Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Make America Great Again
Most things we buy today don’t last for a year. Heck some clothes barely last a year. Maybe we need a thread of American made products. This came to mind because I just got in bed and put my head on pillow case I had a little kid. If I got these sheets at five years old they are fifty one years old. I don’t have the sheets just the pillow cases. Knowing my mom she probably sewed the sheets into something. They are very 70s vibe with big daisies pink shades, white & yellow. They have been used my entire life by me and then my daughter now back to me. I’ll pass them on when the gbaby is older. Last post today I promise. Been busy all weekend and I’m pooped! Lots house work
I hear ya sister. Taking the winter to work on clutter, I have so much I held on to because "this will be useful", like maybe I can make something out of it, etc, and I am paying for it now because I know I do not have the time or energy. I am the get down on hands and knees with a scrub brush kind of cleaner, and it crippled me for a week. Once the clutter is gone, though, I swear I can feel the house breathing better. I never thought of myself as a hoarder, but taking inventory, I would say I have a mild case of it. I would save things like yogurt containers, cottage cheese containers, little plastic empty pill bottles, to re purpose. It gets out of hand so I bagged up all that stuff and sent it to the recycling man, had to pay for it too, and went ahead and bought nice glass containers with lids in all sizes, purchased some clothing totes and culling clothing I have not worn in at least 10 years. Sometimes I think I should just wear a uniform for housework, and put away clothing for when I go out into civilization.
Fren, I feel you. I don’t waste much of anything. Leftovers go on the dog plates the next morning. I went to glass and stainless steel about four or five years ago. We have to drive 45 miles to recycle plastic. I don’t do it. They want it washed and dry, etc. It drives me secretly nuts that just about every package for everything is plastic. I just threw out about 40 prescription bottles. I was going to use them to store things but I never get far enough to organize. It was actually liberating to throw them out! So, I’m trying to keep that frame of mind as I go through the house. It’s winter and I’m hurting a lot so I don’t get as much done as I’d like to. I will persevere, as will you!
Producing shoddy stuff is such a waste - and they have the cheek to talk about sustainability and being green. Major scam.
Agreed. T-shirts too
Mypillow has a storefront for other USA-made products
American made products sold @ PublicSquare.com or PublicSq.com. Also there is Mammoth Nation. The Right aka Maga are trying to promote a parallel shopping place for us where only American made products are sold, thus helping to get us away from Amazon and others and to promote more products other than Made in China. This should boost our economy and help keep Mom and Pop businesses booming.