Margaret Flaherty on fri 29 jun 12
I love these stories about families. I'm not as frugal as my mom, or my
grandmothers for that matter. I've been affected by the seeming abundance
around me. But I still use teabags twice and reuse aluminum foil and
sandwich bags as often as feasible cause that's how I was raised.
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Sharon Wetherby
wrote:
> The men in my family never paid for electricians, plumbers, builders
> either.
> They were totally self sufficient. I look back and am amazed at the amou=
nt
> of work they did and did it well. My grandparents were from Mississippi
> and
> only finished the third grade in elementary school because they worked fu=
ll
> time jobs. They moved to Texas to work in the textile mills. At one tim=
e,
> my grandmother mended sheets in one of the hospitals in Dallas. I rememb=
er
> her telling me about her co-workers who complained about not being able t=
o
> make ends meet. She had little sympathy for them since they spent a lot =
of
> their earnings on the vending machines at work. My grandmother always
> brought her lunch from home and never bought anything from the machines.
> She found time to make most of my clothes because "store bought" clothes
> were expensive and shoddily made. She also went with my grandfather to t=
he
> feed store to pick out the "perfect" chicken feed sacks which she used to
> make some of my dresses and "small clothes." She washed her aluminum foi=
l
> over and over and over to reuse till it was worn out. She was really sma=
rt
> for a small town girl who only finished the third grade.
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:21:22 -0500
> From: mel jacobson melpots2@VISI.COM
> Subject: tools#10 a story
> ....
> i do not pay for electricians, plumbers, builders. i do it all. but, tha=
t
> is my personality. and, i am never poor because of paying others to do my
> jobs. it is an attitude. it matches with my being a craftsman.
>
Sharon Wetherby on fri 29 jun 12
The men in my family never paid for electricians, plumbers, builders either=
.
They were totally self sufficient. I look back and am amazed at the amount
of work they did and did it well. My grandparents were from Mississippi an=
d
only finished the third grade in elementary school because they worked full
time jobs. They moved to Texas to work in the textile mills. At one time,
my grandmother mended sheets in one of the hospitals in Dallas. I remember
her telling me about her co-workers who complained about not being able to
make ends meet. She had little sympathy for them since they spent a lot of
their earnings on the vending machines at work. My grandmother always
brought her lunch from home and never bought anything from the machines.
She found time to make most of my clothes because "store bought" clothes
were expensive and shoddily made. She also went with my grandfather to the
feed store to pick out the "perfect" chicken feed sacks which she used to
make some of my dresses and "small clothes." She washed her aluminum foil
over and over and over to reuse till it was worn out. She was really smart
for a small town girl who only finished the third grade.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:21:22 -0500
From: mel jacobson melpots2@VISI.COM
Subject: tools#10 a story
....
i do not pay for electricians, plumbers, builders. i do it all. but, that
is my personality. and, i am never poor because of paying others to do my
jobs. it is an attitude. it matches with my being a craftsman.
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