Is there an ideal time frame to wash hands?

Every hour? half hour? after certain things?

Before touching someone and after touching someone, before and after eating food, before and after preparing food, after going to the toilet and after touching the toilet door handle.

AwesomeO said:

Before touching someone and after touching someone, before and after eating food, before and after preparing food, after going to the toilet and after touching the toilet door handle.

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

wash your hands after contaminating them, for a duration suitable to remove the contamination

…out damned spot…

Michael V said:

AwesomeO said:

Before touching someone and after touching someone, before and after eating food, before and after preparing food, after going to the toilet and after touching the toilet door handle.

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

AwesomeO said:

Before touching someone and after touching someone, before and after eating food, before and after preparing food, after going to the toilet and after touching the toilet door handle.

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

AwesomeO said:

Before touching someone and after touching someone, before and after eating food, before and after preparing food, after going to the toilet and after touching the toilet door handle.

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

Plug in sink for the first washing bit. Rinse under running water.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

Plug in sink for the first washing bit. Rinse under running water.

who am i going to catch it from living alone in the country?

ChrispenEvan said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

Plug in sink for the first washing bit. Rinse under running water.

who am i going to catch it from living alone in the country?

or give it to?

I can understand doing it before going to town, maybe, and moreso coming home.

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Michael V said:

Plug in sink for the first washing bit. Rinse under running water.

who am i going to catch it from living alone in the country?

or give it to?

I can understand doing it before going to town, maybe, and moreso coming home.

That stuff is covered earlier in the thread.

Don’t forget the cesspit under the fingernails.

Ian said:

Don’t forget the cesspit under the fingernails.

Keeping nails shorter also helps.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Ian said:

Don’t forget the cesspit under the fingernails.

Keeping nails shorter also helps.

But I need long fingernails to pick my boogers.

Michael V said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Ian said:

Don’t forget the cesspit under the fingernails.

Keeping nails shorter also helps.

But I need long fingernails to pick my boogers.

Do you use every one?

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

imagine if we had transitioned from coal to say solar microgrid and people had desalinated supply, imagine that

Michael V said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Ian said:

Don’t forget the cesspit under the fingernails.

Keeping nails shorter also helps.

But I need long fingernails to pick my boogers.

use a biro lid

Tau.Neutrino said:

Michael V said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Keeping nails shorter also helps.

But I need long fingernails to pick my boogers.

Do you use every one?

Trim nine and leave one longer.

SCIENCE said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

imagine if we had transitioned from coal to say solar microgrid and people had desalinated supply, imagine that

The coal mining companies imagined precisely that.

So they upped their donations to the L/NP by a few grand.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Michael V said:

But I need long fingernails to pick my boogers.

Do you use every one?

Trim nine and leave one longer.

The Fickle Finger of Fate?

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

And after touching a surface someone else has touched.

And wash each time, for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

I’ve got a tiny bucket. 2 Litre yoghurt bucket. I leave it under the tap when I am washing hands or doing other running the tap stuff. I use that water generally for watering house plants or the ppotted plants on the verandah.

SCIENCE said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

imagine if we had transitioned from coal to say solar microgrid and people had desalinated supply, imagine that

would i have to have the pipe laid to my place from the desal plant?

SCIENCE said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

We are on tank water. You don’t run the taps for that long. Unless it is raining at the time.

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

imagine if we had transitioned from coal to say solar microgrid and people had desalinated supply, imagine that

I do really like my free rainwater.

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

in that when someone blows their noise, or wipes their nose, the virus then can travel to the hands thus mixing with oils on the hands

captain_spalding said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

Doors could be opened with feet

foot handle of some design

heaver doors would require a balance

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Washing with soap removes the secretions and any bugs.

Tau.Neutrino said:

captain_spalding said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

Doors could be opened with feet

foot handle of some design

heaver doors would require a balance

or a lever build into the wall which flicks the door ajar a bit

I have long nails on the right thumb and first three right fingers, for playing classical guitar. All others are short.

