@basika 5 February 2022 more from that month

Yesterday late in the afternoon we were in a big supply in the markets. I am writing in the plural, because we visited several large markets, since we are "hunters" for promotions. Literally everything has become more expensive. Very frustrating. But one item in the purchase, is awful .... namely toilet paper, the price range from $ 3 cheapest, up to $ 7. We all know that it is a very consumable commodity. That is why the prices are too high. I did a little research on the history of toilet paper ha ha ....... Many significant inventions in history did not immediately find their way to fame, and among them is certainly toilet paper. The first bundles of toilet paper were introduced by American businessman Joseph Gayetty in 1957. But the product sold very poorly, so it was soon completely withdrawn with store shelves. At the time, most Americans couldn’t find the slightest reason to waste money on perfectly clean toilet paper when their bathrooms and homes were cluttered with department store catalogs, yesterday’s newspapers, and flyers that could very well serve a purpose. Two decades later and a Briton Walter Alcock came up with the idea to sell toilet paper. And while Gayetty tried his luck with the individual slips, Alcock decided to roll up the toilet paper in a roll. Although his invention was truly unique, it took Alcock a whole decade to convince strict Victorian minds of the innocence of a roll of toilet paper. On the other side of the Atlantic, in the early 1980s, public sewers were hastily introduced into cities and bathrooms and toilets were carefully arranged. Stores advertised the latest models of English toilet bowls and bathroom accessories. It was a good time for the final breakthrough of toilet paper. The Scott brothers, Philadelphia entrepreneurs, started very successful at the time selling toilet paper and introducing one important novelty - small rolls and small wrappers that were in stark contrast to Gayetty's bundles of five hundred leaflets. The paper was sold in inconspicuous brown bags without any labels or inscriptions. But soon there was competition in the toilet paper market that caused more and more boldness and more direct advertising methods. Customers no longer had to read hidden meanings and messages from advertisements, but manufacturers made it clear to them why their toilet paper was better than others. It quickly became apparent that even on toilet paper, wealth can be gained because it is one of those products that is inevitable. Well, so much about toilet paper which is expensive..ha ha ...... But I couldn’t resist, I bought myself a Kalanchoe, a flower for a better mood after a frustrating purchase. I have to laugh, because the pictures have nothing to do with each other, but related to my text, yes .... he he, it's life ..... Have a nice day..... Jučer kasno popodne smo bili u velikoj nabavci u marketima.Pišem u množini, jer smo obišle nekoliko velikih marketa, s obzirom da smo "lovci" na akcije. Poskupjelo je doslovce sve. Veoma frustrirajuće. Ali jedna stavka u kupovini, je grozna ....naime wc papir , raspon cijena od 3$ najeftiniji, do 7$. Svi znamo kako je to veoma potrošna roba.Zato su cijene previsoke. Malo sam istražila povijest wc papira ha ha....... Mnogi značajni izumi u povijesti nisu odmah pronašli svoj put do slave, a među njima je svakako i toaletni papir. Prve snopove toaletnog papira uveo je u prodaju američki poslovni čovjek Joseph Gayetty 1957. godine. No proizvod se prodavao vrlo slabo pa je uskoro posve povučen s polica trgovina. U to vrijeme većina Amerikanaca nije mogla pronaći niti najmanji razlog za bacanje novca na posve čist toaletni papir kad su njihove kupaonice i kuće bile pretrpane katalozima robnih kuća, jučerašnjim novinama i reklamnim lecima koji su sasvim dobro mogli poslužiti svrsi. Dva desetljeća kasnije i Britanac Walter Alcock došao je na zamisao da prodaje toaletni papir. I dok je Gayetty okušao sreću s pojedinačnim listićima, Alcock je odlučio toaletni papir namotati u rolu. Premda je njegov izum bio uistinu neponovljiv, Alcocku je trebalo cijelo jedno desetljeće da uvjeri stroge viktorijanske umove u nedužnost role toaletnoga papira. S druge se pak strane Atlantika početkom 80-tih godina 19. stoljeća u gradove užurbano uvodila javna kanalizacija i pomno uređivale kupaonice i zahodi. Trgovine su oglašavale najnovije modele engleskih zahodskih školjki i opreme za kupaonicu. Bio je to povoljan trenutak za konačan proboj toaletnog papira. Braća Scott, poduzetnici iz Philadelphije, započeli su tada vrlo uspješnu prodaju toaletnog papira uvodeći i jednu važnu novost - male role i male omote koji su bili u potpunoj suprotnosti s Gayettyevim snopovima od pet stotina listića. Papir se prodavao u neupadljivim smeđim vrećicama bez ikakvih oznaka ili natpisa. No uskoro se i na tržištu toaletnog papira pojavila konkurencija koja je izazvala sve smjelije i izravnije metode oglašavanja. Kupci iz reklama više nisu morali iščitavati skrivena značenja i poruke već su im proizvođači jasno davali do znanja zašto je baš njihov toaletni papir bolji od drugih. Brzo se pokazalo da se i na toaletnom papiru može steći bogatstvo jer je to jedan od onih proizvoda koji su neizbježni. E, toliko o wc papiru koji je skup..ha ha......Moram se nasmijati, jer slike, jedna sa drugom nemaju veze, ali povezano sa mojim tekstom, da....he he, to je život..... Ali nisam mogla odolljeti, kupila sam si Kalanhoa, cvijet za bolje raspoloženje nakon frustrirajuće kupovine. Ugodan ostatak dana.....