Christopher Shepherd wrote:When the best gun wipe down cleaner you ever had is an old used sock.
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Castles in the air never have a wet basement
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Tina Saravia wrote:A few weeks ago, our local Trader Joe’s stop allowing reusable bags in the store. They started offering paper bags, which normally they charge for (in California). I think they’re free again. But I refuse to bring any more bags in the house, so I ask the cashiers to keep our items in the shopping cart; and we load them into reusable bags in the car -mainly so we can carry them into the house.
Btw, this is one store where they can neatly cram all your purchases in one bag; reminds me of old comic stripS where they show someone trying to balance and see where they’re walking while carrying a jam-packed grocery bag.
Yes, I also have Plastic bags in Plastic bags because I’m purchasing things packed in plastic, and people keep giving me things in plastic bags.
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need] Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro.
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need] Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro.
Pearl Sutton wrote:
Christopher Shepherd wrote:When the best gun wipe down cleaner you ever had is an old used sock.
Old socks are great for greasy jobs on my tractor too! I have a bagful, the local thrift store tossed a pile of unmatched socks. I don't feel bad if I decide to just toss it when I'm done.
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For anyone who hasn't seen it:
We have a whole thread on reusing mismatched socks!
https://permies.com/t/134766/permaculture-upcycling/ungarbage/Upcycling-mismatched-socks
Living in an earth-quake zone, that's a brilliant suggestion. Worn children's onsies and jerseys could provide raw material for that also! (I've got a **lot** of canning jars - most are in their original boxes with dividers which helps, but many aren't.)they cushion the bottles
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Real funny, Scotty, now beam down my clothes!
Andrea Locke wrote:Socks to cushion canning jars is a great idea. What do you use for labelling on the socks? I've taken to using the green painting tape to label the jars, but would like to find something that isn't single-use and preferably was already recycled somehow.
I wonder how washable crayon would work, if used to write on the jars directly?
Real funny, Scotty, now beam down my clothes!
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Finished one life quest, on to the next!
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need] Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro.
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need] Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real funny, Scotty, now beam down my clothes!
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Larry Pobiak wrote:....one of my mini-blinds bit the dust, so.....;
5. Great garden plant labels. I use a carpenters pencil to write on them. The writing will not fade at all! Even years later they are just as clear as the day I made them.
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Pearl Sutton wrote:When you have even corrupted your cat! In 2014 I modified a pair of knee braces to work better for me. The cat took the cut scraps and played with them. They are still, 5 years, 3 moves, and 1000 miles away, being tortured in the kitchen right now. My cat is a reuser! :D
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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Your Dear Wife throws away an "empty" toothpaste tube, but you secretly retrieve it, knowing you can slice it open and keep brushing for another week.
(Two weeks if it's the kind with a flip-open cap.)
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Carla Burke wrote:And, if you slice it open carefully, across by the cap,, rather than lengthwise, you can trim it to have a flap at the open end, add a little snap or other small closure, and have a tough little pouch, to keep little items safe, inside a purse, tool box, glove box, desk drawer, etc.
How's *this* for hard core? Or at least "safety first"!Now THAT is hardcore! Hmm ...
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When I was a kid my parents found an old chest freezer and sunk it into the ground to use as winter storage. Worked perfectly until the back rusted out and the gophers got in.Kim Huse wrote:We DID use old freezers for feed storage; Dad would put a layer of borax down in the bottom to help control the humidity ( Missouri = humidity) , and we used food grade buckets and the large food grade plastic barrels to put the feed in.
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Acetylsalicylic acid is aspirin. This could be handy too:
two giant solar food dehydrators - one with rocket assist
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