Seems like an extremely British solution.
Growing up in the 50s I remember using baking soda and salt to brush my teeth. We bathed twice a week to save water and soap. I wore uniforms and at least some of the time I’m guessing my parents received help paying tuition at the parochial schools we attended. I remember one time my parents couldn’t give me the quarter I needed to attend Girl Scouts. We all ended up with advanced degrees. One of my brothers has passed away but my other brother and I are living well.
So many jokes here with the British and their teeth but i’ll pass given the circumstances....
This story is hard to believe.
Has “Liza” tried buying the cheapest toothpaste on the shelf? Has she monitored how much toothpaste her kids are using to prevent waste? Has she considered reducing brushing teeth to once a day?
There seem to be plenty of options other than cutting out toothpaste entirely.
Decades ago the British decided on socialism, with a heaping helping of illegal immigration thrown in. Labour was okay with that. And so were the Tories.
And now the chickens have come home to roost.
I say that with no smugness. Instead, I weep for the many decent Brits who will suffer. Their grandparents won the Second World War. And now their own government treats them like disposable trash.
Its weird how socialism makes people poor, and more socialism makes them even poorer
For context the UK population is just a little over 69 million.
Cutting toothpaste might not be too terrible a thing. Consumer Reports concluded years ago that it doesn’t really do anything.
Toothpaste? I have been using straight baking soda for the last 55 years. still have my teeth!(except Wisdom teeth.)
Salt and Baking Soda….
Baking soda
Brushing your teeth - always “from red to white” i.e. from your gums toward your teeth - is plenty good enough already. You do not *need* chemical helpers.
My friend’s dentist advises brushing without toothpaste. Brushing well, the correct way, is fine. (Floss, of course.)
I suppose referencing the Four Yorkshiremen sketch is in poor taste on this thread. Ah well here it is anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OPHlKN2yzw
hygiene care or smart phone...
Beans and rice are still cheap. I grew up poor, that was the menu.
Given that a month’s supply of Aquafresh is $1.50, this seems dubious.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquafresh-Toothpaste-Triple-Protection-Fresh/dp/B0D1YLG83Q
You certainly don’t need much toothpaste to do an efficient job. The advertisements from toothpaste manufacturers show the toothbrush to be completely covered in the stuff, but a dab the size of a sunflower seed is sufficient.
I’ve run into folks like this a number of times. It’s funny how they can’t scrape together 3 bucks for a year’s supply of store-brand fluoridated toothpaste, but somehow there is money in the budget for vapes, tattoos, multicolored hair dye, and weed.