Day After Thanksgiving
So, an astute reader may have noticed that my numbers in the last post didn't add up. We had 5 Turks, a Dutchwoman, a Czech, a Palestinian, Katie's family (4), Katie's friend Joy and me. One person was sick and couldn't make it. It was quite the international dinner. Conversation and food were both excellent. Katie made great pies: pumpkin and chocolate pecan. Yum.
Today I'm observing Buy Nothing Day (I may eat out, but I won't shop), not so much because I think it'll make a political difference but more to maintain my sanity...
Today I'm observing Buy Nothing Day (I may eat out, but I won't shop), not so much because I think it'll make a political difference but more to maintain my sanity...
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posted by russell at
2:47 PM
2 Comments:
Buy Nothing Day (Koop Niets) is on Saturday in the Netherlands, and I'm going to do my best. Dropping clothes off at the dry cleaners doesn't count, right?
I'm surprised you can afford dry cleaning given the high cost of services in Christian Democratic countries :)
Seriously, the welfare state scholar Epsing-Andersen did a study of what it costs to launder a shirt in various countries and used it as a meausre of the impact of wage compression on the private service sector in various countries.
I suspect that if Jan is reading this he is laughing. Between taking the seminar on this stuff and teaching it it's gone to our brains...
I'd say dropping them off doesn't count because you're not paying for them until later.
On an unrelated note, I used to have an eco-friendly place a block away and it closed and so now I need to take my chocolate covered coat (long story) to a new place. What a pain.
Also, I keep failing word verification. The idea is to confuse the bots bot not the people
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