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Living without indoor plumbing for years now, I have gotten creative in my "drop trow" habits. One of my favorite ideas is a small hand pump sprayer. This filled with clean water is incredible to "point and spray" on the "delicates". Then one can just blot dry with a tiny towel bit...saves on potty paper. this can be used in an outhouse, chamber pot or a good old breezy pee.
 
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I'm totally on-grid, with running water, except when I'm out and about in the truck... "on the go" as it were. I ran into another fellow who kept a pump sprayer of fresh water in his truck for washing up, and since the spray has some force, it uses far less water than pouring water out of a bottle.
 
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Kenneth, I grew up on my great grand parents homestead in Northern Wyoming. I have lived in various places over the years and am back to living in the "dirt". Carry water, chop wood...carry wood, chop water!
We have a little camper trailer with power and a fridge and couple 3 freezers out side. We are building a non-electric home in our pole barn to share with our cows, alpacas, dogs, cats and assorted skunks (that live under part of the floor...good mousers and spider eaters.) We live in the mountains with minimal heat, so winters are layers of warm cloths. I had a job working in a little deli a few miles from here, I was the only person who could clean out the walk in cooler with out a coat and not freeze to death. I guess one can get used to the cold if one wants too.
 
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