Bidet Update

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  1. John Brunner

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    So do you save toilet paper, or do you think you use the same amount as before to dry yourself off?
     
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    ha ha tenor.gif
     
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    Less paper by far
     
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    Interesting.

    I may have mentioned that there are lots of bidets on Amazon that have tens of thousands of reviews. You got me thinking...
     
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    So very economical et al, but then, using toilet paper defeats the purpose, why not install a dryer!!
     
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    A small terrycloth towel works better.
     
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    And this is where I wonder about the benefit. I would not reuse that towel, so instead of using toilet paper, I'm doing a lot more laundry. This not only takes time & effort, but doing all that extra laundry far offsets the environmental benefit of not using toilet paper. The gap widens exponentially with women in the household.

    Again, I'm likely missing something.
     
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    Now that my toilet seat has been raised 5 inches I have no use for the bidet.
     
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    That reminds me of once finding a detachable bidet in a truck stop in Iowa. I mean, it was completely installed and worked, but was an unexpected thing to find in a truck stop.
     
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    That's weird. It's sort of anachronistic, but in a cultural sense.
     
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    I wondered about that when you bought the riser.

    Hey, at least you can say you had the experience.
     
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