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Yep EMBEE thats probably true!

PS... I'm also partially responsible for the creation of all them bomb crators near where u live on Sailsbury plain....

and getting back on topic... I'm probably also responsible for the buried bog role from my poop and scoop military days on the plain as well....

The squaddies on here will know the SOP for this... dig hole, drop load, wipe clean, fill in hole... or if covert... open bag, drop load, wipe clean, tie knot, place in bergen (or someone elses)
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Wet wipes are a vile invention. Like disposable nappies. These things are clogging up our rivers and seas, blocking drains and will be for the foreseeable future...
As someone that had scuba dives too it p1ss3s me off when I find wet wipes or disposable nappies in amongst the coral......

washing ones arse is tends to leave cleaner I find most of europe they have bidets for this, most Asians and arab use water in a little hose attached to the side of the loo for washing their rear ends... I have been asked my several non western cultures isn't it better than carefully wiping and smearing a very thin layer of feces across it! :-/ How ever careful washing of the hands is required afterwards...... it not rocket science. Otherwise you can make your self rather ill... anti bacterial hand washes are ace for this!

sometimes how ever circumstances wont allow this so you use bog roll..... (if it is -5°c and gale out side washing is not an option!)

so I think you need to bring some loo roll and be prepared to wash your ares too!

Please do not leave these wet wipes around to stuff up some very fragile environments!

Meths will help with burning the loo roll if appropriate and is much safer than petrol.
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What's the biggest risk to your health on the road?
What's most likely to get you on your trip to Far Far Away?

Wired Indian trucker? Homicidal Italian hero? Rabid dog? Staring eyed Jihadist?
Albanian kidnapper?

Nah. Nothing so romantic.

Gastro-intestinal unpleasantness passed by the good old faecal oral route. Also known as the Deli Belly, the Mysore Arse, Montezuma's Revenge and so on. The bugs can come from that little old lady from the roadside stall, drinking water. Or your own hands.

Just saying...
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What's most likely to get you on your trip to Far Far Away?

...Or your own hands...
If it was your own hands, why would you only get it when you were abroad? (Assuming you don't change your hygiene practices).

Poor hygiene is poor hygiene, wherever you are.
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Because the spectrum of enteric bugs changes

With the climate!
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Wow !
When I first saw this thread start up I figured it would cause a few giggles and drop off the end somewhere. I was so wrong ! It never fails to shock me how the simplest question can open the flood gates of Knowledge and lively debate on this site. Perhaps our "party leaders" should join and see how it goes on here........... rather than a TV debate. Anyway forget that, carry on the poo and connected issues
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Because the spectrum of enteric bugs changes

With the climate!
But does this really account for the increased incidence of gastro-intestinal complaints? I find it hard to believe.

In my experience I have only had such complaints in countries where hygiene standards are very poor - either through low standards of personal hygiene among the population, or poor sanitation and drinking water supply, these are countries such as India, Nepal, Afghanistan or Uzbekistan.

But in countries very nearby with similar climates but where hygiene standards are much higher, such as Iran, Syria or Kazakhstan, I have never had such complaints.

I still believe it is overwhelmingly due to standards of personal hygiene and sanitation.

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Just saying...
At the risk of putting anybody else of his/her bacon snack there are other factors involved here.

One is a change in diet such as the direct irritation to the gut mucosa of some compounds in spicy foods.

Also known as the ring sting (n. Inflammation of the ring as a result of pissing rusty water such as after visiting the Rupali
restaurant in Newcastle and sampling the world's hottest curry. Viz) Ring Burn, Red Hot Poker etc

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As someone that had scuba dives too it p1ss3s me off when I find wet wipes or disposable nappies in amongst the coral......
That would piss me off too, but I think that has more to do with substandard sanitation systems though. Plastic everywhere pisses me off even more, but only because the scale of that problem is so big.
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Funny as......
After reading on another thread in the pub about this whole thread being deleted, I have re-read every single post and have to conclude it is one of the funniest threads I have read on here in a long time. It is also useful, I mean if you can't ask this type of question here, where can you ask it?

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as a member of the medical profession, I do find it extraordinary how uptight some people get about basic bodily functions!

Hell, we talk about it all the time, usually over dinner!!

I can only presume Henry doesn't shit!
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Yep EMBEE thats probably true!

PS... I'm also partially responsible for the creation of all them bomb crators near where u live on Sailsbury plain....

and getting back on topic... I'm probably also responsible for the buried bog role from my poop and scoop military days on the plain as well....

The squaddies on here will know the SOP for this... dig hole, drop load, wipe clean, fill in hole... or if covert... open bag, drop load, wipe clean, tie knot, place in bergen (or someone elses)
I presume, as an ex squaddy your familiar with the single paper technique then?
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How ever careful washing of the hands is required afterwards...... it not rocket science. Otherwise you can make your self rather ill... anti bacterial hand washes are ace for this!

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while antibacterial hand washes are ok, and better than nothing, running warm water and soap is the gold standard. Not all bugs are killed by the antibacterial handwashes, for example, norovirus isn't killed by alcohol handwash, they are killed by handwashing, assuming you do it correctly.

When I first started my training we did a thing whereby a UV dye was applied to our hands. We then had to wash it off, afterwards we had to put our hands under a UV lamp. It was incredible how much was left. We then put our fingers onto an agar plate. Had some good growths of bacteria going after a few days!!

Correct handwashing techniques cannot be over-emphasised, otherwise it's probably not worth the effort of bothering!

note in particular the finger and thumb pads. these need particular attention, they are one of the more commonly missed areas, but they are the bits in contact with your food (and your bum)!!!

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