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Fri May 25, 2012, 09:52 PM

babylonsister (144,165 posts)

13. Hello, scarletwoman!

Long time! Nice to see you.

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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
How Long Does It Take To Decompose? [View all]	babylonsister	May 2012	OP
Wow on Diapers	Broderick	May 2012	#1
While on a tour in Puebla we saw a Pañalería	nadinbrzezinski	May 2012	#3
I used to have a customer whose wife in Virginia Beach	Broderick	May 2012	#6
Let's see in 1952, my mother and I helped a new mother whose husband was overseas in the Korean War.	Cleita	May 2012	#22
I can remember helping my mother with little sister's diapers.	blue neen	May 2012	#28
I use cloth diapers for my child and I only wash them once per week.	CottonBear	May 2012	#45
I had my oldest when the big switch	SheilaT	May 2012	#60
I agree with you about the toilet training slowdown.	CottonBear	May 2012	#73
In relative terms, I think they were about the same as they are now, although I	SheilaT	May 2012	#78
Back in the day I put the Desitin on the baby, not the diaper! Never heard of that!	CTyankee	May 2012	#63
I put (lots) of Desitin on my baby not on the diaper.	CottonBear	May 2012	#74
Some of the more environmentally prone people in our area use clothe diapers. That is one	jwirr	May 2012	#23
let them roam free naked in the backyard like nature intended!	Sirveri	May 2012	#44
That might work for babies but not for adults. They would get arrested and put in some institution	jwirr	May 2012	#50
I found a link for baby/toddler diaper covers with disposable, biodegradable inserts.	CottonBear	May 2012	#76
Thank you.	jwirr	May 2012	#77
What did people thousands of years ago do before diapers?	RC	May 2012	#30
it's ok	OnionPower1	May 2012	#2
Haha!	babylonsister	May 2012	#4
Yeah, my first thought, too. But damn, but those plastic bags are evil stuff!	freshwest	May 2012	#16
Aren't they?	laundry_queen	May 2012	#52
I lucked out because 22 years ago I bought some beautiful canvas bags from PCC or	freshwest	May 2012	#53
You can also crochet various bags to	SheilaT	May 2012	#61
We should build houses out of disposable diapers.	tridim	May 2012	#5
Cigarette butts are the #1 most polluted item in the world.	onehandle	May 2012	#7
More reason for public smoking bans.	Odin2005	May 2012	#54
I don't know. I hadn't planned on starting just yet.	scarletwoman	May 2012	#8
Hello, scarletwoman!	babylonsister	May 2012	#13
Hello back, babylonsister!	scarletwoman	May 2012	#68
No apologies necessary;	babylonsister	May 2012	#71
!	Union Scribe	May 2012	#31
DUzy!!!	Odin2005	May 2012	#55
Double DUzy!!!	calimary	May 2012	#66
Well, thank you kindly. :D	scarletwoman	May 2012	#70
Hell, I haven't finished composing yet so it'll be awhile.	TahitiNut	May 2012	#59
TahitiNut!!!!!!	scarletwoman	May 2012	#69
Anything for you, m'luv!	TahitiNut	May 2012	#72
in cheney's case, 71 years and counting....	unblock	May 2012	#9
Obviously these people didn't check my sock drawer	NV Whino	May 2012	#10
I'll have to start using more paper towels and banana peels.	Kablooie	May 2012	#11
I think you'll find that, while less absorbent, the banana peels will provide more comedic moments.	harmonicon	May 2012	#18
You are right but the more comedic moments, the fewer friends I will have.	Kablooie	May 2012	#25
people mostly don't know that you can put paper products in your compost.	mopinko	May 2012	#12
I expected something much more morbid from the thread title. (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#14
Me too.	craigmatic	May 2012	#38
I saw it this morning and did not click on it ...	etherealtruth	May 2012	#51
My dear babylonsister!	CaliforniaPeggy	May 2012	#15
I think mopinko might have too...	REP	May 2012	#17
It's taken me around 15 years.	mmonk	May 2012	#19
I just put all my trash out on Tuesday morning and it's all gone before noon!	BillyJack	May 2012	#20
And that pretty much sums up the problem.	Odin2005	May 2012	#56
2 weeks ago, I was sifting through part of a landfill for the National Guard	pasto76	May 2012	#21
Re-purpose; hadn't heard that, but love it! Yes, we're a wasteful nation	babylonsister	May 2012	#24
Back when landfills were just dumps I remember going with my father to find bicycle parts to fix	jwirr	May 2012	#27
In this part of Japan, we sort just about everything	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#37
Sounds really efficient!	Lucinda	May 2012	#46
But recycling is COMMUNISM!!!	Odin2005	May 2012	#57
one day we may be digging up the landfills for resources?	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#26
A key point in KSR's Mars Trilogy books.	joshcryer	May 2012	#32
No wonder that damn orange is still there....	Historic NY	May 2012	#29
How about a body? How long does that take?	James48	May 2012	#33
50-365 days	justiceischeap	May 2012	#35
You should read a book called "Stiff"	DearHeart	May 2012	#36
There are a few "body farms" in the US researching that question	KansDem	May 2012	#75
Thanks for the information	goclark	May 2012	#34
ASSUMING they are in a place where some air can get to them ...	eppur_se_muova	May 2012	#39
I knew this at age 13 (in the 60s) and decided no babies	Mimosa	May 2012	#40
same here	magical thyme	May 2012	#42
I did hear that sheet music is a problem	intaglio	May 2012	#41
I have to question some of this data	magical thyme	May 2012	#43
I know of a man who has been doing it with alacrity for more than 185 years	slackmaster	May 2012	#47
"Diapers 500 years, " so you know what that means...	Hubert Flottz	May 2012	#48
Thank you.	GoneOffShore	May 2012	#49
K & R	Scurrilous	May 2012	#58
We are killing our planet.......	Swede Atlanta	May 2012	#62
Oh good	HarveyDarkey	May 2012	#64
While I'm in general ideological agreement... there's another angle here.	enki23	May 2012	#65
You can compost lots of your own trash rather than mix it with crap that will sit for years.	jp11	May 2012	#67

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