instant use. But at what cost to the environment?
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Yep, very true - maybe try having a shower or bathe ourselves with a sink filled with water and washcloth. They did it in the old days! (Herminelee said: or better yet, bathe once a week!)
Wow it seems like that was the "olden days" as the kids used to say - were there ox wagons then?
Thanks so much for your hard work last night and the fridge. Very much appreciated.
There is a slim chance that the "olden days" will return! Water shortage will only allow us a bath once a week and electricity could get very expensive thus not having the boiler on 24hours?? Anything is possible!
What about when you had to have a bath after your siblings because the hot water had run out? Ah, memories.
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