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no no no. i wash them. but let them pile up. i miggt use one for face and arms one for feet one for ass. etc.

it is extravagant but not to the point of tossing them.

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This is going to sound kind of crazy, but I have largely abandoned showers and baths, and I have not used any soap for about 6 months. I bought 50 washcloths and use these washcloths to vigorous scrubs my crotch, butt and underarms. I also towel down my face and body with the damp unsoapy cloth. I stopped using deodorant as well. Here’s the weird thing; I smell better than I used to. It is just a bizarre phenomenon, but I am not alone in this. It might be that the vigorous scrubbing with cloths does a better job of cleaning than the actual showering I used to do, but I think stopping the use of deodorant and soap does something to the body that makes it less stinky. There are people on the internet doing this, and some but not all report a similar experience. I really like this because it saves time, water and cleaning a shower. I did recently rejoin a gym and have been going in the shower to rinse off after particularly sweaty sauna sessions, but no soap ever. I would never have thought this was a possibility for me, as I have been brainwashed like most of us to believe that ashower and soap are nonnegotiable aspects of living and working ina civilized society. It is simply not true. Really scrubbing your ass and armpits with a few damp washcloths does a lot more to make you smell neutral than standing in hot water. This lifestyle does require the purchase of many washcloths though, as it is not unusual for me to go through 4 or 5 in a day. Much to the chagrin of my wife, who thought I was just being cheap, I bought the lowest priced washcloths from amazon, like 50 cents each?. But I also bought some expensive ones from macy’s thatw ere luxuriously smooth, I think in the neighborhood of 10$ each.. Turns out only the cheapest ones are useful for me. I need the rough abrasive quality of cloth to exfoliate and scrub and get the cleaning effect I am looking for. The smooth ones simply do not work for me. It’s nice to discover that one can live on much much less. I really don’t even think I need indoor plumbing anymore. Although I am not taking cold showers, I also use cold water on my damp washcloths, for a brisk rubdown even in the cold. Not quite as startling as a cold shower, but still, something. I briefly considered getting a towel warmer, of the type used by nail salons to heat up towels for their clientele. But I decided against it because the coolness of the cloth really isn’t all that bad. I would prefer a warm towel, but im ok with a cool one. I would say everyone should attempt this experiment once in their life. As Thoreau said, “Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” Or perhaps we should edit his quote as follows:

“I went to the [bathroom] because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms…”
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i am 100 perc. behind the green new deal.

i read it …well most of it.

fuck cars.

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seems unlikely id move to another country. sounds lonely.

i practiced getting up and down fast at the gym. i imagine it looked like the exercise of the mentally impaired.

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[quote=The-Shoveler]Sounds like a burpee[/quote]

It sounds like a burpee, but it’s actually quite different. With a burpee, you’re never flat on the floor. Burpees, you drop down to a squat, kick your legs out to a push up position, do your pushup with only 4 points of connection to the floor—the hands and feet, and then kick your legs in and jump up. That’s a great exercise, approved by people in prison for fitness training for combat readiness in prison riots, and it is heavily aerobic. My exercise is modified. Basically, mine is lie down quickly, get up quickly.

But be completely laid out before you start to get up. It’s harder than it sounds when you do a bunch of them together.

It kind of simulates getting back up quickly after being knocked down in a fight, or for the elderly, getting up out of bed without slipping a disc. I figure if I keep doing those, I wont grunt when getting out of my car or get trapped on the floor of the bathroom after being unable to elevate myself from the commode. It could be modified to get down and lie on your belly as quickly as possible, then get on your feet as quickly as possible. I haven’t actually tried that yet, just the get on your back version. You rarely see elderly people who can jump up from their chairs or sofas to run out the door. Usually it’s a prolonged struggle, with an uncertain ending. It is terrifying to see my mom try to get up out of a chair. Her physical therapist actually told her for exercise to just sit down and get up, for reps. Id o not think she is practicing.

Aerobic exercise, like cycling or running, I’m not sure will save the day. Getting up is a complex thing with a lot of muscles involved. That’s why I think it might be good to train for it. Burpees will help, definitely, but my exercise will also assist, and is definitely easier than burpees. Id say start with mine, move up to burpees, do both. I get exhausted at 10 burpees. It should be very easy, even for an older person, to get up out of bed, a chair, or even off the floor, IMO. That is my plan, anyway.

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fucking old people’ with their senior discounts and fearfulness and conservative worldviews.. their stupid nostalgia and medical bills. their particular smell and damaged skin

i hate them and that im becoming one.

i have a new exercise im working on to combat my general groaning when i have to get up from a supine position. u can try it too.

drop to the floor.
quickly get on your back.
quickly get back to your knees. jump up.
repeat.

i really dont want to be one of those old people who make noise when they have to stand up.

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how risky is this?

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old people generally wanna live near their doctors

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i paid zero dollars to register my ebike.

yes its bern a brisk ride lately. but zero dollars! no gas! bosch motor so beautiful!

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if u havent heard these 2 texas lawyers singing about texas weed law u r in 4 a treat…

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MUELLER IS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
DOESNT SEEM TO GET ANY RESPECT FROM THE RIGHT.

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i feel the same way about people breaking the speed limit. if we just had the political will to execute speeders’ the country would be a lot safer’ just like singapore and its harsh stance on drugs

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When your personal lawyer is going to prison and snitching u out it’s a bad sign.

My moms friend had a roofing co that went bankrupt when trump stiffed them on a big job.

Personally I am appalled by prison rape jokes. But For trump and his family….

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on the bright side if people werent stupid it would be difficult for clever people to make money off others. i thank my kucky stars most days for the overwhelming stupidity and lack of selfcontrol of large swathes of the population .

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trumps a teetotaller.

sometimes the best thing to do is…nothing.

that said i agree pot is ridiculous. not for me. definitely not what i recall from the 70s. not drinking anymore either.

i think u need to be young and out and about. old with drugs is ridiculous

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