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"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
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> On 8/17/2014 1:31 PM, Roy wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:44:32 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> My cats' litterbox was in the master bathroom. On a bath mat
>>>
>>>>>> (frequently
>>>
>>>>>> taken outside and vaccuumed) on a tile floor. I didn't step on it.
>>>
>>>>>> The
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>>>>>> floor was clean. I didn't need to have paper towels in the bathroom.
>>>
>>>>>> As
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>>>>>> usual, your experiences are completely different from that of normal
>>>
>>>>>> people.
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>>>>>
>>>
>>>>> Then I guess my whole extended family isn't normal as we all have
>>>>> paper
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>>>>> towels in there. I have two cats and once in a while one will get a
>>>
>>>>> little
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>>>>> something on the side of the box. Rather than having to empty the
>>>>> whole
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>>>>> box, I use a paper towel to clean it up. They also sometimes deposit
>>>>> a
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>>>>> hairball on the floor.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> For that, in a bathroom, just use toilet paper and flush it. No need
>>>
>>>> for paper towels.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I prefer paper towels. We can only use 1 ply toilet paper and that's
>>> not so
>>>
>>> good for cleaning. We also use flushable wipes.

>>
>> Flush-able wipes are one of the best sewer plug-er-uppers available.
>> Plumbers love them as they get rich fixing situations that are clearly
>> avoidable. City sewer workers hate them as it makes their life miserable
>> finding the snafus in the system.
>>

>
> Started using baby wipes when my children were babies and I continue to
> use them every day, life would be sad without my baby wipes. My plumbing
> has been A-OK for decades, I guess I am lucky.


I hope you haven't been flushing those! My mom started buying baby wipes
noticing that they were cheaper than the flushable wipes. Then she tried to
flush them. They are not flushable.