tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post7717739408540161767..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Finding Relief in the Lady's Garden at Vauxhall, 1788Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-89141244625561979922016-11-02T07:04:43.944-04:002016-11-02T07:04:43.944-04:00hehe urine is alkaline ... I use household salt on...hehe urine is alkaline ... I use household salt on blood, and for most cleaning solutions as you say white vinegar or bicarbonate of soda or for stubborn toilet limescale, both at once.<br />Toilet paper is at least biodegradable ... and I always used terry towelling nappies not disposables. Not sure I could have coped with rags for periods though, not with a 9 day very heavy flow. cotton wool is biodegradable though, and the cardboard tubes.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65849903368415133382016-11-02T02:28:33.187-04:002016-11-02T02:28:33.187-04:00just wrote a brilliant reposte and lost it. of co...just wrote a brilliant reposte and lost it. of course, we use white vinegar to clean just about everything these days -- better for the environment, etc. Acid is acid, I guess. Then there is the toilet paper issue. Though clam shells are efficacious for those with access to them. At least for posterior extrusions.maryleehttp://www.indidanartfromtheedge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-92165800304148197442016-10-31T18:17:39.093-04:002016-10-31T18:17:39.093-04:00hey, Marylee, and they bleached the linens by soak...hey, Marylee, and they bleached the linens by soaking them in urineSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-46536963613888112632016-10-31T17:52:34.899-04:002016-10-31T17:52:34.899-04:00yech-- loved it-- not to speak of the filth of the...yech-- loved it-- not to speak of the filth of their underwear-- only I believe that was known as "linens." Samuel Johnson speaking of which, he said he himself had no love of clean linens. I think I'm going to be sick! oh, and someone had to wash these things at some time or another (probably mostly "another." And that is if you were rich and had someone else to do it. And now for something on menstruation hygiene!! love you nerdy grown women!!<br />marylee stephensonhttp://www.indianartfromtheedge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-3302811380793508832016-10-31T07:45:13.205-04:002016-10-31T07:45:13.205-04:00forgot to tick the follow up box sorryforgot to tick the follow up box sorrySarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84706164162752371362016-10-31T07:44:46.713-04:002016-10-31T07:44:46.713-04:00fascinating, thank you! I am one of those people ...fascinating, thank you! I am one of those people who are fascinated by ... shall we say, drainage, and have gone to some efforts to find the more everyday usages, such as the reason for the ladies withdrawing from dinner was to allow the gents to use the po in the sideboard and the ladies to retire behind the screen in the withdrawing or drawing room to use a jordan or close stool there. I can imagine them queueing up in various stages of extremis. of course even up to the 1930s many houses had an outhouse with a 'double dweller' for more than one person in the household to go at once. I suspect this is the origin of the female habit of continuing conversation in the toilet that still pertains today, shouting over the stall walls. <br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com