04-17-2007, 09:33 AM
I heard about this vinegar thing as well. I've also heard about the usage of salt water.
But I have no idea where it stems from. Does anyone know the source of this. The acid component in vinegar does kill quite a few germs and probably is a lot healthier to be around. It is not the using of the sponge as such that intrigues me but the transference of diseases. One bucket of communal sponges (in water) probably has enough germs in it to wipe out the entire population of a fortress. Just think of the fortresses around Masada and the heat there.
Vinegar would probably help a lot in controlling this.
I have seen, in the Museum of London I think it was, a small stool with a keyhole-like opening in it (just like it communal counterparts) which stood over a bucket. A sort of private toilet. Although I have no idea whether it is an idea of the museum or whether its based on a find (of the stool for instance)
(Any Londoners around volunteering to ask them.)
I have also seen private toilets right next the cooking area in Herculaneum from which the waste moved right outside the house.
My wife and I reckoned at the time that they would use the water available in the kitchen to "flush" it since it didn't have a permanent flow as the ones in the camps.
So there are quite a few more options than just the communal toilets.
But it doesn't answer my question if anybody has first hand experience with the toilet stick....
Cordvs/Wim
But I have no idea where it stems from. Does anyone know the source of this. The acid component in vinegar does kill quite a few germs and probably is a lot healthier to be around. It is not the using of the sponge as such that intrigues me but the transference of diseases. One bucket of communal sponges (in water) probably has enough germs in it to wipe out the entire population of a fortress. Just think of the fortresses around Masada and the heat there.
Vinegar would probably help a lot in controlling this.
I have seen, in the Museum of London I think it was, a small stool with a keyhole-like opening in it (just like it communal counterparts) which stood over a bucket. A sort of private toilet. Although I have no idea whether it is an idea of the museum or whether its based on a find (of the stool for instance)
(Any Londoners around volunteering to ask them.)
I have also seen private toilets right next the cooking area in Herculaneum from which the waste moved right outside the house.
My wife and I reckoned at the time that they would use the water available in the kitchen to "flush" it since it didn't have a permanent flow as the ones in the camps.
So there are quite a few more options than just the communal toilets.
But it doesn't answer my question if anybody has first hand experience with the toilet stick....
Cordvs/Wim
