Hinotori
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That's a really neat idea and super useful
Sumi, you remind me of something i heard on the cooking show "Jacques Pepin". he told a story about his father and how he didn't like to throw anything away. Jacques said that if his father ever had to throw out a piece of stale old bread, he would "kiss it goodbye". Then Jacques added in a hushed tone: 'he probably didn't throw it away, he probably gave it to the dog...' that is very sweet, i think.When we lived in SA, we sometimes employed a wonderful man from Mozambique to help out on the farm with jobs. He was terrible, just terrible, about gathering things and dragging it home. Everything and I mean everything got dragged off. From defunct electric appliances to building junk. Gosh, he used to laugh and shake his head when he saw what we threw away... We asked him about it one day and he told us the most basic items in Mozambique costs the earth, so they learned to value and fix and reuse everything. When I first came here to Ireland and saw all the abandoned houses and cars I often thought of him and joked with my DH, that he'll need a container ship to go home on, should he ever come here…