Drawing the Line

[Guest guest]

Marcia, you'd have to do a lot more than that to offend me.

Regarding disposable diapers: I'm a grandmother -- pretty much

beyond that myself. But when my son was born they didn't have

disposable diapers.

 

Regarding deforestation -- at least in the U.S. that's not a

problem. The lumber/paper industry since before 1969 has done an

excellent job of replanting and maintaining their forests -- in fact,

we have more trees now than before. (Part of my honeymoon in 1969

was going to Oregon and seeing various lumber mills and a plywood

mill in operation. They were well ahead of themselves in terms of

keeping forests healthy and productive and keeping air pollution at a

minumum. So anything you hear about this industry in the U.S. doing

otherwise is pure hocum.)

 

Gosh, I'd love a bidet ... but frankly, I struggle paying my taxes --

THAT for me would be a luxury.

 

I can't imagine spending $16/day on latte's. I drink water.

 

And Butch, yep -- my poor cows! They've gotten a lot of bad press

lately. However, we let the girls up out of the pasture every so

often so " mow " the areas around the house and barns -- saves us the

price of gasoline and using the lawn mowers so often -- saves on that

price of gas and emitting bad stuff in the air. (And my herb and

flower gardens typically suffer because they just can't stand not

getting in my yard and checking things out).

 

So -- I think I've done a pretty good job of pulling an Al Gore

Carbon Print offset. I shall continue purchasing toilet paper -- the

good stuff, too -- my bum deserves the best. And I'm certainly

spending less on it than $16/day on lattes.

 

Dede