Cheryl wrote:

> Is that where thrift comes from? LOL! I ask because my mom is from New
> England, Mass actually, and is extremely thrifty. I even had to talk
> her out of her habit of putting a bucket in the shower with her to
> collect water to water the shrubs because her balance isn't what it used
> to be and I'm afraid she'll wobble and fall on it or because of it.

I've always heard this was a classic New Englander line-
"Use it up, Wear it out,
Make it do or do without"