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Simply Get Rid....and a generation gap..

17/1/2012

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Make do and mend seems to belong to another generation. I don't do it much, but as a hangover from my childhood, I keep the means to do it, and have a bad conscience about not  doing it. But neither did I ever feel really comfortable about disposable goods, and inbuilt obsolescence always seemed wrong....

It's all very complicated - that is my thinking  is all very complicated. Consciously and subconsciously I am giving myself a very hard time every single time I throw something away.

I'm caught in a kind of discomfort zone between the make-do-and-mend generation and the throw-away generation. And now that the throw-away generation are thinking twice about the wisdom of their ways it complicates decision making about 'stuff' even further.

The responsibility to save the planet weighs heavily!

For a clever, crude and very funny look at 'stuff' watch George Carlin here  www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac  (or Google You Tube George Carlin Stuff)

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I try to keep the top of this cupboard clear of everything else except the bowl....and I keep the bowl empty. Very zen..

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julia
17/1/2012 04:04:15 am

i am one to mend also...it is satisfying; and i agree: what about this beautiful planet of ours?
our grandchildren will not appreciate our negligence!

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julia
17/1/2012 04:04:15 am

i am one to mend also...it is satisfying; and i agree: what about this beautiful planet of ours?
our grandchildren will not appreciate our negligence!

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Liz
17/1/2012 05:49:21 am

If it can be fixed AND re-used, do it right away, otherwise bin/recycle. If you "plan" to mend it, this rarely gets done, in my experience. Our parents generation HAD to mend things or do without, but we have the luxury/curse of choice. One good thing they did not have is freecycle, which is such a slave to the concience. Someone else might take and mend it?
Are you connected now?

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Freda
17/1/2012 07:11:25 pm

Freecycle is brilliant! I wonder if it is worldwide? and no, still incommunicado, but there were 3 vehicles and 5 men working on it yesterday....

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Freda
17/1/2012 07:14:11 pm

It is sometimes very satisfying to mend, but making do is not so satisfying as it suggests compromise (which of course is sometimes necessary!) It's a huge topic, isn't it. The Paul Graham piece is great - thanks!

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