[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac]
My wife and I always disagree about donating old clothing to charity. She says that anything in bad shape (sweaters that have lost their shape, shirts with stains or small non-obvious holes, etc.) should just be thrown away so the charity doesn’t have to bother with it. I say give them everything and let them decide whether they want to use it; after all, a misshapen sweater or pants with frayed cuffs still might be a lot better than what a homeless person is wearing now.
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There was a story on our local news about this last week. They said the stuff like “misshapen” or “slightly stained” was sent to Africa, but quite a bit had to be thrown away, at a cost of $1million/year. They throw away anything torn, ripped or broken.
[QUOTE=Otto]
Apparently British women have some measure of difficulty in selecting bras of the proper size. Personally I blame the metric system.
[/QUOTE] Seriously, they say that about American women too, that the majority are wearing the wrong size bra and should get measured. I say that doesn’t solve the problem when two bras of the same size fit me totally differently. :smack:
[QUOTE=ShelliBean]
There was a story on our local news about this last week. They said the stuff like “misshapen” or “slightly stained” was sent to Africa, but quite a bit had to be thrown away, at a cost of $1million/year. They throw away anything torn, ripped or broken.
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That’s the case at the thrift store here that I mentioned. They get so much stuff that they drive truckloads to the dump. When they are ony going to use a fraction of it, it saves them time if you just dump the chaff yourself. I know we must be very fortunate here; there is real stratification and the folks who replaced their wardrobe every year pass the old one on.
[QUOTE=Otto]
Apparently British women have some measure of difficulty in selecting bras of the proper size. Personally I blame the metric system.
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Seriously, they say that about American women too, that the majority are wearing the wrong size bra and should get measured. I say that doesn’t solve the problem when two bras of the same size fit me totally differently. :smack: