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"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" (Original Post)
ashling
Aug 2014
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. I'll take "Bad Slogans For a Condom Ad" for $200, Alex
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is worth the annual Duzy prize!
proReality
(1,628 posts)3. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
My grandparents used to say that all the time...they lived through the Great Depression, and this was how most people made it through the hard times.
allan01
(1,950 posts)4. re:"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
reduce . re use . re cycle . re make . re pourpose . make do with what you have . my late dad lived on a farm when he was a young man. they didnt have farm empliments r us, so they repaired it . repoupused it. and re cycled it . grandad had a medical lab . same thing i like stories like this "
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)5. Wow...she is just amazing!
Something to be so proud of.