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What's the longest you've ever gone without bathing or taking a shower? Prepper Ideas

 
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What's the longest you've ever gone without bathing or taking a shower? Prepper Ideas
Just curious.

While watching The Walking Dead, that's the one thing we don't (thankfully) have to be bombarded with-the stench. Because you know in the Zombie Apocalypse (ZA) people won't be showering every day, or even every week. Let alone the frikken reeking Dead. Pretty sure a real-life ZA would be handled differently by today's SJW crowd! (what a comedy!)

When there is a massive power grid failure, and the water pumps go down without electricity, how will you wash?

In the "Wild West" is was said they took baths every Saturday, so they would be cleaned up for Sunday church. So we know by historical data that many went without bathing for a week, usually.

As for brushing your teeth, that must be done at least once daily, preferably after each meal.

Any military-types in here want to give us the skinny? After a mission do your skivies walk away on their own when you take them off? Or are they too brittle to move?

I've found that I can cold shave for an entire year with one razor head for my manual blade. No soap or foam. It hurt for a bit, but you get used to it. By keeping the blades clean they will stay in decent enough shape. Oh, it was also my Wife's 'Venus' razor that I grabbed before she pitched it. Those last and work great. No more buying recharge blade heads.

Just a thought. How 'bout you?
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3 days max.
I don't have the time or the crayons to explain this to you.



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3 days max.
 Quoting: Pilgrim001


3 Days...That's when I start to notice something. After a good week, I'm getting ripe.
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I think we got to shower once at NTC over thirty days.

Fifteen miles south of Death Valley.

June/July


Yuck!
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I think we got to shower once at NTC over thirty days.

Fifteen miles south of Death Valley.

June/July


Yuck!
 Quoting: Adytum


Yeah...I bet.

When I was younger and drinking only water, when I sweat it smelled like water-no BO. Weird. But I was sweating my butt off each day on 16-18 hour shifts (93 MO/IL Summer Floods).
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Don't shave in an emergency situation. Risk of infection + lack of medical care.

If you must shave use an electric razor.

Bathing is not normal. Natives in many areas of the planet only bathe once a year or less.

Dry bathing is the result. You get dirt built up on your skin and it does not itch but you can feel its there and you have a natural response to rub your skin and brush it off.

Italians did oil baths. Same as above but with oil and you scrape it off with something.

Bathing is not needed but you would probably want to cut your hair short.

You would want to wash if you had any skin problem.
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75 thousand years.
I am SNOWIE. WELCOME TO THE NEW ICE AGE. TRY NOT TO STARVE.
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in grade 6, about 2 weeks long near the end of the school year. There was a rotten smell in the back of the class. One of my friend was suspicious about me and I told my buddies it was the smell of girls menstruation.

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6 weeks.

On exercise in the Northern Territory with the Australian Army.

We were simulating live combat conditions in a scenario where we were invaded from the North.
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Break out in a rash if you are really dirty after a few days.
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Four days. I think. After moving in January waiting for gas to be turned on. I couldn't wait and took an ice cold one. Your skin does unholy things. It actually does MOVE.
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Don't shave in an emergency situation. Risk of infection + lack of medical care.

If you must shave use an electric razor.

Bathing is not normal. Natives in many areas of the planet only bathe once a year or less.

Dry bathing is the result. You get dirt built up on your skin and it does not itch but you can feel its there and you have a natural response to rub your skin and brush it off.

Italians did oil baths. Same as above but with oil and you scrape it off with something.

Bathing is not needed but you would probably want to cut your hair short.

You would want to wash if you had any skin problem.
 Quoting: SpringLeak


Thanks for the info. I remember reading some of that.
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Four days. I think. After moving in January waiting for gas to be turned on. I couldn't wait and took an ice cold one. Your skin does unholy things. It actually does MOVE.
 Quoting: Broker


LOL! So did my socks!
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75 thousand years.
 Quoting: Icey


Ummm....wow. Are you a vampire? Do they even wask? Did/do they live that long? How are you even typing being that old, dude?
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6 weeks.

On exercise in the Northern Territory with the Australian Army.

We were simulating live combat conditions in a scenario where we were invaded from the North.
 Quoting: Old_Skool


Did you have any wipes? Or nothing? Dang skippy, that's awhile!
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in grade 6, about 2 weeks long near the end of the school year. There was a rotten smell in the back of the class. One of my friend was suspicious about me and I told my buddies it was the smell of girls menstruation.

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 Quoting: The_Smilist


LMAO!!!!!! HAHAHA!!!! Wait-are you a chick? If not, WHY would you have the smell of girls 'menstruation' on you? Another, and HOW did you come up with that awesome answer!?

LMAO!!
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6 weeks.

On exercise in the Northern Territory with the Australian Army.

We were simulating live combat conditions in a scenario where we were invaded from the North.
 Quoting: Old_Skool


Did you have any wipes? Or nothing? Dang skippy, that's awhile!
 Quoting: WEDGE5th


Had an English bath every morning, washing under the armpits, groin area, and feet.

Changed socks and underwear daily at the same time.
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I currently live in semi primitive conditions. I bring water in from a nearby springs in 4 gallon bottles. I have a shower pan - hole drilled in the floor of my outdoor shed for the drain. I heat water on a propane burner in my tiny cabin, fill a plastic camp shower bag with 2 gallons of water, carry it out to the shed. Have 3 shower curtains to make a stall. Once inside the stall, with the hot water pouring, the temperature of average 32 degrees farenheit becomes tolerable. Every thing is done quickly. If you have prepping in mind, you should consider getting more than one shower bag, in case the first malfunctions. Probably a good barter item as well.
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Over a month during hospitalization. It was horible.





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