Pickles by Brian Crane for August 16, 2011

and don’t forget to hang your paper towels on the line to dry

You’d have to have lived through the Great Depression to be that stingy, and Earl and Opal don’t look that old. Maybe they were sharecroppers. Or maybe they live in Wisconsin and their government pensions were just seized.

This helps to keep me still in a divorced (single) category. I use real plates…that’s what a dishwasher is for..which I worked and paid for.

And don’t forget to use both sides of thetoilet paper too.

Only if you’re eating dry whitle toast, Opal.

My dad actually washed paper plates once so they could be re-used. And there was a program on Japanese TV about how some people re-use paper towels (hanging them out to dry) and other things better off in the trash.

Does she ration out the toilet paper as well? Seriously, though, we may be coming to that the way the economy is going.

And don’t forget to finish your cat-food sandwich.

My parents used those foam plates for cookouts all summer and rewashed them. This is so them!

There are cups and outdoor plates that can be washed and reused.

There are cuts, plates, and plastic wear one can wash and reuse.

I remember my mom saving bread wrappers so she didn’t have to buy storage baggies. We weren’t THAT poor, but old habits die hard.

Time for some Melmac…

Ok, I am the same as Opal, why waste if you don’t have to!

I will save a paper napkin if I didn’t need to use it. I use both sides of toilet paper (folded over, of course) for the final wipes. We always use bread wrappers for most food, zip locks for only a few. I use wild onions for most cooking (buy one Bermuda once a year for fajitas only) as they help delaying the first mowing three or four weeks “until I get the onion harvest in”, and taste better as well. Yes, I not only remember the Hoover depression, but remember poundings (where preachers were paid partly in locally grown food). As a result, I have lived a fairly comfortable middle class life on either side of the poverty income level.

Ewwwwwwww!

xxx

You all have stopped preaching and started meddling. I use a paper towel under my toast several times and then use it later to wipe up a spill. Also use bread wrappers for baggies. My kids say I’m cheap, I say I am thrifty, and some day when the will is read, they are going to say “Thanks, Mom!”

And a paper plate that only had a sandwich and chips can be used again. So there!

My mother does this.

That is so ME! I tell the kids (all over 21) to go “wash” their paper plates so they can use them again! Yeah Opal!

I don’t get all you lunatics washing paper plates! If you want reusable dishes and you’re going to take the time to wash plates, why don’t you just use your regular plates? Why spend money on paper plates at all?