Why disposable everything?

[FMluvswater]

In this supposed age of increased environmental awareness? :confused:

[Boy Named Sue]

Is this the kind of thing that keeps you up at nite Ivy?

[Jbb]

There are forces at work....right now....wanting to dispose of...Brown.... :220v:

[Ziggy]

In this supposed age of increased environmental awareness? :confused:
I've witnessed it first hand with my son.....Buys things to use once and leave behind, whereas I clean and reuse until I can't anymore.....
The younger generation I've found to be very wasteful with certain goods.
I suppose I understand my mother more now, they having grown up during WWII and not having much of anything during wartime(let alone their lives) it makes so much more sense why she saved every little bag, button, sock, etc.

[FMluvswater]

Is this the kind of thing that keeps you up at nite Ivy?
... and so much more. :redface:

[FMluvswater]

I've witnessed it first hand with my son.....Buys things to use once and leave behind, whereas I clean and reuse until I can't anymore.....
The younger generation I've found to be very wasteful with certain goods.
I suppose I understand my mother more now, they having grown up during WWII and not having much of anything during wartime(let alone their lives) it makes so much more sense why she saved every little bag, button, sock, etc.
Do we really need Swiffer? Or furniture wipes etc.? Flushable toilet brushes? Just wonder where they think it'll all end up.

[LHC30Victory]

This is quite a relief knowing that others feel this way also! I am tired of having things that are cheaper to throw away and replace than to repair. The recycling is a good start, but I believe that we must do more to reduce that which cannot be recycled.
I am no tree hugger, but I try to be aware of the impact we all have on the environment. Scouting for 17 years does that to a person. Ya ever seen an area where over 18 THOUSAND scouts and leaders backpack for only three months? In the national Boy Scout Ranch (Philmont), New Mexico the trails and surrounding areas are PRISTINE! A little care goes a long way to keep our world the way it should be!
Pics coming...after the next 7&7 :)

[Ziggy]

Do we really need Swiffer? Or furniture wipes etc.? Flushable toilet brushes? Just wonder where they think it'll all end up.
Need? No. But nice to rid yourself of the germs you do wipe up. The flushables are biodegradable at least, yet the resourses used to create those handy dandy products are not replenished thru recycling.
I do my part with papers, cans/bottle, green clippings, but I think human nature tends to get sloppy when it becomes too much effort. We're all guilty to some degree.

[LHC30Victory]

Ziggy, are you THAT afraid of GERMS? I grew up with a lot of stuff people believe will kill you these days and I'm OK (just don't talk about mental states). Dont y'all know that exposure to that stuff is what SAVES you by building anti-bodies?
This PC stuff is TOOOMUCH.
Hey, Mimi, get me another 7&7 :)

[FMluvswater]

Need? No. But nice to rid yourself of the germs you do wipe up. The flushables are biodegradable at least, yet the resourses used to create those handy dandy products are not replenished thru recycling.
I do my part with papers, cans/bottle, green clippings, but I think human nature tends to get sloppy when it becomes too much effort. We're all guilty to some degree.
I know. I'm not above using disposable products. It just struck me as contradictory.

[FMluvswater]

Ziggy, are you THAT afraid of GERMS? I grew up with a lot of stuff people believe will kill you these days and I'm OK (just don't talk about mental states). Dont y'all know that exposure to that stuff is what SAVES you by building anti-bodies?
This PC stuff is TOOOMUCH.
Hey, Mimi, get me another 7&7 :)
Yeah if the germs weren't super germs that even highly potent drugs can't fight. There's only so much our immune systems (in optimum health) can accomplish.

[LHC30Victory]

They are "super" germs because we have treated them to be that. If we left them alone and just gotten over the illnesses, perhaps we wouldn't be in the fix we are in. Darwin applies to germs as well as mammals.

[FMluvswater]

They are "super" germs because we have treated them to be that. If we left them alone and just gotten over the illnesses, perhaps we wouldn't be in the fix we are in. Darwin applies to germs as well as mammals.
Yeah. :(

[Ziggy]

Ziggy, are you THAT afraid of GERMS? I grew up with a lot of stuff people believe will kill you these days and I'm OK (just don't talk about mental states). Dont y'all know that exposure to that stuff is what SAVES you by building anti-bodies?
This PC stuff is TOOOMUCH.
Hey, Mimi, get me another 7&7 :)
No Ted, I ain't afraid of them little green monsters. The thought of sanitary use and simplicity is what's attractive to people, naturally.
I'm of the theory to take as little antibiotics unless I'm in grave state. So far this year my daughter and wife have and are currently going through flu types colds which my body has bypassed(I felt 'em but never got sick).
Ironically, my brother is a PharmD.
I could've used a drink ealier....

[LHC30Victory]

Hope they all get better soon.

[Ziggy]

Hope they all get better soon.
Thanks, daughter is about over it and wife is hatin' it still.....another day for her probably.

[Boy Named Sue]

I know what I would love to dispose of....

[Boy Named Sue]

....the preliminaries!