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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Toilet Paper

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3 pc SS Bathroom Hardware Accessory Set Tissue Holder Towel Rod Wall Hook
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GROHE Seabury Toilet Paper Holder 40160000
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Toilet Paper Origami Delight Your Guests With Fancy Fo
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Kleenex Cottonelle Coupon FREE One 1 Double Roll 12 Pack of Toilet Paper
Kleenex Cottonelle Coupon FREE One 1 Double Roll 12 Pack of Toilet Paper $4.36 (8 Bids)
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Kingston Brass Chrome Georgian pedestal free standing toilet paper holder
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Oil Rubbed Bronze Georgian pedestal free standing toilet paper holder
Oil Rubbed Bronze Georgian pedestal free standing toilet paper holder $84.25
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Satin Nickel Georgian pedestal free standing toilet paper holder
Satin Nickel Georgian pedestal free standing toilet paper holder $84.25
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Bathroom Vintage Pay As You Go Wall Plaque Outhouse Funny Toilet Paper Comics
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Wood Toilet Paper Roller Spring Tension Replacement New
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Wood Toilet Paper Roller Spring Tension Set of 3 New
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WINGITS BRIGHT STAINLESS STEEL TOILET PAPER HOLDER TOWEL RING ACCESSORY SET
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Disney LE 1000 Urban 8 TOILET PAPER TROUBLE 9 3 BOY Vinylmation Figure Set
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Ginger Motiv 2608SN London Terrace Double Post Toilet Paper Holder Satin Nickel
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Spooky Toilet Paper Holder NEW Unusual Unique
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Rusticware 8208WP Weathered Pewter Standard Toilet Paper Holder with Backplate
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Kohler K 13434 BN Brushed Nickel Coralais Double Post Toilet Paper Holder
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Ginger 0308 PC Polished Chrome Hotelier Double Post Toilet Paper Holder
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Kohler K 11583 SN Polished Nickel Loure Single Post Vertical Toilet Paper Holder
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Ginger 2808 PC Polished Chrome Surface Double Post Toilet Paper Holder
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS to wipe your ass toilet paper
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Rears And Robust Parody Cataloque 1940 Toilet Paper
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40 COTTONELLE COUPONS 20 50 1 9PK OR 50 2 4PK TOILET PAPER 20 050 2 WIPES
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Newport Brass 29 28 Bevelle Double Post Tissue Holder Toilet Paper Holder
Newport Brass 29 28 Bevelle Double Post Tissue Holder Toilet Paper Holder $123.75
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ELEGANT DESIGNER TOILET PAPER HOLDER
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20 Soft Toilet Paper Rolls
20 Soft Toilet Paper Rolls $5.50 (2 Bids)
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NEW BATHROOM ACCESSORIES towel shelf towel bar toilet paper holder hook
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The Toilet Paper Tigers Excellent Books
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Used rubber stamp mounted bathroom sink toilet mirror paper craft scrapbooking
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Antique Style Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Paper Tissue Holder Rack
Antique Style Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Paper Tissue Holder Rack $49.95
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Contemporary Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Rack
Contemporary Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Rack $52.95
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Antique Style Metal Grill Bathroom Toilet Paper Rack Antique Gold Tissue Holder
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Antique Style Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Rack
Antique Style Metal Leaf and Branch Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Rack $49.95
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Antique Style Metal Scroll Bathroom Toilet Paper Rack Classic Tissue Holder
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Iron Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Magazine Rack
Iron Bathroom Toilet Tissue Paper Holder Magazine Rack $29.95
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Out House Toilet Paper Holder
Out House Toilet Paper Holder $35.00
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Interdesign York Lyra Satin Nickel SN Over tank Toilet tissue paper plus
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250 Half Fold Paper Toilet Seat Covers 250 bag for REFILL ONLY
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2500 Half Fold Paper Toilet Seat Covers250 pk10pk cs
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Vintage PAPER HUMOR Relief Theatre Centre Rowe toilet seat 1920 s joke
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Tobacco PIPE HOLDER Vintage Porcelain MAN Sitting on Toilet Reading paper
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1919 antique SCOTT PAPER Toilet Tissue GENERAL STORE Lady BATH Bathroom ART AD
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Wet Fart Wal Mart Logo Style Funny Gag Toilet Paper
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Satin Brushed Nickel Toilet Paper Holder
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Brand New 304 Stainless Steel Toilet Paper Holder Box 007
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Wall mount toilet paper holder polished brass
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Pedestal bathroom toilet paper holder chrome
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Oil Rubbed Bronze MILLBRIDGE Toilet Paper Tissue Holder
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12 Aluminum Verdi Green Verdigris Frog Wall Mount Toilet Paper Holder Hook
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75 Aluminum Wall Mount Pine Cone Branch Toilet Paper Holder
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1890s antique ALLEN HOT AIR VAPOR BATH CABINET BROADSIDE PAPER PLUMBING TOILET
1890s antique ALLEN HOT AIR VAPOR BATH CABINET BROADSIDE PAPER PLUMBING TOILET $24.95
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Toilet Bathroom Rolling Paper Lid Holder Silver Tone
Toilet Bathroom Rolling Paper Lid Holder Silver Tone $21.30
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Delta 79450 CZ Champagne Bronze Linden Metal Toilet Paper Holder
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Delta 79450 RB Venetian Bronze Linden Metal Toilet Paper Holder
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Classic Oil Rubbed Bronze Toilet Paper Holder Bathroom
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Old VTG White Toilet Paper Holder Towel Ceramic Wall Bathroom Bath Plumbing
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Luxury 304 Stainless Steel Toilet Paper Holder Box 003
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Bath Room Caddie Storage Cabinet Toilet Paper Holder Cupboard Corner Shelf Rack
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Toilet Paper Holder Bag Holds upto 14 Tpaper For Kids Bathroom Dragon
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Disney 9 3 Vinylmation URBAN Series TOILET PAPER TROUBLE BOY
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Toilet Paper Holder Bag Holds upto 14 Tpaper For Kids Bathroom LPS
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Retro 50s Bathroom Pink Ceramic Toilet Paper Sink Soap Toothbrush Holder Set
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Toilet Paper Holder Bag Holds upto 14 Tpaper Tiger
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Miniature Dollhouse 1 12 Toilet Paper Roll Mixed
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Wooden Toilet Paper Holder Rack Brackets NEW
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Bride Groom Wedding Print Toilet Paper Bridal Shower Party Decoration
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Classic Chrome Toilet Paper TP Holder Tissue Stand Bathroom Storage Organizer
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2 COMMERCIAL DOUBLE TOILET PAPER ROLL HOLDERS PAINTED CHROME CAST METAL 4 3 4
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Vintage NEW 4 Pack Rare GREEN Northern Girl W KITTY CAT Toilet tissue paper
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Is there anything better then toilet paper for when you have diarrhea?

