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Aristus

(66,380 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:02 PM Feb 2015

Weird random thought: How much wood was wasted on those decorative English Leather bottle stoppers?



I don't know if they still offer those bottles. But I wore English Leather back in the 80's, in a desperate attempt to be cool, and even then, it seemed like a lot of wood to use on a simple bottle cap.
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Weird random thought: How much wood was wasted on those decorative English Leather bottle stoppers? (Original Post) Aristus Feb 2015 OP
that is pretty random brother d_r Feb 2015 #1
That's a good point. Anything to prevent more paving & more Wal-Marts. Aristus Feb 2015 #2
I thought the whole point of English Leather was not to waste wood. bluedigger Feb 2015 #3

d_r

(6,907 posts)
1. that is pretty random brother
Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:14 PM
Feb 2015

I am starting to think that it is a good thing to use at wood, at least from pine and easily renewable new-growth trees. The money gives people incentive to plant trees and let them grow. Without it they would probably concrete it all over and make more walmarts.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)
2. That's a good point. Anything to prevent more paving & more Wal-Marts.
Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:21 PM
Feb 2015

It was just an idle thought. I remember those caps as being big, heavy, massy, and chunky, and wondering why they were that way just to keep the overpriced smell-stuff in the bottle.

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