If there’s concerns about water usage, how about a basin of water with a reasonable dollop of bleach in it? Could be used multiple time.

Followed by a rinse off with fresh water.

Bubblecar said:

I have long nails on the right thumb and first three right fingers, for playing classical guitar. All others are short.

Dirty… dirty…

ChrispenEvan said:

SCIENCE said:

ChrispenEvan said:

yep, a lot of useless advice for people on a limited supply.

imagine if we had transitioned from coal to say solar microgrid and people had desalinated supply, imagine that

would i have to have the pipe laid to my place from the desal plant?

moisture farm it then

why not incinerate it, no coronavirus survives that, see our glorious prime minister already thought of that, just light some bushfires, no more virus in the air

SCIENCE said:

why not incinerate it, no coronavirus survives that, see our glorious prime minister already thought of that, just light some bushfires, no more virus in the air

Greg Hunt doesn’t inspire confidence.

Ive noticed many people who blow their nose and then do not wash their hands.

I think these people would have less colds and not transmit them if they did wash their hands.

Ouch..

Ash Gardner gone for 2 runs.

Aus 3/156

Michael V said:

Ouch..

Ash Gardner gone for 2 runs.

Aus 3/156

Sorry Fred Rong.

Michael V said:

Ouch..

Ash Gardner gone for 2 runs.

Aus 3/156

hope she ad some tp.

Keeping nails trimmed saves scrubbing time, saves water and helps keep germs away.

SCIENCE said:

why not incinerate it, no coronavirus survives that, see our glorious prime minister already thought of that, just light some bushfires, no more virus in the air

LOL

Tau.Neutrino said:

Keeping nails trimmed saves scrubbing time, saves water and helps keep germs away.

can I interest you in some shares for glove companies

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

why not incinerate it, no coronavirus survives that, see our glorious prime minister already thought of that, just light some bushfires, no more virus in the air

LOL

Move the bushfires to where the virus is.

SCIENCE said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Keeping nails trimmed saves scrubbing time, saves water and helps keep germs away.

can I interest you in some shares for glove companies

Wear gloves, I have lots of gloves.

Tau.Neutrino said:

SCIENCE said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Keeping nails trimmed saves scrubbing time, saves water and helps keep germs away.

can I interest you in some shares for glove companies

Wear gloves, I have lots of gloves.

I have a number of different gloves, leather ones, and wool ones

Wool ones are good for opening doors, pushing lift buttons, handling petrol nozzles etc etc

One can only wonder at the decision making of restaurants who don’t provide soap in the toilets. How do you miss the minor detail that customers will be smearing faecal matter all over your restaurant?

And wash food such as grapes. People are grubs.

What’s-her-name Arquette washes her fruit and veg in a sink full of water with a dash of bleach.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Is there an ideal time frame to wash hands?

Every hour? half hour? after certain things?

Before eating, obviously.

And before otherwise touching your mouth.

As with all flu viruses, transmission is by breathing in 100 micron size droplets. So face mask much much more important than any other type of protection.

captain_spalding said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The hands also secrete natural oils over time, if someone has the virus this could be another possible route.

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Which is why i use paper towels to operate door handles at work.

Especially those in the stairwell, especially between levels 2 and 3. Those door handles are the most frequently operated in the place. There must be literally hundreds of hands on them during the course of any day. More than any shopping trolley gets

I will NOT touch them with my bare hand.

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

I would too but both my little fingers have been badly broken & would probably break again if I put too much strain on them.

I was up at my normal time which is in sync with the amount of light.

I just stand and wait until someone else comes in through the door and duck out past them. It does mean a bit of waiting sometimes..

Arts said:

I just stand and wait until someone else comes in through the door and duck out past them. It does mean a bit of waiting sometimes..

