Holiday Guest Etiquette?

a. One shower = one towel.
b. I don't think the sharks would survive.
c. You are already rich, so richer would be the appropriate adjective.
d. Carter-you are too close to your friends.
 
You snooze you lose..

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No Shark Tank for you...

Carter-
What happens in Uncle Sam's Nav, stays in Uncle Sam's Nav.
 
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Shawn, that sounds to me like it's one of those battles that you can't possibly win and keep peace in the family. Best to "throw in the towel" (bad pun!) and maybe just swap out the unwashed towels that she throws in the laundry.

She'll never know!
 
Four Suns said:
I got an idea. How about a bath towel that is labeled: "Dry Butt and Genitals Here" and "Dry Face here".
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I'll say it again for those that missed it. That's what the tag is for. Albeit slightly more discreet than the full blown dumb and dumber version suggested above.
 
Wash the towels and be happy.
 
tc410 said:
That's what the tag is for on the towel.... Tag side = nuts and butts.... non-tag side = hands and face........
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Gross a clean towel means a clean body change them out everyday what if someone visits do they get to wipe themselves off with your used butt towel (hopefully they wash their hands before they come out to eat) , not to be a smart a-s but what about sheets would you just turn them over once a week. Take a lesson from your in-laws on cleanliness one shower and wash.
 
I was raised by depression era parents. Things got washed when they needed washing. I was like that for a few years, then....Long away and far ago I dated a girl who was a one use towel fanatic. I always thought that odd and wasteful until the day she walked out of the shower and into the living room wrapped in a one use towel which she dropped to the floor as she had decided it was time to consummate the relationship.

What at does that have to do with your problem? Not a damn thing. I just wanted to thank you for the memory. What a great Christmas gift. It sure beats the hell out of the Sam's gift card I got from my kid.

Thirty five years later I recall why I too am a one use wonder as well!

Wash the towels. If not for your MIL, for what's her name!

Thanks
 
1. Visiting person - their towel rules apply to them...
2. Some of you need to learn to clean better...if there's any doubt about what is getting wiped off on your towel, you need a refresher course
3. Winter towels usually go a week, summer towels a lot sooner...I think sometimes I come out a shower and start to sweat right away....that towel is daily - these rules apply only to me
4. My wife has a body towel, hair towel, and then another just to handle ??? To this day I have no clue why three towels are needed, but I've learned that I just don't care...it's a towel :)

For us boaters - I'd love to start the list of absolutely wasteful or crazy stuff we all do in the name of boating :)

Merry Christmas everyone!
 
Four Suns said:
I change out daily. Do you wipe dry your butt and reproductive organs and then wipe your face on the same towel the next day? Just because the towel is dry doesn't mean the poop particles aren't there. Gross. You probably use one sheet of toilet paper too.
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Even if the towel is "clean" the possibility of poop particle contamination is high if it was left hanging in the bathroom. Not to mention leaving your toothbrush laying about for poop particles to land on.

http://www.tbyil.com/Exposed_Toothbrushes.htm

I will reuse a towel up to a maximum of 3 uses but I hang it in my laundry room to dry to avoid any foreign poop particle contamination from the children and or guests.

I don't like public accommodations as a general rule. I have a small blacklight which I use to scan a potential hotel room for trouble spots.

http://www.selfcleen.com/pages/cleen-or-not

I hope I don't die from unintentional ingestion of poop particles via tooth brush. Some may believe I waste too much time worrying about rogue poop particles but I know their everywhere.

Be safe out there people, and for Gods sake, change your towels responsibly.
 
Bob & Sue said:
, not to be a smart a-s but what about sheets would you just turn them over once a week. Take a lesson from your in-laws on cleanliness one shower and wash.
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Oh, so now we are onto sheets.

Army housekeeping 123. One clean sheet and pillowcase per week.

We swapped the bottom sheet for a clean starched sheet. Top sheet went to the bottom, clean sheet went on top.

Once per month we were given the luxury of a clean counterpain (bedspread)


Honestly you people, next you won't be pooping on the boat!



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Thanks everyone for the input. Had no idea this topic would get this much attention. I will honor the MiL's towel use while she is a guest in the house. Not just for her but also for David's "memory."

I, on the other hand, will continue to do what I have been doing for years....change towels every 3-5 days. I'm 64 years old and I've survived bicycle rides with no helmets, car trips with no seat belts, no hand sanitizer, riding the bus from one end of Seattle to the other alone at age 9, playing in the street, walking home from school alone, swinging from rope swings out over a gulley 50' in the air, skating at the roller rink every Friday with no helmet and then hitch-hiking home alone, talking to strangers.... I know I am forgetting some of the things that should have killed me but I never, ever considered random airborne poop particles as something that was going to be the final nail. In fact, I can't think of one moment in 64 years that I ever considered random airborne poop particles at all.

Shawn
 
Wait a minute, back the train up....your supposed to wash your undies?????? I though all underwear were yellow in front and brown in back.:huh:

BTW Gary, your are dead to me.:smt043:smt043
 
This thread is rather funny. You should spend some time on some other forums related to the cruising lifestyle and draw comparisons. No wonder they ridicule us Sea Ray owners.

While I am far from a blue water cruiser, I shudder to thing what would happen should some of you "one towel" a day type folks be found away from a washing device for more than a week.

Heck, I've been in situations where I was glad to a have a few "baby wipes" available for cleaning purposes and the ability to wash my hands before eating.
 
k9medic said:
While I am far from a blue water cruiser, I shudder to thing what would happen should some of you "one towel" a day type folks be found away from a washing device for more than a week.
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They make boats without washing machines?
 
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