Spill the beans... on how to minimise loo paper use

lisawaters

What WAS the point of that. Like using photographic paper!

bundance

Budget wrote: »

When I was a small boy MANY years ago, the "see-through" toilet paper was called "Bronco". We used it as tracing paper as well as for its proper use.

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daska

Budget wrote: »

When I was a small boy MANY years ago, the "see-through" toilet paper was called "Bronco". We used it as tracing paper as well as for its proper use.

PS - I haven't posted on this site for years and am now both retired and debt-free. Can anyone advise me how to eliminate the icons, smileys, etc. at the bottom of this post? Thanks!

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catnatlady

luxor4t wrote: »

R.I.P Izal....




The only positive thing about it was that it made brilliant emergency tracing paper

We used to get the flat packs! I used to go to College near the Izal works in Rotherham. Closed down now!!

daisyjones

Hi all, thought i'd take a look at this forum during my lunch break, well i've nearly died laughing at you witty lot! We've just had a new loo put in at work for the ladied only as we are in a mostly male part of the building( so loo roll discussion is high on the agenda) so for my part on this forum i have to say i have a sensitive botty so it's cushelle for me only lol

mcculloch29

Several people have mentioned Triple Velvet, this is 6 rolls for £1.99 in the S*vers chain of chemists, which works out at 33p a roll. Periodically Cushelle have offers with 50p off, but even so it would have to be £1.33 for 4 to be the same value.

I can remember my mum buying an odd square packet of Izal-type sheets of paper, for our back porch loo. It may have been Bronco. (We had Andrex or Dixcel in the upstairs bathroom) The Izal-type squares dispensed like tissues, and were extremely unpleasant to use, but useful as tracing paper on rainy days when we children were bored.

The Ministry of Defence was still putting sheets of 'skiddy loo paper' into 24 hour ration packs in the late 80s/early 90s.

happy_to_be_thrifty

Keep a pot of hand cream next to the loo, put a little on the paper and .... replaces the need for toilet blocking wipes. Also can be used for keeping hands in tip top condition instead of just sitting there!

lytefantastic

My aunt used to have two rolls. One hard and one soft. That way you got comfort and impermeability. I remember a doctor saying that the demise of hard loo paper had increased the amount of infection through contaminated hands. A survey of men's hands showed that when swabbed a revoltingly high proportion had fecal matter on their hands. There's a lot to be said for having a bidet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19834975

dogwednesday

Place the loo roll holder just out of reach from the w.c., or place the loo roll in a draw.

The first came about because we moved a toilet but forgot the loo roll holder. The second, I like the other loo to look tidy and there is a draw adjacent to the w.c., so I keep it hidden away.

tightarsedchick

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