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agrd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
My Mexican family puts the used TP in a receptacle next to the toilet. Uncovered. My American family thinks that's just too gross for comprehension
and flushes it. We built the house with 3" pipes, so no problem either way- just tradition. |
Again, this is what I thought. Thanks.
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BajaGuera
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Why take the chance? If there's a box next to the escusado - use it.
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BornFisher
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Depends!
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Roberto
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I can tell you that the high-end office building I work in in TJ, in the Zona Rio, can't take toilet paper in the taza, except in small quantities. So
much for "old customs".
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landyacht318
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I think it is habit. There is no reason for a receptacle in a plumbingless outhouse, but I have seen them in there, and been like "WTF?"
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sanquintinsince73
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It depends on the size of the turd......
For example if you tend to leave behind a rectum wrecker like this one, drop the toilet paper in the trash can.
http://youtu.be/OuK8QMpzG94
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wakemall
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just poop
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mtgoat666, Shorts? Don't need no steenken shorts!
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Cardon Man
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Just remember the TP rule..."Brown side down." 
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The reality is that paper, even so called bio-degradable does not fully disintegrate. When you have to have the system pumped out you will always
find a residue of paper. Natural stuff on the other hand does fully decompose and should never need pumping. So, if you are using a septic tank,
you are well advised to avoid all paper, grease, hygiene products, etc., and you should never have to pump the septic.
We had a newbie come to town and with his wife and two daughters there was no way they were going to accumulate toilet paper, even for 20 minutes,
so down it went. His system plugged up in the first two months. When they decided that was not a valid solution, then they started collecting paper
and it no longer went down the toilet.
Because I was involved in water and sewage treatement, I can tell you that one of the big problems in water treatment is the cellulose from paper.
Most people flush it down, out of sight and out of mind, but the treatment people have a whole different view of the stuff.
After getting used to the Mexican system, we always had to remind ourselves that when we stopped at a friends house in the ritzy section of Phoenix,
we had to make sure that we remembered. I did not want to be the cause of a heart attack when she found the remnants of my morning chores in the
waste paper basket.
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El Jefe
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How about a statesman like compromise on this vexing issue?
Flush the poopy paper. Put the peepee paper in the basket.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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oladulce
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I searched the TP aisle for 20 min the other day looking for Mexican paper that was labeled "septic safe" or anything that referred to "septico". I
only found 1 brand before my eyes glazed over. Obviously not a big demand for it here.
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nbacc
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At least get the one ply if you are gonna put it down. We use it in the USA and in our Mexico house. Oh...husband is a plumber. Lucky me. Nancy
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Popular topic of the day...marine heads should use paper designed with very short fibers to flush down the narrow throat of the marine toilet. No
"basket" used here. One test is to put the marine toilet paper in a jar of water, shake, and it should flow out through a nail sized hole in the lid
due to the short fibers. Perhaps a bit more expensive, but so is septic plumbing.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by nbacc
At least get the one ply if you are gonna put it down. We use it in the USA and in our Mexico house. Oh...husband is a plumber. Lucky me. Nancy
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The real problem with "one ply" is that you have to use 4 times as much paper (in my experience)--------so what is accomplished???
Barry
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
If your digestive tract is functioning properly you don't need toilet paper. Do any other animals have to wipe their behinds? Name one. |
Bob Durrell
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
If your digestive tract is functioning properly you don't need toilet paper. Do any other animals have to wipe their behinds? Name one. |
Remind me never to stand in line behind you...
http://youtu.be/DZR1gSvnOI0
[Edited on 11-5-2011 by sanquintinsince73]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
the correct answer is...
old customs from childhood
in the old days a septic system was a hole in the ground
the "bad stuff" just sat there and "leached"
if you flushed paper it filled the hole in no time
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This is the way it is still done in rural South Korea (including "famous" retstaurants
Bob Durrell
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGuera
Why take the chance? If there's a box next to the escusado - use it. |
our puppies had a field day with the used TP... eeew.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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bacquito
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
I can tell you that the high-end office building I work in in TJ, in the Zona Rio, can't take toilet paper in the taza, except in small quantities. So
much for "old customs". |
They probably used small pipes leading from the toilet to the main drain.
I've been told that is the problem in older systems.
bacquito
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