I was just telling her the other day about how my Depression era Mom would always wash, rinse, and air dry the little Glad Sandwich Bags & re-use them. Had nothing to do with The Environment. It was just ‘what you do’. There was an innate sense of… no point in wasting anything.
Gifts were carefully opened. The wrapping paper saved and ironed for next year. Removal of the tree icicles was a sacred trust because we’d need them again. That was the 50’s
60’s – buying loose tobacco for rolling our own cigarettes.
I remember in the 70’s, my father wore long underwear to the office because IBM didn’t want to pay for heat in Minnesota. Oh yeah, and Van Morrison having a hissy fit at a heckler in Minneapolis. That was no fun.
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i remember (1973) having $2 & putting 3 gal of gas in the beetle, buying a pack of smokes, a co-cola & a pack of peanuts & getting change back.
when you could guesstimate the cost of your groceries by counting the filled paper bags & multiplying by $25-30.
when i could feed a family of four people & four dogs on $200… a month! (& get all the cleaning supplies & paper products too!)
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I was just telling her the other day about how my Depression era Mom would always wash, rinse, and air dry the little Glad Sandwich Bags & re-use them. Had nothing to do with The Environment. It was just ‘what you do’. There was an innate sense of… no point in wasting anything.
Gifts were carefully opened. The wrapping paper saved and ironed for next year. Removal of the tree icicles was a sacred trust because we’d need them again. That was the 50’s
60’s – buying loose tobacco for rolling our own cigarettes.
I remember in the 70’s, my father wore long underwear to the office because IBM didn’t want to pay for heat in Minnesota. Oh yeah, and Van Morrison having a hissy fit at a heckler in Minneapolis. That was no fun.
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