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Thrift

"I have a friend who uses a fresh handkerchief each day, but on retiring, before throwing the used one in the laundry hamper, he gives it one last stentorian blow." -Groucho Marx, Memoirs

It was usual, not so long ago, to make good use of everything.  Recycling was not a word but an action.  Everything can be re-used.  Look at Cuba with all its cars that date back to the 1950's.  Maybe we ought to re-thiunk what we dispose of.



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