Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

gateley

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4. As I was donning my "nightshirt" teeshirt last night, I was thinking that I must have had this

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:54 AM

Jan 2013

for at least 10 years. The sweats, at least 12. Amazing how long they've lasted and they get washed at least twice a week! I have no desire to sleep in anything else and it will be a long time until these see a landfill.

It just galls me to get new stuff when I don't NEED it (except Apple products .

When I was younger it was New! Now! At this ripe age I can appreciate and enjoy what others have, but am very happy with what I've got. I think I learned that from my Mom.

My holey socks become emergency dust rags in my bedroom. I keep one in my nightstand drawer so if I see dust (it bugs me) I can just grab it and swipe the offending area instead of going and getting the duster and doing the whole room.

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Before you trash it, wear it out [View all] Sherman A1 Jan 2013 OP

I still wear a shirt I bought in Hong Kong in the early eighties. MADem Jan 2013 #1

Every situation is different Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #2

When we're done with clothes, they become handy dandy rags for use around the house. MADem Jan 2013 #3

Great ideas! gateley Jan 2013 #5

I've mentally scanned my closet -- you've got me beat by a decade or two! gateley Jan 2013 #6

It's worse than that, actually. MADem Jan 2013 #9

As I was donning my "nightshirt" teeshirt last night, I was thinking that I must have had this gateley Jan 2013 #4

Old socks make good wiping down rags and mittens Kaleva Jan 2013 #7

Socks and underwear usually cannot be passed on but everything else can and should. jwirr Jan 2013 #8

I use those old socks as dust rags. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #10

Aluminum Foil is good to clean the Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #11

LOL---the "now worn bristles" or the wire brush! Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #12

Oh, I have a few more wire brushes Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #13

My lawn mower is a 1981 model, so you win.... Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #14

My SP broke down a year ago and I Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #15

I wish it was just the belt. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #16

Sounds like mine a few years ago Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #17