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That would make it tough in colder climates, but still worth it for 6 months out of the year, in my opinion.
It's just such an obvious equation to me now haha, like do you want to touch any of that?
No, I don't want to touch any of that and I want to be perfectly clean.
Okay then there's this option that saves on toilet paper, feels better for your skin and is far more hygienic.
There's just no comparison, although I perfectly understand how conservative and resistant to change people can be.
I worked with some old folks once and there was this old man who refused to buy a mouse for his laptop cuz he was like look this is the trackpad. I don't need a mouse, that's just newfangled b*******.
She lives in a part of the world where you can die from the heat 12 months of the year.
Whatever, I tried. Pretty much every year I can get her to accept at most one improvement to her situation. Last year I got her to let me and some workers I hired to clean up her backyard. So at least she some nice plants to look at instead of a motorcycle parts graveyard.
There you go, take the wins where you can