"Xeno" > wrote in message
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> On 30/12/2014 7:48 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:12:26 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:11:54 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are so frugal. What can I say.
>>>>>
>>>>> They cost all of $2.00.
>>>>
>>>> Some of us see wanton waste of food to be immoral especially in a world
>>>> where too many people go without. So fine, you now know you "can" eat
>>>> fried
>>>> onions. And what you throw away is enough calories to sustain a person
>>>> who
>>>> has not the luxury to fill entire dumpsters with food that they do not
>>>> care
>>>> to consume and then complain about how they cannot afford to eat well.
>>>
>>> Yep. Julie is well-trained consumer - throws out food for all but
>>> valid reasons. I'll bet she's also good at buying unnecessary non-food
>>> items too, and her garbage bin is full each week with plastic. She is
>>> the very antithesis of how I live.
>>
>> If you were the Man of Nature you pretend to be, you wouldn't always
>> be sitting behind your computer, bitching about other people in a
>> newsgroup
>>
> LOL

I have no clue who posted the above but it isn't true. And plastic is
recyclable. My garbage bin isn't full every week. It is this week but we
did have Christmas and we did get a lot of gifts, some of which came with
packings that were not recyclable.

But seriously... Why do people focus on food waste? There is waste all
around us! How many people got one or more gifts for Christmas that they
have no want or need for? I'm sure there are some. Why didn't you just
tell the person who gave you the gift to take that money instead and feed
the poor!

How many people went out and bought a newer/bigger/better TV when they
already had one that worked just fine?

For that matter... Why don't we all just live on beans and rice with an
occasional orange or tomato thrown in for vitamin C? A little bread once in
a while for additional vitamins. Why bother to make sauces or use spices or
seasonings? Sure, the food won't taste as good but it will sustain us. And
it will be cheap!

Let's all live as frugally as humanly possible. Let's all sell our houses
and give the money to charity. We can ride bikes to get where we need to go
and limit where we go to only necessary places. We can give up our phones,
computers, all devices! Save as much money as possible and give it to the
poor.

Oh hey! We could all be Socialists! Right?

Now shut up about my $2 can of onions. Oh and I was wrong about the brand.
They're Pik Nik and not Durkee. Sorry.