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Bobbyca

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  1. On 6/5/2025 at 2:55 AM, oznl said:

    I’ve decided that filling one’s nappy is a bit like invading Afghanistan: it invariably seems like a good idea at the time but inevitably, sh1t gets real and extracting yourself is messy and horrendous.

    This is a delightful description of the situation, I too have experienced and something for me to remember the next time I consider the possibility............

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  2. Got my free Covid and flu shot so i can visit my daughter in California.  The thought of being exposed to all of the seasonal flu in the close confines of airplanes gives me the heebie jeebies. 

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  3. My experience with washing cloth diapers has slowly evolved over the years.  I rinse them after use (pee only) and store them in a five gallon pail for two or three days in water with a splash of vinegar.  I then spin them dry in the washing machine and check their smell after the spin cycle and if they're OK,  wash them in a regular cycle.  If they smell like a "barnyard" as someone put it, I throw them back in the bucket with hot water and a cup of household ammonia to ponder their sins for few hours. From there they  go straight into the regular washing cycle and they smell much better, with perhaps a touch of ammonia background which dissipates after drying.  I typically line dry after tumble drying for 20 minutes.

    Something i recently discovered is the water remaining in a washing machine can get "funky" between washes, so now I run a cleaning cycle once a month of so with bleach or Affresh.  Bleach works just as well and it's much cheaper. 

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  4. Hi Spargano.   

    Following the evolution of your stents with interest.  I'm fairly clear on the construction, but i don't understand what appears to be an extra piece added to the interior tube which makes the stent bulge,  I've circled the  piece in the photo.  What is its function and how do you get the tubing to expand around it?

     

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  5. Second mention of the good old Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo.  Suzuki marched to a different drummer with the 380, 550 and 750 two strokes.  Instead I went for the Kawasaki 500 triple that went fast and casually fatigue cracked all manner of parts (including the complete exhaust system).  I'd moved on to the larger four strokes befrore i saw the wisdom of Suzuki's approach.

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  6. My experience with washing cloth diapers has slowly evolved over the years.  I rinse them after use (pee only) and store them in a five gallon pail for two or three days in water with a splash of vinegar.  I then spin them dry in the washing machine and check their smell after the spin cycle and if they're OK,  wash them in a regular cycle.  If they smell like a "barnyard" as someone put it, I throw them back in the bucket with hot water and a cup of household ammonia to ponder their sins for few hours. From there they  go straight into the regular washing cycle and they smell much better, with perhaps a touch of ammonia background which dissipates after drying.  I typically line dry after tumble drying for 20 minutes.

    Something i recently discovered is the water remaining in a washing machine can get "funky" between washes, so now I run a cleaning cycle once a month of so with bleach or Affresh.  Bleach works just as well and it's much cheaper. 

     

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  7. I trim my hair short with an electric trimmer and use an  Exfoliating Body Polisher Skin Towel  from the The Body Shop to gently scrub my nether regions.  It's important to start gently, but after a few days the skin toughens up and cleans and deodorizes quite well.  I have even found that I don't need any kind of barrier cream for prolonged diaper use.  As they say YMMV, but I've found it to be a simple and effective solution. 

    https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Shop-Exfoliating-Polisher-Towel/dp/B002FGKPWK

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  8. Haven't tried a disposable booster pad with the protective briefs.  They have a fabric booster to add behind the snap in pad which works well.  I suggest you try disposable pad to see how it works for yourself.  Adult diaper wearing involves a lot of experimentation to see what works for your situation.

     

  9. I haven't tried to do anything specific to my diet to accomadate my diapered lifestyle, just  trying  in general to maintain a good diet for my overall health.  My experience has been that any changes need to be made slowly to establish a new habit, otherwise it's easy to slip back to the old ways.

    I have one, maybe two movements a day and I eat lots of fiber.  Having four or more movements a day and then adding fiber, I suspect would lead to continuous pooping. Something to consider is reducing the amount of fast food and synthetic sweeteners for improved gut health.

     

  10. I have several pairs of the nightime undies and the protective briefs.  They certainly don't have the capacity of a diaper, but they're good for couple of hours out and about and very comfortable for walking.  I really like some of the coloured and print fabrics offerred.

    The nightime undies are great for a longer period of time at home, but it can be difficult to tell how wet they are until I discover they're leaking.  If  i wear the nightime undies to bed, i add the stuffer and a pair of plastic pants to prevent leaking.

    All in all they're a fun alternative to cloth and disposible diapers

  11. Once upon a time long ago, i worked in the vinyl industry (PVC) making sheet vinyl products.  it's surprising, but the only significant difference between rigid vinyl products such as pipe or siding and sheet vinyl products is the percentage of vinyl plasticizer oil (DIDP Phalates).  Sheet vinyl products are almost 50% by weight plasticizer oil.

    Mineral oil is not the same as plasticizer oil and will in fact remove the plasticizer oil from the vinyl.  Phalates are a nasty class of chemicals so don't do as i once saw someone posting about sourcing phalates and spraying them on his plastic pants. 

    I agree with CodHero24, wash your pants with gentle soap at low termperature and hang to dry or air dry at low temperature in the dryer.  And to Little Christine's point, buy quality pants with a better grade of vinyl plastic.  Myself, i primarily use Gary Active briefs and wash them in my morning shower and hang to dry.  Turn them right side out mid-day and they're dry later in the day or next AM.

  12. here in the frozen North, I dry my cloth diapers in the furnace room with the fan running continuously.  This works well for much of the year, in the winter with humidity at 30% or so diapers dry overnight. In the dog days of summer, i have a dehumidifier in the furnace room or if things get really bad i run the central air which brings the humidity back to a tolerable level.  It's important to dry the diapers quickly lest the cloth develops moldy smells

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  13. Article today In Washington Post "A highway paved with recycled diapers may change the cloth vs. disposables debate"

    This is a pilot project with intriguing environmental implications. A proliferation of diaper highways could reduce landfill waste — and influence parents around the globe weighing the vexingly difficult decision between cloth vs. disposables.

    These particular diapers were rinsed — thoroughly, don’t worry. Then shredded into fibrous gray pellets and mixed with asphalt that a work crew clad in bright orange slathered over a 1.5-mile stretch of winding highway this week.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/02/18/diaper-highway-nappy-recycling/

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  14. Not your typical diaper fiction, but i really enjoyed it for the glimpse into another mind contemplating end of life.  We don't know what's beyond death but we imagine it's lonely and terrifying stepping into the unknown.  This is a different and entirely more hopeful version of rebirth and friendly accompaniment. 

     

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  15. I'm wearing mostly cloth diapers in my 24/7 experiment inspired by Sherri and OZNL, but when I do wear disposables, I have had very good success with flushing the contents of the diapers down the toilet,  This is yucky due to contact with bodily fluids and the toilet, but it does considerably reduce the volume of waste to the garbage and eliminates the smelly aspects and the weight of the diaper in the trash

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