tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post4193983004556994711..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Two Stories About How My Life Without Spending Is Changing the Way I Live Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-49382284205500263982015-02-18T15:27:49.461+11:002015-02-18T15:27:49.461+11:00Jen, you and Chris are complete angels. Thanks for...Jen, you and Chris are complete angels. Thanks for calling yesterday, I was just blown over by your offer. I am surrounded by kindness:)<br />Miss Maudy, oh no! about the back. That is vile news. Yes, I totally agree with exploiting the children, it is important for their character development. And men - I think it is harder for them to accept help, because of the power thing. Men need to be in charge and be Superman, not ask for help like a little girl.. see the adult/child thing going on again here? <br />I sympathise with you on the clothes thing. I think I need some kind of uniform. Like men. They aren't required to come up with a new look every season. A suit is a suit, and has been unchanged since about 1920.<br />Bek, you have just invented a new institution to replace the comfortable exchanges between family members. My solution is to make us all back into a tribe/family who are totally comfortable with imposing on each other. That is one of my great goals in life:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-28611764507296577302015-02-17T10:37:09.172+11:002015-02-17T10:37:09.172+11:00This is exactly why I hate borrowing anything. It ...This is exactly why I hate borrowing anything. It says I'm not adult enough to get it for myself. Despite the fact that I don't have space to store everything I might need once or twice a year. I would never borrow from a neighbour. It is too much of an imposition. But I do share with family. My mum and I share the Fowlers Vacola unit (well, I say share, it actually is hers and I borrow it. But that is what mums are for.) and my brother and I share alcohol fermenting equipment, along with the resultant delicious alcoholic beverages created. Funny how I'm totally fine with that kind of equipment sharing with family, but not with other people. <br />My proposed solution is an equipment borrowing system, kind of like a library. You could have whipper snipers and icecream makers and brewing stuffs, all to be borrowed by locals as required. A small charge on lending and collectively we would all have access to intermittently required equipment, less of a financial burden and less wasted resources. I wonder if it will ever happen. Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-14700877735853310802015-02-17T09:44:57.673+11:002015-02-17T09:44:57.673+11:00Oh my goodness, Sir Reg is a lender and not a borr...Oh my goodness, Sir Reg is a lender and not a borrower. It drives me insane - at the moment, I have hurt my back. This means absolutely NO lifting and bending awkwardly is out of the question ( I can't even get a load of washing out of the front loader without squarking about it - which is why we have children, yes?). As a result of the great room reshuffle, there's a load of stuff that needs to go under the house. He needs someone to assist with the awkward lifting into the only 1.5m high space. I cannot help him. Will he ask a mate??? Hell no. But if a mate calls him and says "hey I need a lift with something", he's straight over there. So yep - I suspect the boxes will be there until I'm better (4-6 weeks, best guess)making us both annoyed because they're in the way. Unless someone calls in when I'm home...<br /><br />Muttergrumble.<br /><br />Clothes annoy me. Buying clothes annoys me. Fast fashion annoys me. Plus, I am a giant, so clothes shopping is fraught with disappointment. And bare ankles. (I'm only about 18 cm taller than the average woman my age! And about 5cm taller than the average chap)<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-41228433161061086172015-02-17T09:04:55.099+11:002015-02-17T09:04:55.099+11:00Jo I will talk to hubby. He is in IT and we invar...Jo I will talk to hubby. He is in IT and we invariably have a spare or two laptops.<br /><br />Best wishes<br />Jen in QldJen's Busy Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556286599575103565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-30528692745248625332015-02-17T07:16:34.055+11:002015-02-17T07:16:34.055+11:00Tammy, yes, rewarding is exactly what it is..
Heat...Tammy, yes, rewarding is exactly what it is..<br />Heather, good neighbours are like gold:)<br />Fran, absolutely agree that we are the 'poorer' for not having to rely on one another. I am tired of 'things' and would much rather spend my time being part of a community than earning money for things.<br />CJ, having that close group of friends who you can rely on for anything is true security, isn't it?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-21536038866483511112015-02-17T06:33:12.084+11:002015-02-17T06:33:12.084+11:00A thought provoking post. I'm always happy to...A thought provoking post. I'm always happy to borrow and lend when I can, I have a small group of very helpful friends. I love the sound of the secondhand clothes place. Quite handy to have so much together all at once, and get it all over and done with.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-90466545730912171352015-02-17T04:10:43.565+11:002015-02-17T04:10:43.565+11:00I feel an instant camaraderie with this post Jo. F...I feel an instant camaraderie with this post Jo. Firstly that Blogger ate your post. Been there, done that, howled like a frustrated banshee more times than I would like to admit and secondly because like you, my idea of a marvellous adventure is to potter around in the garden and find a new lettuce that grew from seed. Sitting on the deck with a glass of wine and watching someone fishing in the rain is about as adventurous as my comfort zone will allow me to be these days. I hear you with the 'reliance on others equates to poverty' thing but then as someone who has lived on the cutting edge of poverty ever since I was a child I know that there is an inherent beauty in sharing, in learning that "things" are communal and that someone is always going to have what you need and be willing to share, so long as you are willing to do the same. There is a reason why some of the happiest people on earth are also the poorest, they know how to share and their community is so much the better off for it. We westerners might be rich in comparison but as individuals we suffer the gamut of having to be, and own it all as individuals and what terrible things we have done to the planet in order to keep this fiction alive and well and growing like topsy. <br /><br />I H.A.T.E. shopping. It makes me twitch. I also H.A.T.E. Jerry Harvey but that is another story. Needless to say I am with you in solidarity when it comes to being torn by the extended hunt that comes with wanting to shop responsibly. Being willing to step out of our comfort zone and take a bit of a leap of faith when it comes to changing how we live gives us hairy tightrope walkers galore and we suddenly start to see a very large alternate economy that only becomes visible when we choose to walk in its space. Congratulations on finding Brigadoon Ms Jo. Please give Cindy a big hug from me. Her story made me cry. Life has a habit of tearing you a new hole, deep inside you, and then stinging you when you cry directly into it. I love that you are both learning to survive together. Here's to alternate economies, phoenix-like revival and learning that poverty can be an incredibly liberating and most enlightening state of being.<br /><br />BUGGER on the computer thing. We just gave a good laptop away to a local school because we had no further need of it :(. I am sure that there are many people sitting around on perfectly good technology who would be most grateful for you to take it off their hands Jo. Word of mouth spreads. I will keep my ear open for you :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-83908467550524117032015-02-17T02:34:28.783+11:002015-02-17T02:34:28.783+11:00I love second hand shopping. Luckily, my daughter ...I love second hand shopping. Luckily, my daughter likes it too. My son...not so much. <br /><br />Wouldn't life be so much easier if we all had neighbors who were willing to share and help out when needed! It sounds like you have a lovely relationship with your neighbors.Heathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-42836170206379258262015-02-17T01:54:54.781+11:002015-02-17T01:54:54.781+11:00Clean carpets and quality garments at affordable p...Clean carpets and quality garments at affordable prices. What a success! <br /><br />I also am not a shopper, but I firmly believe in second hand. Having to go to multiple thrift shops to find what I'm looking for can be very frustrating, but when the quest is over, it feels so rewarding.Tammyhttp://www.grownupnowwhat.comnoreply@blogger.com