My good friend Jeanne has an uncle in Louisiana who just won a Father Knows Best contest in Baton Rouge. His daughter, Janelle, nominated him for his great advice over the years, including the winning phrase: “USE IT UP, WEAR IT OUT, MAKE IT DO, OR DO WITHOUT.”
Uncle John is part of a generation who valued what they had and took great care not to waste anything. Janelle laughs that her dad is the only person who took delight in his house being “rolled” so that he could save the toilet paper.
And what did he get for all his nuggets of wisdom as the Father Knows Best winner? A La-Z-Boy recliner, of course.
A child of the Great Depression, no doubt! As were my parents. My father is the only one I know that returned from a one week vacation to Hilton Head, SC, having only spent $2.99 (a souvenir keychain). Incidentally, he also trash-picked a set of golf clubs, with bag, on a street corner in Savannah that week, which he promptly sold once he returned to Jersey at a substantial profit, LOL.
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