No frills and Zerhs had a super paper sale for $4.99 the other week. My brother and I tried to add up lengths and such once and just ended up more confused. Maybe their clearing inventory out for new narrow width paper....
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encyclopedia.toiletpaperworld.com/toilet-paper-history/history-of-toilet-paperWhat is the average number of toilet tissue sheets a person uses in one day?
On average, consumers use 8.6 sheets per trip – a total of 57 sheets per day. That’s an annual total of 20,805 sheets.
Prior to toilet paper, what did civilizations/classes commonly use:
– Wealthy Romans -Wool, rosewater
– Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
– Wealthy French – lace, wool and hemp; bidet
– Middle Ages – hayballs, a scraper/gompf stick kept in a container in the privy
– Early Americans – rags, newsprint, paper from catalogs, corncobs, and leaves
– Viking Age/England- discarded sheep and lambs wool
– Hawaiians – coconut shells
– Eskimos – snow and Tundra moss
– India – your left hand and water
– Commoners – Defecating in the river is very common
– Sailors from Spain/Portugal – frayed end of an old anchor line
– Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
– United States – Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, l eaves, sand
– British Lords – pages from a book
– Elite citizens – Hemp & wool