Showering

[whiskeryron]

Do we need to shower daily or are we doing ourselves a miss service by constantly washing away the natural oils that are there to protect & nourish our skin ? I well remember years ago we washed our neck & behind our ears & our little private places every day & took a bath once a week on Friday, & I cannot remember any of my family smelling obnoxious so what is your opinion on this delicate question?

[janbee]

A bath was taken, nay endured, once a week. Hair was washed once a week and no I don't recall anyone being smelly. Thinking back though... as we ALL bathed/showered/shampooed etc just once a week, maybe we ALL stank to high heaven but didn't notice ! It's all different now though isn't it? Shower/shampoo every day. In fact, I wouldn't leave the house if I hadn't. !

[paddywak]

We had this discussion the other day whiskeryron
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1382232.html

[factor-fiction]

I shower twice daily- it freshens me up before work then I like a shower evening too when i change out of my work suit. I would hate to have to miss a good shower.

[whiskeryron]

Sorry paddywak, I missed that one.

[paddywak]

No need to apologise Ron it happens all the time.

[Old_Geezer]

That was indeed the norm Ron. Custom changes 9especially if commercial concerns want it) but there was no obvious need for more. But I think that's how folk like it now. If you are going to wash your private little places every day, I think showering makes it easier anyway.

[Quizmonster]

In the fifties, such ablutions were often used by girls who didn't want to go out with you. If you asked one if she'd like to go and see a film on Thursday, she might well say, "Oh, sorry, Thursday's the day I wash my hair." Cunning little minxes! Can you imagine any young lady using that approach now!

[woofgang]

need? maybe not, but I don't think its harmful otherwise we'd all be dead!

[chaptazbru2]

I never shower, I prefer baths !

[Mosaic]

When I worked in museums, the sweaty pong of the 'clothing collections' was truly gaggable. To say nothing of the sweat-stained armpits and much worse which I cannot phrase as I'm a laaaaayd-eeee. I think there was no or little anxiety about whiffing. The petro-chemical industry has stoked anxiety and we scrubadub like gooduns.
Plus - here's a thought - are we psychologically purifying now that we no longer do so spiritually?

[jourdain2]

janbee has answered for me. I have started to have a once-every-other-day shower this Winter (saves oil and I wash the private bits separately)) and feel just as clean.

When young, the weekly (shared) bath was the norm - we were pretty clean compared to some of my school compatriots (watching a louse falling from the head of a schoolfellow into the drinking fountain is a picture that has stayed with me).

I don't think we stank and I'm unsure about the benefits of the daily shower- you wash natural oils away.

[paddywak]

Jourdain,we were down at my sisters the other day and her daughter turned up with her daughter (six years old) who had come home from school with a letter saying that there was an infestation of nits at the school with a list of recommended treatments.I was really surprised when she said it quite common now a days and they don't even have the "Nit Nurse" come round any more.

[seadogg]

I guess Nitty Nora, the famous explorer, now has a new role checking on drug abuse etc.

[cecil39]

We were always told to wash "the bits that show and the bits that smell every day, and the rest can go in the bath at the weekend" and that's what I have always done, I don't think anyone sneers when they're near me.