The Sheldon Cooper method.

things have really been munted since we lost that prehensile tail.

if only we had some sort of technology where you could wave your foot in front of a sensor to open a door.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

but off the other hand, it’s the part of the handle that water from every single person who fails to dry their hands, will run down

and notice how everyone seems to be doing similar…

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

but off the other hand, it’s the part of the handle that water from every single person who fails to dry their hands, will run down

and notice how everyone seems to be doing similar…

I haven’t been touching those particular door handles for years.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I work in a building with the great unwashed (not to be mean but some really stink) and not the healthiest of people so do wonder what you might catch from them

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

Hehe, I do that too.

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

I do similar, using my little finger only.

but off the other hand, it’s the part of the handle that water from every single person who fails to dry their hands, will run down

and notice how everyone seems to be doing similar…

I haven’t been touching those particular door handles for years.

or use the shoe, no hand involved, and everyone will thank us for not contaminating the handles with our hands

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

Uh-oh. Is she getting tested?

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

Uh-oh. Is she getting tested?

She’s just anxious because she watched Contagion, Outbreak and 12 Monkeys on the weekend.

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

An urge to sing The Locomotion.

SCIENCE said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

I’m still going to make fun of people who needlessly panic-buy toilet paper.

SCIENCE said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

I’m making fun of her. She had an adequate but not oversupply of toilet paper.

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

I’m still going to make fun of people who needlessly panic-buy toilet paper.

+1

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

Uh-oh. Is she getting tested?

She’s just anxious because she watched Contagion, Outbreak and 12 Monkeys on the weekend.

Oh dear.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

If I have to touch a D shaped door handle I hook one finger around the lowest part of the handle. It is a part of the handle which is almost never touched.

I do similar, using my little finger only.

Hehe, I do that too.

I just go “I’ll huff……. and I’ll puff…… and I’ll bloooooooooooooooooooooooow the door down”. :)

Tamb said:

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

I’m still going to make fun of people who needlessly panic-buy toilet paper.

+1

what if they needfully seek to make a profit bulk-buying it to resell

Arts said:

if only we had some sort of technology where you could wave your foot in front of a sensor to open a door.

or where the doors could open in either direction so you could use your foot, or your knee, or your gluteus maximus, or your vertex to push it open without touching your hand to it

I pity lesser creatures without telepathy

SCIENCE said:

Tamb said:

dv said:

I’m still going to make fun of people who needlessly panic-buy toilet paper.

+1

what if they needfully seek to make a profit bulk-buying it to resell

Phase 1: Collect toilet paper
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit…

Once it’s all over there’ll probably be a coronal inquiry.

Peak Warming Man said:

Once it’s all over there’ll probably be a coronal inquiry.

droll

Peak Warming Man said:

Once it’s all over there’ll probably be a coronal inquiry.

good point, this CORONAVIRUS thing was probably all invented by SCOTT MORRISON and CRONIES to deal with the AGED CARE ROYAL COMMISSION and how NURSING HOMES ARE UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERRESOURCED and so if we just KILL all the DECREPIT OLD PEOPLE and end LIFE for them there won’t be anyone who needs AGED CARE so their families can’t complain and we WON’T NEED AS MANY STAFF AND RESOURCES for them and the ECONOMY will GROW and we can BURN COAL and AUSTRALIA will be GREAT AGAIN

Peak Warming Man said:

Once it’s all over there’ll probably be a coronal inquiry.

:)

rub some sump oil or black grease on your hands, then wash it off, gives you an idea what’s involved to really clean your hands, then do a closeup image and enlarge it on the computer to have a proper look

transition said:

rub some sump oil or black grease on your hands, then wash it off, gives you an idea what’s involved to really clean your hands, then do a closeup image and enlarge it on the computer to have a proper look

we always found those demonstrations to be akin to other BS marketing ploys for all manner of quackery and blue-tongue oil

stuff like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-O279tiR3s

Hand Washing Glo Germ Gel
13,891 views
Glo Germ Company
In this video Christa shows you how to do a hand washing demonstration using Glo Germ Gel.
You can order our most popular kit for this demonstration with the following link:

like really, they make you wipe that grease all over your hands, then try to clean it off

you can tell it’s stuck on, you can feel even after 10 hours scrubbing that the oil is still stuck there and that’s not what your hands usually feel like

of course it’s going to light up and show the shit you don’t normally have on your hands

