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Thursday, August 21. 2014

A Maggie's Farm Summer Scientific Poll about bathtubs

Does anybody use bathtubs anymore? I mean, unless they have 1940s-era bathrooms?

I don't mean big Jacuzzis, or outdoor hot tubs, but real old-fashioned bathtubs. Does anybody use them anymore, unless they are just the antique bottom of a nice shower?

Who would want to float in dirty, soapy water?

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No bathtub use for me. Showers are faster.

#1 Gringo on 2014-08-21 12:57 (Reply)

Depends.............Is she in the tub waitin on me?

#2 I.......... on 2014-08-21 13:00 (Reply)

I'll choose Door #2 Bob.

#2.1 Ron Snyder on 2014-08-21 13:18 (Reply)

Seems to be a chick thing anymore. They soak themselves in oils and perfumes.

Last time I was into bathtubs was when my landlady was slow to turn on the heat one winter. Soaking in a hot tub of water was an alternative.

#3 Whitehall on 2014-08-21 14:17 (Reply)

Takes a load off my back, and puts wrinkles mostly all over.

#4 Sam L. on 2014-08-21 14:22 (Reply)

We built this house in 2006. Two clawfooted bath tubs, no showers.

#5 Texan99 on 2014-08-21 14:34 (Reply)

Best thing for cleaning up little kids, and for soaking an aching back for us grown-ups. As for cleaning up the grown-ups... showers, of course.

#6 Janet on 2014-08-21 16:05 (Reply)

I like to soak in bubbles at least once a week. Good for my soul.

#7 missred on 2014-08-21 16:30 (Reply)

Don't use bathtubs much unless my back needs a hot soak. I do have a bathtub story though.

My mom and an aunt, both mature and widowed by then, were once traveling together on a tour of a few countries in Europe. They were in Paris and finished and into the hotel for the evening.

Mom wanted to go walkabout but Auntie wanted to stay in the hotel and soak in "that beautiful old bathtub!"

Well, Auntie, rest her soul, was a rather robust woman by that point and, unbeknownst to Mom, laid down in the "beautiful old bathtub!" and promptly suctioned herself to the bottom of it.

Mom is a heck of a walker and didn't return for a couple hours or more. Auntie couldn't get loose, try as she might. Couldn't reach the faucet to add some warm water either.

Mom finally returned to the hotel but once she gets to laughing she's no help for anything let alone springing Auntie free from bathtubs. Auntie, however, was not about to seek outside help in this matter so she needed to wait, and fume, until Mom could regain something resembling control of herself.

#8 Knucklehead (Link) on 2014-08-21 16:40 (Reply)

I use my bathtub all the time; to stand in while I take my shower. :D

#9 Bodie on 2014-08-21 20:30 (Reply)

Epsom baths are a wonder. Especially for chronic ills or aches and pains.

#10 Alcibiades on 2014-08-22 07:31 (Reply)

My kids use the tub about every other day, ages 5 and 3. Showers aren't as fun, I guess.

For anyone else its only function is as the bottom of the shower. I've never understood why people (mostly women) enjoy getting into a steaming hot bath tub to sweat their asses off. Every time I've taken a bath I've rinsed off with a shower afterwards.

#11 Jack Walter on 2014-08-22 10:55 (Reply)

I am a big guy, and modern tubs are simply to small for anyone but children. Fortunately I prefer showers, but there is nothing like a hot soak on special occasions.

Wonder of wonders, I found a genuine tub in a motel room. It was a modernish hotel for truckers and oil field workers (a clue?) located just below the Northwest Territories in Canada. I had been out in the cold temps during the night in March. When I got back to the room I enjoyed an honest hot soak for the first time since 1996.

#12 Jose on 2014-08-22 11:17 (Reply)

In my family of five I'm the only one who doesn't equate bathtubs with luxury. Al my family but me take regular baths.

#13 MTF on 2014-08-22 12:44 (Reply)

Thanks to my dear, late, wife I've had exposure to Japanese culture.
The correct way to take a bath is (of course) to shower and scrub furiously first. Rinse off completely. Clean the tub thoroughly (if you used it to shower) and only then fill with hot water, adding whatever Epson salts or bath oils you need.

Singing Klingon Opera is optional.

#14 John the River (Link) on 2014-08-22 16:36 (Reply)

I don't mind a long soak, but claw-foot tubs go cold pretty quick.

#15 LS (Link) on 2014-08-22 21:57 (Reply)

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A Maggie's Farm Summer Scientific Poll about bathtubs