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Grammy used to pee in a pot beside the bed too! Some nostalgic things are NASTY! I'm glad I don't have to put hot rocks in my truck before I drive it or fill the bed with hot bricks before I go to bed! No wonder these people never lived beyond their 50's.
Grammy used to pee in a pot beside the bed too! Some nostalgic things are NASTY! I'm glad I don't have to put hot rocks in my truck before I drive it or fill the bed with hot bricks before I go to bed! No wonder these people never lived beyond their 50's.
Urine is high in Uric acid, a cousin of Ammonia, and was used to wash clothing too.
I would not suggest using low-percentage ammonia as a laundry soap on this forum.
Such would only be a real consideration among historical reenactors, or tinfoil hat wearers [I would never admit to being either of those, not on this forum].
My mom was from a farm family and they too used stones wrapped in old bedsheets to warm their beds at night. There was NO indoor baseboard heating in those days.
I would not suggest using low-percentage ammonia as a laundry soap on this forum.
Such would only be a real consideration among historical reenactors, or tinfoil hat wearers [I would never admit to being either of those, not on this forum].
Actually what I do use a lot of Forest is a cup of white vinegar in my wash loads. Especially dirt soiled. It lifts the dirt out of the fibers naturally instead of those new fangled expensive cleaners. It also rinses out the build up of soap from the fibers.
Actually what I do use a lot of Forest is a cup of white vinegar in my wash loads. Especially dirt soiled. It lifts the dirt out of the fibers naturally instead of those new fangled expensive cleaners. It also rinses out the build up of soap from the fibers.
The church box warmers reminded me of something my old church had in the foyer where you enter the building. I explained it this way to a few young people.
"Those oval depressions on that narrow shelf are not ash trays. They are for the butt stocks of the rifles our parishioners carry to church and those pegs above them are not for hanging coats. They are for the rifles to lean against. Probably no parishioners will carry rifles to church today, but the racks are there for the time when it may be necessary again."
The bell in that church was cast by Paul Revere. It still rings every Sunday.
Grammy used to pee in a pot beside the bed too! Some nostalgic things are NASTY! I'm glad I don't have to put hot rocks in my truck before I drive it or fill the bed with hot bricks before I go to bed! No wonder these people never lived beyond their 50's.
I know I've told you all before but growing up spending summers in the lighthouse we never had running water or electricity. We always used the chamber pots! I wasn't getting out of my finally warm bed and running down the stairs, out the door, up the walkway to the outhouse in the middle of the night. No way.
First, you'd always jump a sleeping deer which would pretty much ensure a case of having to more than just pee!
Second, my dead grandmother used to rock in her rocking chair in the living room almost every night.
Nu-uh - no way, I'm using the chamber pot.
The rule in our house was if you had used it, you had better be up before everyone else in the house, heated up warm water on the gas stove and washed, rinsed and replaced the chamber pot under your bed before anybody else got up in the morning.
I think we would all lay in our beds listening to hear if someone else had already taken care of theirs before tip toeing out of the house in the morning.
Great posts Northern Maine Land Maine and Island Mermaid (love that name, by the way, very fitting). Both posts sound like excerpts from books that would make for interesting reading!
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