SCIENCE said:

transition said:

rub some sump oil or black grease on your hands, then wash it off, gives you an idea what’s involved to really clean your hands, then do a closeup image and enlarge it on the computer to have a proper look

we always found those demonstrations to be akin to other BS marketing ploys for all manner of quackery and blue-tongue oil

stuff like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-O279tiR3s

Hand Washing Glo Germ Gel
13,891 views
Glo Germ Company
In this video Christa shows you how to do a hand washing demonstration using Glo Germ Gel.
You can order our most popular kit for this demonstration with the following link:

like really, they make you wipe that grease all over your hands, then try to clean it off

you can tell it’s stuck on, you can feel even after 10 hours scrubbing that the oil is still stuck there and that’s not what your hands usually feel like

of course it’s going to light up and show the shit you don’t normally have on your hands

until you’ve examined a few closeup images of between the fingerprint grooves etc, whatever example, after you’ve done some gardening and a quick wash, people really have NFI

all i’m saying is it’s an easy thing to have a casual opinion about, but who really looks?

so i’m saying neutrino could have a look, do something resembling an experiment, science even

SCIENCE said:

Arts said:

if only we had some sort of technology where you could wave your foot in front of a sensor to open a door.

or where the doors could open in either direction so you could use your foot, or your knee, or your gluteus maximus, or your vertex to push it open without touching your hand to it

only for the pointy heads

Sam’s diary today

“Yesterday I began to make this mark (V) stand instead of three pricks, which therefore I must observe every where, it being a mark more easy to make.”

dv said:

SCIENCE said:

Divine Angel said:

My sister’s come down with something and she’s freaking out. She doesn’t know anyone who has been travelling overseas but she gets the train. And who know what goblins you can catch from trains.

so is it still acceptable to make fun of people who panic or are we meant to express empathy

I’m still going to make fun of people who needlessly panic-buy toilet paper.

My local supermart had dunny paper until today. The shelves emptied today. Probably because there was none left at Woolies and Coles.

Should stick that in here as well..

Correction:

“Typically viruses are more resistant to disinfectants than bacteria, but coronavirus is an enveloped virus, so it has an outer membrane formed of oil and fat. All enveloped viruses are very susceptible to soaps and detergents, which explode the outer membranes, rendering them ineffective.”

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/03/hand-sanitizer-effective-soap-water-make-12339048/?ito=cbshare

So, soap hard and soap long (at least 20 seconds)

Ian said:

So, soap hard and soap long (at least 20 seconds)

I repeat the mantra “fuck the Chinese Communist Party” 12 times while I was my hands.

I use straight dishwashing liquid, add some water intermittently, it’s got real grease cutting power, I do that twice, or three or more times and thoroughly rinse until I feel all the detergent has been washed away. That’s standard multistage washing I do, starting with a water rinse. Straight or near straight detergent has bleaching properties

i’ve regularly got my hands in stock water, so maintain high hand hygiene standards, we also have taps (lever types) that I operate with back of my hands, that sort of thing is standard

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

I remember Lifebuoy soap.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

Ta.

Saved them all in Nostalgia/Printed Material/Soap etc.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

I like Yardleys lavender soap. Lavender is a smell I like. I don’t like it in edibles though. Eventually I will get around to growing a lavender plant that I clip square and can hang my hankies on to dry.

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

I like Yardleys lavender soap. Lavender is a smell I like. I don’t like it in edibles though. Eventually I will get around to growing a lavender plant that I clip square and can hang my hankies on to dry.

I remember Yardley’s gift packs. Soap and bath cubes. I would usually get one each Christmas off some random aunty.

And..the wobblies ate all my lavenders.