I probably have it more than most people being that I can't eat foods with gluten.If I do eat something with gluten I get it. But sometimes there is gluten in foods even if it says it doesn't.

Toilet paper becomes to rough over and over and makes my tush hurt(like a runny nose after wiping your runny nose over and over.)
Brian D.C I totally agree or a cure that would make it go away completely.

You need a bidet that fits in the bathtub so that you can wash your backside. One that puts everything down the drain and not all over the tub.
It sounds like you have gluten-sensitive enteropathy - a disorder of the small intestine that results from a sensitivity or intolerance to gluten.I wish that there was an enzyme that would break down the gluten protein before it gets to the small intestine, so that it would not make you sick.

Accommodations in Oaxaca: Ants, Noise and Toilet Paper

Alvin Starkman, M.A., LL.B.

 

An examination of tourist reviews of quality, reputable bed and breakfast accommodations in Oaxaca, reveals occasional commentaries relating to noise, insects, smells and sanitation. 

 

Travelers to a southern, Third World country, who want at least partial immersion into the host society as an element of their total vacation, must recognize that their choice of accommodation is an integral ingredient of the overall experience.  By virtue of not selecting a Holiday Inn, Fiesta Inn or high end hotel in another international chain, you’re making a statement, and it’s not necessarily about how much you can afford or choose to pay.

 

Tourists who opt to lodge in the quaint, traditional setting of a family-run bed and breakfast, guest house or small hotel in Oaxaca seek a taste of “the real Mexico,” and a personal touch… but such a choice at times comes with night-time noise, unfamiliar insects, the odd unpleasant odor, and house rules which our Western mores, fueled by ethnocentrism, might lead us to mistakenly believe result in unsanitary conditions.

 

Even opting for the more traditional lodging style is no guarantee that your experience will be any different. Oaxaca is Oaxaca … a UNESCO world heritage site, so it must, and of course does, have something special to offer, including its multiplicity of rich and diverse cultural traditions.

 

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Invite a middle class Oaxacan couple to vacation in your suburban home in Chicago, New York or Toronto.  The unaccustomed, every morning before leaving for the day’s activities, will go outside and place a neatly tied plastic bag in the trash … soiled toilet tissue.

 

The state of Oaxaca, as is the case with many Mexican destinations, does not have the quality of waste removal infrastructure to which you are likely accustomed. Oaxacans have learned that the best way to avoid clogged and backed up drains, minimize the likelihood of unnecessary repair costs, be a considerate neighbor, and act in an ecologically responsible manner, is to not flush paper into either the municipal drainage system or the septic tank. 

 

Although toilet paper has been around since late 14th century China, and the first flush toilet was developed in 1596, it seems as though we’re still struggling with the perfect recipe for excrement disposal … at least here in southern Mexico.  But are we unsanitary?  You be the judge:  your hotel staff removing the bagged Charmin from the hotel every day or two; or running the risk of sewage coming up from the drain either in your lodging or outside on the street.

 

Your hosts will not ask you to leave for breaching this often unwritten rule, and they’ll probably never know that you’ve done so.  But do consider their request.  And by all means, when you have Mexican house guests with you in your home town, tell them they can, and should, flush it down.

 

Unpleasant odors are a fact of life from time to time in most rental accommodations, and in fact in the majority of Oaxacan households regardless of socio-economic rank of their inhabitants.  It’s a function of antiquated municipal water delivery and waste removal systems.  At certain times of the year our tap water arrives somewhat less than transparent, even though we religiously use and clean our filters---it’s even been known to happen in some major American and Canadian cities from time to time during a hot spell. The water is nevertheless safe without boiling or additional treatment, for bathing, doing dishes and other non-ingesting purposes.  A partial solution is to order trucks, known as pipas, to fill our cisterns. The water usually, but not always, arrives crystal clear, sometimes even with a bit of green algae, evidencing its origin from a pure mountain spring, though not Irish.

 

In the rainy season at times sewers overflow and otherwise manage to create peculiar smells for a short while. We learn to control and eradicate such temporary scents in short order with one or more antiseptic-style formulations.

 

Noise and the prevalence of insects and small animals is a function of the lodging environment you choose.  Certainly if you elect to stay on the top floor of a suburban hotel with hermetically sealed vinyl or aluminum windows facing a pool or alleyway, you’ll reduce the likelihood of encountering late-night noise and harmless tiny lizards.

 

Many travelers are drawn to downtown lodgings where inevitably there will be noise at night, predominantly from vehicular traffic, and as you get closer to the zócalo, from music and year-round fiestas.  As you move out from the centro histórico, the quality of the din begins to change, at times characterized by canine barking, rooster calls and a plethora of other sounds echoing across the valley.  Regardless of where travelers elect to stay, there will no doubt be the resonance of horns, bells, whistles and calls of vendors plying their wares, and of late night fireworks.   This is part of the culture of southern Mexican society, on the one hand lacking noise bylaws (or at least their enforcement), and on the other evidencing a richness of tradition, albeit different from that within which most tourists to the region have been raised.  Many visitors either purchase ear plugs at a local pharmacy or bring along their own, certainly doing the trick, if that’s what you want, that is to reduce the opportunity to enrich your oratory sense late night before retiring, and in the early morning hours. 

 

Selecting a lodging style characterized by rooms with wooden doors and windows opening onto a lush courtyard, or perhaps a guest house with aesthetically pleasing adobe walls assuring tourists of a fresh and comfortable inside temperature no matter how hot it is outside, enables vacationers to enhance their Latin American travel experience.  But you will see the odd spider, maybe even little lizards which keep mosquitoes in check, or ants or beetles depending on the time of year.  It’s all a trade off, for both guests and their hosts.  We fumigate periodically, but have environmental concerns as well.  We might try to visually enhance our accommodations by putting art on the adobe walls, although this creates an ideal hiding place for harmless crawling insects.  We maintain a rustic look with pine or cedar doors and windows which we might leave open during the day for fresh air circulation, and to welcome the pleasing perfume of flowering bushes in our gardens, but even with screens we cannot keep out every minute courtyard critter. 

 

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The rewards of selecting an accommodation-type which fits into the context of the vacation experience you seek are innumerable.  There are only two  prerequisites:   that you seek to understand, get used to and in certain cases welcome, and accept for at least a week or two, the lifestyle, worldview and cultural traditions of others who in fact are not all different from you;  and that you remember that your hosts are dedicated to providing you with value-added service which above all will ensure your comfort, safety and security, and enjoyment of the magic of Oaxaca.

About the Author

Alvin Starkman received his Masters in Social Anthropology in 1978. After teaching for a few years he attended Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, thereafter embarking upon a career as a litigator until 2004. Alvin now resides in Oaxaca, where he writes, leads small group tours to the villages, markets, ruins and other sites, is a consultant to film production companies, and operates Casa Machaya Oaxaca Bed & Breakfast. ( http://www.oaxacadream.com ) .

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