Aaltarboy
Aaltarboy
Belfast, Maine, USA
Sep 2017
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Les Glaneurs...

Documentary from Zeitgeist Productions by French filmmaker Agnes Varda. Sort of blew me away. We have all seen the pathetic scenes of dump salvage workers in Africa and Asia. This film first shows how poor French in the countryside used to (some still do), glean the farm fields for crops the machines missed. Grain to potatoes. The scenes then shift to urban French, who salvage furniture, etc., from market places, and food from restaurants. I then recall my summer visits with family in central PA, where I heard of how, during depression days, my aunts and uncles, then kids, did the same, including walking along the many Bethlehem Steel freight train tracks to collect coal that must have fallen off the coal cars. Our Dad instilled some of the same in us, and I still have an eye for useful stuff people leave at our recycling center. Never had to buy a bike for the twins. Just repaired the mostly nice ones others left, and after kids grew, returned them for others to use, taking larger ones. The 1% won't get any of this. Gleaners, indeed. Aa.
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ashlander
ashlander●In God's Hands, Oregon USA
Sep 6, 2017●3,804 Comments
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Dumpster diving is an art or a means to travel light. Do you have your storm pantry stocked.
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
Sep 7, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Well A., never had to dd, thankfully, as at our recycling center, the staff set aside still perfectly good things, for the handy to restore to full states of usefulness. And the grub lockers on the Aa yacht are fully stocked with caviar and Dom Perrier. Set up for light travel. Let them all eat cake, no? Thanks. Aa.
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AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
Sep 7, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Quite, 1. TV, radio,sewing machine and vacuum cleaner repair shops---mostly gone. And there was a time when car alternators (generators) were rebuilt, not merely junked, and a new on bought. But I still try to do some repairs, partly for fun, some because I'm cheap, and I guess on principle. Neurologically speaking, there may be more important benefits to problem solving as we age, using hands and eyes, and minds, if you get my drift. On the frm, they still repair lots of stuff themselves. Smart. Aa.
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Abagail
Abagail●Bendigo, Victoria Australia
Sep 8, 2017●53 Blogs●1,403 Comments
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I am actually a bit of a minimalist. I only have what I need, because that way I don't have to add to the growing stockpiles that are in the rubbish dumps. And if I don't use something for five years, unless there is sentimental value, I send it to the second hand stores for charity. The only thing I do tend to stockpile in the last few years are books. I can't seem to part with them.

The documentary sounds interesting. No doubt I would have NO idea what they are saying. laugh Does it come with English subtitles?
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AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
Sep 8, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Tagalog pictographs only. Aa.
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