tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post2657598842878730279..comments2023-10-28T08:41:58.349+01:00Comments on Codlins and Cream: On another planet?Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-43536895355554702472008-05-18T18:38:00.000+01:002008-05-18T18:38:00.000+01:00*laughs* My mum gets the Lakes catalogue and I sa...*laughs* My mum gets the Lakes catalogue and I saw that jet propelled peeler and thought much as you did! She still has special knives for cutting tomatoes and lettuce which remain in the drawer unused because, strangely, both can be cut with a kitchen knife!<BR/><BR/>You've hit the nail on the head in your post jennie, and I've found myself nodding away in agreement as I've read, especially at what you say about not being green per se, just hating waste. I am the same but find it difficult to make people understand that it is wrong to be wasteful when everyone understands (even if they don't agree or care) about being green.<BR/><BR/>I just try and live the way my beloved grandparents did; they lived on minimum pension which my granddad supplemented by going up to the local tip and salvaging scrap metal. You can't do that anymore, but little as they had, they always had ENOUGH. I'm not entirely successful because I have been brought up mostly in an age where consumerism is the norm, so there is a lot about myself I challenge, but I'm trying. Whereas when my grandmother was my age it was the late 1930s and they truly were in poverty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-6019430715244388722008-05-17T13:58:00.000+01:002008-05-17T13:58:00.000+01:00I agree with you about gadgets...where in the worl...I agree with you about gadgets...where in the world are we supposed to store things that we use just occassionally? I have been weeding out my kitchen of those kinds of items. When Charles went to China, the thing he requested was zip lock bags...he washes them out and uses them over and over again.Arlene Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845514896764280013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-45588453158677905012008-05-17T11:28:00.000+01:002008-05-17T11:28:00.000+01:00Oh hear, hear! A woman after my own heart. Most pe...Oh hear, hear! A woman after my own heart. Most people think I'm crazy to use up every last little bit of things, but like you I just can't bear waste. Nice to know I'm not the only one!Moonroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034336153685658320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639892272013528432.post-48963849048333699492008-05-17T00:28:00.000+01:002008-05-17T00:28:00.000+01:00Oh, Jennie. You are a wonder! We have always hea...Oh, Jennie. You are a wonder! We have always heard that the Scots were the thrifty ones. I do want a garden of my own and would love to keep ducks again. I love duck eggs. <BR/>Nancynancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587048072191384586noreply@blogger.com