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Remember then? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday OP
No I don't remember that one bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
We had them in our junior high boys room. Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #5
The soap, yes. Dear_Prudence Yesterday #2
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #6
I still use one where I work EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #3
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #7
If I recall correctly, the canister had a metal piece, shaped like an inverted golf tee, sticking out of the bottom... Harker Yesterday #4
Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday #8

bucolic_frolic

(53,400 posts)
1. No I don't remember that one
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:34 PM
Yesterday

but there was a jar for hand cleaning at home.

Just this year I discovered borax as the one-step treatment for green mold on wood sidings and asphalt roofs. Hot water, pump sprayer, spray and walk away.

Dear_Prudence

(936 posts)
2. The soap, yes.
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

The dispenser, no. Worst soap ever? I unwittingly used Lava soap to wash my eyeglasses. It contains pumice. My lenses were wrecked.

EYESORE 9001

(29,338 posts)
3. I still use one where I work
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 03:13 PM
Yesterday

It’s not Boraxo, but it’s equivalent. It’s also helpful in clearing out the ‘shitter sitters’ who take long, leisurely breaks on the privy. Just dispense a big handful and toss it over the top of the stall. Gets ‘em up & moving

Harker

(17,166 posts)
4. If I recall correctly, the canister had a metal piece, shaped like an inverted golf tee, sticking out of the bottom...
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 04:32 PM
Yesterday

which one would slap upward to get the stuff to fall out. I don't think I've seen one since about 1970.

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