[Flaming Conservative]

It was when I was a kid, at least in my family, but my folks were from the rural south, and grew up without running water. I think most of the other people in my neighborhood probably bathed more often, by habit. And I would guess that training in the armed services taught most men to bathe or shower more frequently, when they had the opportunity, of course. And our bathroom didn’t even HAVE a shower -— just a tub, as was common in many older homes.

[Zhang Fei]

[It was when I was a kid, at least in my family, but my folks were from the rural south, and grew up without running water.]

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Without running water, wouldn’t every bath mean multiple trips to the well? Then there’s the gathering of firewood to heat up the water. Given these obstacles, it’s easy to see why a bath wouldn’t be a daily occurrence.