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Oct 2018
6:48pm, 26 Oct 2018
1,264 posts
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Silvershadow
Things I can’t get in the supermarket or health food shop I get on amazon
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Oct 2018
6:51pm, 26 Oct 2018
26,741 posts
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halfpint
I have a related question that I thought this thread might be able to help me with. We have a 3 man tent which has passed it's best (it leaks despite reproofing and resealing seams). I was going to take it to the dump but then I wondered if someone might reuse the fabric? I'm thinking those reusable shopping bags that fold up for in your handbag or similar. I know I've seen bags made from reused parachute silk previously.
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Oct 2018
8:39pm, 26 Oct 2018
9,394 posts
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Garfield
Thanks for the recipe SS! I have a few of those ingredients already and lots of essential oils.
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Oct 2018
10:07pm, 26 Oct 2018
287 posts
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Jenelopy
V'rap - same here. I don't use deodorant any more either, I just make sure that I am clean and my clothes are clean if I leave the house. Either it works, or else my colleagues/friends are too polite to comment.
The only time I've used deodorant in the last decade is when I've been to conferences in hot countries (which is twice...).
I find stopping using something much easier than finding an environmentally better alternative. (The same with milk, the methane form cows is terrible environmentally, so I cut out dairy. It was easier to have coffee black and porridge with water than to work out which fake-milk is the best for the environment!)
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Oct 2018
8:37am, 27 Oct 2018
1,265 posts
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Silvershadow
HP, With Christmas gifts in mind how about kites?
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Oct 2018
10:39am, 27 Oct 2018
26,746 posts
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halfpint
I’m not sure I am ready for the no deodorant step. First use of my shampoo and conditioner this morning. It is a bit more faff and it’s weird not to have lather but my hair feels good.
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Oct 2018
10:41am, 27 Oct 2018
26,747 posts
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halfpint
I have a 4 year old nephew so a kite could work. If I had any sewing skills I could make some bags but alas I am inept with a sewing machine.
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Oct 2018
10:54am, 27 Oct 2018
39,432 posts
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Velociraptor
If you're patient and motivated you could hand-sew the bags 
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Oct 2018
11:00am, 27 Oct 2018
26,748 posts
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halfpint
Patient? You clearly don’t know me well. I’m not sure my hand sewing is any better.
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Oct 2018
11:04am, 27 Oct 2018
39,433 posts
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Velociraptor
Quite soothing, I'd have thought, once the cutting and pinning was done.
(I can only do the most rudimentary sewing, and knitting a shopping bag out of scrap bamboo yarn did my head in with the tedium.)
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