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Article: Tightwad genes and "recycled" toilet paper: are grandparents to blame?(Frugality on the homestead)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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My grandparents were all born around the time of the Great Depression. This probably explains why they all seem to have lived by the old adage "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without."
Grandma Mary actually made re-using things an art form.
Growing up, I remember Grandma saving disposable cups, plates, and utensils--rewashing them and using them again.
At Christmas--every year--Grandma would bring out a special trash bag for all of the wrapping paper, boxes, and ribbons that everyone had removed from the gifts. This particular trash bag never met the trash man or the burning barrel.
Everyone in the family knew that Grandma ...