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

*bumps for Mr Car

I like Yardleys lavender soap. Lavender is a smell I like. I don’t like it in edibles though. Eventually I will get around to growing a lavender plant that I clip square and can hang my hankies on to dry.

I remember Yardley’s gift packs. Soap and bath cubes. I would usually get one each Christmas off some random aunty.

And..the wobblies ate all my lavenders.

Yes, those too. But as I haven’t had a bath in about 40 years (I shower), no need for that sort of thing now. But they do OK in the undies drawer, I guess.

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/gallery/2020/mar/12/soap-saves-lives-adverts-in-the-guardian-after-the-spanish-flu-outbreak

*bumps for Mr Car

I like Yardleys lavender soap. Lavender is a smell I like. I don’t like it in edibles though. Eventually I will get around to growing a lavender plant that I clip square and can hang my hankies on to dry.

The Melomys here find all soap edible. Bastards.

Michael V said:

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

The Oz equivalent

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

The Oz equivalent

I bought some Solvol recently. Because I could. I didn’t know if it was still made. And when it was in the supermarket, I felt a need to buy a cake.

I suspect that packaging hasn’t changed in years.

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

The Oz equivalent

I bought some Solvol recently. Because I could. I didn’t know if it was still made. And when it was in the supermarket, I felt a need to buy a cake.

I suspect that packaging hasn’t changed in years.

Here’s an early one

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

The Oz equivalent

The caption for the photo I posted. Pearson’s was Australian.

Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap

This is a bar of Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap, made by the Pearson Soap Co. between 1908 and the 1930s. Pumice sand soap was advertised to scrub tables and floors as well as cleaning pots, pans and milk dishes. In 1908 the Pearson Soap Co. was located in Henry Street, Leichhardt, an inner Sydney suburb. Tallow was used to make both soap and candles. It is fat extracted from meat by treating it with steam.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

I have one of these in the library’s display cabinet. A bit more faded.

Picture from:

https://collection.maas.museum/object/61522

The Oz equivalent

The caption for the photo I posted. Pearson’s was Australian.

Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap

This is a bar of Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap, made by the Pearson Soap Co. between 1908 and the 1930s. Pumice sand soap was advertised to scrub tables and floors as well as cleaning pots, pans and milk dishes. In 1908 the Pearson Soap Co. was located in Henry Street, Leichhardt, an inner Sydney suburb. Tallow was used to make both soap and candles. It is fat extracted from meat by treating it with steam.

I remember Pearson’s pumice soap.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

The Oz equivalent

The caption for the photo I posted. Pearson’s was Australian.

Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap

This is a bar of Pearson’s Pumice Sand Soap, made by the Pearson Soap Co. between 1908 and the 1930s. Pumice sand soap was advertised to scrub tables and floors as well as cleaning pots, pans and milk dishes. In 1908 the Pearson Soap Co. was located in Henry Street, Leichhardt, an inner Sydney suburb. Tallow was used to make both soap and candles. It is fat extracted from meat by treating it with steam.

I remember Pearson’s pumice soap.

My mistake. I don’t remember Pearson’s but do remember Solvol.

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

I like Yardleys lavender soap. Lavender is a smell I like. I don’t like it in edibles though. Eventually I will get around to growing a lavender plant that I clip square and can hang my hankies on to dry.

I remember Yardley’s gift packs. Soap and bath cubes. I would usually get one each Christmas off some random aunty.

And..the wobblies ate all my lavenders.

Yes, those too. But as I haven’t had a bath in about 40 years (I shower), no need for that sort of thing now. But they do OK in the undies drawer, I guess.

Lavender bags in the hankies and undies drawer.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

I remember Yardley’s gift packs. Soap and bath cubes. I would usually get one each Christmas off some random aunty.

And..the wobblies ate all my lavenders.

Yes, those too. But as I haven’t had a bath in about 40 years (I shower), no need for that sort of thing now. But they do OK in the undies drawer, I guess.

Lavender bags in the hankies and undies drawer.

Same with Potpourri bags.