New Yorker Saves By Skipping Laundry for 3 Years, no toilet paper either

[Liberal_in_LA]

New Yorker Saves By Skipping Laundry for 3 Years

The latest season of TLC's 'Extreme Cheapskates' premieres this month, and from the looks of the teasers they've posted online, the recession has born an entirely new breed of outrageous savers.

In the first clip, we meet New York resident Kay. Not only does she freely admit to never using toilet paper, she reveals she hasn't done laundry the traditional way –– using a washer and dryer –– in years.

"Whenever I have dirty clothes, I try to wash them while I'm showering," she says. "I think the last time I did laundry was maybe three years ago."

Here's her alternative method: Lathering up her duds with detergent (a free sample, naturally) and soaking them while she washes herself. Afterward, they hang to dry in the shower.

Kay sees no need in indulging in paper products either. She replaced toilet paper with a squirt bottle filled with water.

"I don't believe in spending money on something you're just gonna throw away such as toilet paper and paper towels," she says.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/10/02/new-yorker-saves-by-skipping-laundry-for-3-years/

[PCIntern]

1. Whoa Nellie...

Curious as to whether she's dating or whatever...

[DollarBillHines]

4. I was thinking the same thing. nt

[Nye Bevan]

2. Only the Daleks will go anywhere near her.

Because only the Daleks don't have noses.

http://www.tv.com/shows/doctor-who/doctor-who-and-the-curse-of-fatal-death-part-2-442444/?skipm=persist

[onehandle]

3. Yeah, we'll all be living like this soon enough. Patience. nt

[KansDem]

5. I don't know about her laundry...

But I've got a couple of graduate degrees she can have...

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. awwwwwww.

[TNDemo]

6. After using her homemade bidet,

Doesn't she have to dry off with something? If not toilet paper, then a towel (that I would not want to use again) that will need to be washed (in the shower with her).

[REP]

11. A (real) bidet is cleaner than TP and doesn't leave one needing a towel

But that's a real and properly adjusted bidet (or Toto - some of which do have a blow dryer for those who need to be bone-dry immediately).

I'm having a house remodeled. I know far too much about bidets, their installation, etc. I know far too much about everything in re remodeling a goddamned house!!

[DainBramaged]

7. Actually, who cares.

Yep, take that bottle to work and spray yur ass so the shit runs all over the place. What does she wipe the seat with, her hand?


God help us this is newsworthy.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. We can discuss this before the debate begins.

[DainBramaged]

13. OK, you first......

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. She must be expecting a Romney presidency.

She'll have plenty of company if Mittens is elected

[11 Bravo]

12. For a minute I thought this was another story about chickenhawk Ted Nugent dodging the draft.

[Raine]

14. eow, I'll pass. nt

[mysuzuki2]

15. I gather she's post-menopausal?

[KG]

16. ok, flame me, but I was surprised most that this story was about a woman.

[-..__...]

17. And the family on "Honey Boo Boo Child" gets critized for their lifestyle?

At least they have enough TP to supply a small army (ok, they do wash their hair in the sink).

[Edweird]

18. A long long time ago I was so poor I washed my clothes in the shower. While wearing them.

I would dry them on my way (walking) to my crappy minimum wage fast food job.
Free toilet paper is available if you know where to look. I've used the shower to clean myself after particularly messy/persistent intestinal issues or temporary shortage of toilet paper but I can't see a squirt bottle working well at all.

[noamnety]

19. I know people (online) who use "family cloths"

instead of TP. They do launder them. But you can get the kind of washer that's handcranked to save electricity - that makes more sense to me than using grey water from a shower to wash clothes.

This stuff doesn't phase me too much, I lived without electricity or running water for 6 months when I was in the army, and my kid spent 10 months last year off the grid. During the summer, I don't think she showered at all, she just went skinny dipping in the lake like the other people in the community.

A post about family cloths from a frugal blog I read occasionally: http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2011/04/cloth-toilet-paper-revisited.html