I did not make the reply previous as a slam, so don;t read it that
way, but I just have a hard time throwoing anything away especially if
its not broke or there is nothing wqrong with it and know up front I
am going to need it again later or on a continual basis. After a few
fresh batches of salt is made and if that trashed salt was saved, yu
would be basically getting a free batch every so often..... I am far
from being broke, so I could readily afford to throw left over salt
after changes, but IMHO its wastefull and a buck is a broke. I need to
point out I am fra from being rich either, but I sort of look at my
self as frugal. My barn, out buildings and shop all illustrate that
trai very well as I have heaps of stuff all over the place and
continually add more most every day. More than one time a packed away
bit of "trash" or excess" items / material has saved my butt and its a
pretty sure thing it will continue to save me in the future as
well.....Heck its not hard to make water or add amounts of water or
salt to get specs right, and I can just about do it visually anymore,
so its not like it takes hours on end to bump up or down SG in a
batch.

My grandfather on my mothers side gre up as a depression era
indivudal, and was an imigrant as well. My grandfather on my fathers
side came from a well to do family and most times money was never an
object....My mothers side GF used to scrimp and save and scrounge,
whereas the other GF would just go buy. I liked the scrimp, scrounge
one better as he was able to make something out of nothing or my
grandmother could throw together a meal out of nothing......certainly
not dependant on society or life in general. NOw the other side would
die if they needed something and could not find a store open to buy
it.....I myself am retired, and still do not have enough of time to
accomplish what I set out to do on a daily or weekly or even yearly
basis, but anymore I just do not care how long it takes, as long as I
am alive and kicking I enjoy doing, more than buying.

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:29:10 -0600, "Pszemol"
wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in message news:GOvKf.833$gh4.785@trnddc06...
You sound like my father did - time was worth nothing. He was a depression era
kid and would spend hours or days building something to save three or four dollars.

Me, I'll throw away $15 worth of salt if it saves me time and trouble. And I did.

And what do you do with all this free time on your hands ? ;-)

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