joycecil

I don't care what any one says, those were the good old days.

gramajo

AMEN

I also compost whatever I can.

Riverton Quilter

Totally correct.

Normacharlie

Amen to everything! I think the best thing we're getting from China is their little girls!

Lostn51

This is so true and I am only 45. I remember a lot of that when I was growing up and going to my grand parents and great grand parents houses. Thanks for posting this I really love it!

Oh yeah remember canning your own fruits, veggies, pickles, and jelly? We always reused the mason jar only replacing the center of the lid if the rubber ring was worn. Then there was hardly any waste of food because if you had a bumper crop of tomatoes or time to clean out the freezer you always shared with your neighbors. But it does seems like everything old is new again and these younger folk think it is earth shattering news.

My wife and I are fixing to move to our vacation home permanently and it is completely off the grid with solar power, water recovery system for the non potable water, well water for the drinkable water and it cost us less than $1200 to run it per year including the taxes. I am all for simplifying things and getting back to the basics and wish that things could be like it was back in the day. Yes I do own a lot of gadgets and things that eat up electricity but I do not own a sewing machine that is electric! :D


Billy

patski

love it and its soooo true. The greenies have a postal stamp, only 12 to a page! Means they used more glue and more paper for a stamp that tells you to be GREEN.

janjj

I really wonder why folks need to go to China to adopt children? Don't we have enough children in the USA that need homes? We also need Congress and businesses to keep the jobs in the US.

georgiat

well said.

a1crafter

One reason people go to foreign countries to adopt is that so many of our children are being aborted rather than carried to term. The number of abortions since Roe s Wade is sad. Recently I heard the 1 in 4 white pregnancies and 1 in 3 Hispanic, 1 in 2 of African American pregnancies end in abortion. What sad statistics.
What is law is not always just nor moral. Just my opinion!

cr12cats

my mom didn't waste a thing, even before they heard of composting we had to throw orange rinds or any kind of food into her pit as we called it. my dad would dig holes and when they were full cover and dig another one for her. we lived by the beach and she always had a garden going even though the dirt was sand. we also had peach, orange,lemon,plum trees. also plants galore. she really had a green thumb. also the grocery bags were paper could be thrown in there too they would rot away. we also had crocheted or fabric bags that folded up into your purse from europe she always had on her since they could hang off her bicylce handles.