[cluckindan]

Submarines didn’t always have laundry services. For a 90-day trip, the crew would bring six uniforms and rotate them daily. Shower was one minute of water once a week. Everyone smoked tobacco all the time, everywhere.

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> Submarines didn’t always have laundry services [...] Everyone smoked tobacco all the time, everywhere

When the choice is between the smell of unwashed and sweaty sailors with dirty clothes, or smoke, ashes, fag-ends and tobacco, then surely the latter beats the former.

[uberex]

Interesting you might only meed 15s of water to shower (assuming you can turn off while soaping) so 5 pause 10, allowing a luxurious 4 showers a week.

[aussieguy1234]

Wow. In that environment you'd be getting the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes a day, even as a non smoker