Nov 20 2009
Waste Not, Want Not
When you grow up the child of parents who lived through the Depression, you tend to be a bit frugal. If you grew up when I did with grandparents who came through Ellis Island, dirt poor and not speaking a lick of English, you know what I’m talking about.
And I’m talking about THE Depression, the one with the capital D. I’m not talking about the current “Depression” or “Recession” where it’s considered a sacrifice to give up your cell phone or postpone your plasma television purchase till next year.
And, thanks to my parents, no matter what financial success I achieve in this life, I’ll always turn off lights when they’re not in use, not tire of clothes after wearing them one time, and happily take home leftovers from restaurants. (What’s wrong with day-old pizza anyway?)
But there is one wasteful invention that annoys me. It’s really a nit in the grand scheme of things but still…
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