They're so useful. How did elder gays cope without them?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 8, 2020 6:46 PM |
It wasn't until the pioneers brought paper towels in covered wagons across the North American continent that westward expansion was made possible.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 7, 2020 11:15 PM |
They used any leaf that didn't have fur or bristles on them.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 7, 2020 11:17 PM |
Honey ,in my house growing up paper towels were considered a luxury (Im not kidding you ) so mother always had stacks of kitchen towels in the cabinet . My father was the cheapest of cheap bastards .
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 7, 2020 11:21 PM |
(OP). We has them. You just had to go outside and cut down the tree and pulp it yourself
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 7, 2020 11:22 PM |
I'm 2/3 of the way to the century mark and I can't remember a time when we didn't have them.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 7, 2020 11:26 PM |
OP, just an FYI:
I posted here on DL once, just once, about liking Brawny paper towels and someone ranted and railed at me endlessly because Brawny is a Koch Brothers company.
The poster rattled me so much I switched to Bounty.
DL is brutal.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 7, 2020 11:28 PM |
I use so much BOUNTY. What is weird is the quality of Bounty differs. When I buy it at Walgreens it seems to be thinner. I don't care for the Essentials kind.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 7, 2020 11:34 PM |
[quote] I'm 2/3 of the way to the century mark and I can't remember a time when we didn't have them.
Yes, by late 1950's they were common. But before then...
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 7, 2020 11:42 PM |
I use towels 95 percent of the time, for everything except raw meat and very toxic chemicals. It’s pretty easy to wash and reuse them.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 7, 2020 11:44 PM |
I have to admit that when I get home from Costco with a 12 pack of Bounty, I am happy.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 7, 2020 11:46 PM |
[quote] It’s pretty easy to wash and reuse them.
That kind of defeats their purpose.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 7, 2020 11:48 PM |
Before paper towels I used rags made from old shirts. They did the trick.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 7, 2020 11:48 PM |
They absorb so much better than any cloth towel. I'm a Bounty man, although the cloth-like Viva towels aren't too bad.
What I hate with a passion are the Select-A-Size towels. They always tear at the wrong place and then rip in half when I'm trying to wipe something up.
R11, but don't you find that adds up to a lot of laundry? Also if you wipe something that's very greasy or that has bit of solid in it (I know what people here are thinking, but I'm thinking of soup!), you have to rinse it out before you can put it in the washer, whereas you can just throw the paper towels away.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 7, 2020 11:48 PM |
The Select A Size are thinner because you have to tear them, I always try to buy the full sheets
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 7, 2020 11:50 PM |
No, paper towels that let you choose half or full sheets are the greatest invention
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 7, 2020 11:50 PM |
"I'm a Bounty man"
I'll take "Things you'll never hear a straight man say" for $400, Alex.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 7, 2020 11:58 PM |
They’re pretty wasteful, and most are made from virgin wood fiber which takes lots of trees. I only use them for the greasy messes, otherwise I use a cloth bar towel, which goes in the wash along with the dish cloths and dish towels.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 7, 2020 11:59 PM |
I also mostly use reusable terry bar cloths instead of paper towels to do my part for the environment. I don't rinse them at all before putting them in the laundry. Once they get too dingy (6 months to a year) I buy more on Amazon.
I still keep a roll of the cheapest store brand paper towels on hand to do the bathroom mirror.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 8, 2020 12:02 AM |
My mother was so stingy with paper towel, she expected you to wipe up with a dish cloth. I was glad when I moved out and could roll out as much paper towel as I wanted.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 8, 2020 12:17 AM |
Kirkland paper towels are great! And I’m picky!
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 8, 2020 12:21 AM |
I use them to dry my ears after a shower, and to wipe my armpits right before I apply deodorant. How do other people NOT have paper towels in the bathroom?
Martha Stewart calls them "paper toweling".
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 8, 2020 12:27 AM |
Glad Press;'n'Seal is the greatest invention OP
Paper towels definitely rank up there though.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 8, 2020 12:32 AM |
Any pictures of the Brawny guy nude?
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 8, 2020 1:15 AM |
Rainy used to have some good ads.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 8, 2020 1:16 AM |
Brawny is a big ol’ bottom. Butch in the streets, ...
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 8, 2020 6:46 PM |
