I'm copying this from a comment I made over on Metafilter because it's a fun story and I don't think I've told it to you guys. So, here goes ( Read more... )

I will now share with you my favorite Thanksgiving story of ever. Ever.My grandmother, as you know, grew up during the Great Depression. She operated a little differently than most folks did in the consume-and-dispose eighties. She'd rinse and reuse butter tubs, she'd save twisties from bread bags, she'd melt down little withered slivers of soap ( Read more... )