11-24-2010, 12:45 PM
One man's junk is another man's resource. I grew up in a farming community surrounded by Depression survivors who were living a good hour from the nearest hardware store. They had what my Dad referred to as "junk piles" around their places. Once Dad was provided with a much needed part for his tractor from one of those "junk piles" he not only never called them that again, he started his own!
My point is that the poorer you are the less likely you are to throw stuff away. Someone who is financially secure can throw still usable stuff away, because they know they can afford to replace it any time. When we were our poorest, I was stripping screws and bolts off of dead appliances, because they were still useful. Those jars of sorted hardware were among the most popular items at our moving to Hawaii sale!
I think it is an income level thing, not an ethnic thing.
Carol
My point is that the poorer you are the less likely you are to throw stuff away. Someone who is financially secure can throw still usable stuff away, because they know they can afford to replace it any time. When we were our poorest, I was stripping screws and bolts off of dead appliances, because they were still useful. Those jars of sorted hardware were among the most popular items at our moving to Hawaii sale!
I think it is an income level thing, not an ethnic thing.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb