Resourceful is the word

Nowadays, its all about how much you can squeeze out of or cram into one product. Resorceful is the attitude, multipurpose the motivation. 


This has lead to a great many revelations for me. Examples? I can think of a few. There's the all oldies but goldies: old toothbrushes are not destined for the dump, but become mega utensils for cleaning bicycles or for a more domestic- but no less satisfying- application the mint at debunking grime from the filler between your shower room tiles. Worn but not-too-dirty socks make excellent dusters. And any card board lying around your car is as good a scraper when the ice sets in.

A personal favourite of mine is one of my Dad's. Its genesis lies in said father's utter devotion to recycling. This has meant that plastic inner cereal packets are not rubbish but instead enjoy a second life as sandwich bags. It does make for rather dusty sandwiches, but I can live with this discomfiture knowing I've given one plastic bag a new lease of life and resisted unnecessary use of another.

I think though, that this may overtake any of these examples as being the most wonderful multipurpose approach to what is- typically- a relatively socially unacceptable problem. 

Nice.

Strangely 80s

... but total feel good for it. Yeah, uh-huh, come on, come on, with that synth and electronic drum kit, yeah.

Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix) by samhdot

NY's E the analogue pics

And here are some more of those photos I said I'd get up. These are new year in Perranporth. A class night with Lizbuf, her man and their friends down there. Shame that my favourite shot turned out as a double exposure of mixed up proportions (the better shot ended up the fainter of the two). But that's what will happen when you mix limited technology with one drunken pot of marmite.