On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:30:52 +0000, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
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>> I think it's called "thriftiness" in English. ;-) I had
>> German grandmothers on both sides of my family, and I don't
>> think it was only living through the "Great Depression" that
>> made them promote frugality and "waste not, want not" as a
>> way of life - it's just part of the German character, I
>> think. (Although IIRC, the Scandinavians were equally
>> careful with material things.)
>
>I'm half Norwegian, and I can't say I notice that much difference with
>that part of the family (in terms of waste consumption) than I do here
>in the UK. One of the advantages of living in a building with a waste
>chute is that you don't spend too much time worrying about how much
>household waste you accumulate.
You need to be careful in German hotels with laundry chutes. :-)
--
Martin
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