I do not dry dishes so all kitchen towels become hand towels/hot pot holders/snap atthe kid or cat towels.
Cash - I'd just use the packing tape, or staples.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2009 9:45:03 am PST #27013 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Fred Pete - Dec 23, 2009 9:47:48 am PST #27014 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
My mother was big on re-using Ziploc bags. They were fairly easy to wash, a major pain to dry.
Jesse - Dec 23, 2009 9:49:05 am PST #27015 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So does my mom, and I sort of do, too. They have distinct textures, though - hand towels are fuzzy or waffle-weave, dish towels are smooth.
Now I totally get it -- and also, the different towels go in different places in her kitchen! It was just one of those things that, as a kid, I couldn't care enough about to get.
smonster - Dec 23, 2009 9:49:10 am PST #27016 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
For drying plastic bags, I have one of these: [link]
But sometimes I get lazy and toss them.
I try to avoid them when I can.
Scrappy - Dec 23, 2009 9:50:31 am PST #27017 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My MiL will only use a towel ONCE. This includes hand and dishtowels. One of the reasons her family refers to her as "The Queen of England."
Jesse - Dec 23, 2009 9:52:59 am PST #27018 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For plastic bags, I usually re-use for the same thing as long as possible -- like, I have cheese in a ziploc in my fridge, and just put the new cheese in the same bag.
This actually fits my recurring theme of being "green" more out of laziness and/or cheapness than anything else.
Cashmere - Dec 23, 2009 9:53:34 am PST #27019 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
This sounds like a job for your husband.
I just sent him an email telling him to pick some up on the way home!
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2009 9:57:03 am PST #27020 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a ziploc bag fiend. I really should re-use. Or at least recycle more consistently--I tend to only recycle plastic food containers I bought food in, for some reason.
Actually, most of my ziploc use is non-food. Office supplies! Peripherals and cables!
smonster - Dec 23, 2009 9:58:42 am PST #27021 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I just sent him an email telling him to pick some up on the way home!
::high fives Cash and flea::
recycle plastic food containers
We can't recycle those here, only plastic bottles.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2009 10:00:56 am PST #27022 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So a vendor called me this morning. He wanted to know if I would be in all day, becuase gift baskets they had ordered for us got sent to their office instead of ours by mistake. I assured him I would be here. He kept using "you". Like "I wanted to make sure you would be there. It was important you got yours." So I thought I was actually getting one. They just came, 3 big boxes, not one for me. Poop.