BS: Kitchen towel exchange

Subject: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 May 03 - 05:51 PM

My daughter says this is not a "chain letter type" thing, but I think it is. Anyway, I'm participating because I personally know the person I'm sending a towel to, and I told my daughter I wouldn't break the chain.

Here's the deal: you mail one kitchen towel to one person...but you send a copy of the letter to six people. If anyone is interested, send me a PM.

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: GUEST,Sorch
Date: 16 May 03 - 05:57 PM

Can it be a well used kitchen towel??? (grin)

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: PoppaGator
Date: 16 May 03 - 05:58 PM

Why would anybody *want* a couple of hundred distowels?

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: PoppaGator
Date: 16 May 03 - 06:00 PM

Oops, make that "dishtowels." Thought I could skip preview and correction on a one-sentence post, but of course I was wrong.

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: GUEST,Sorch
Date: 16 May 03 - 06:01 PM

And if we enclose $1 with every towel...............LOL!

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 16 May 03 - 06:02 PM

Shhhhhhhhh!

Poppa, there are actually people who collect these, or so I hear, they must be people who cook.

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: NicoleC
Date: 16 May 03 - 06:10 PM

My granny loves these. She sent it to me, once, so I bought her a cute towel but didn't pass it on ;)

PG, you don't bake, do you? Need lotsa towels for that...

In theory you get 6 towels, depending on the details of the particulr chain. But I have a LOT of cloth dishtowels and napkins -- mostly homemade from fabric remnants -- I use them in lieu of paper products. Why spend gobs of money to throw away paper when the real stuff works better and is reusable for years?

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 May 03 - 11:02 PM

I have a wonderful batch of towels in my kitchen. Most are cotton, some are very old linen. Lots of different purchases or inheritances, so there are few that match. I use dish towels and wash cloths all of the time, rarely using paper towels. It takes probably a minimum of two months to go through a roll of paper towels because they're only used for things like mopping up grease or really messy stuff.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 17 May 03 - 01:49 PM

Nicole: "Why spend gobs of money to throw away paper when the real stuff works better and is reusable for years? "
Because towels spread bacteria. Paper towels are used once and disposed of.

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 May 03 - 02:02 AM

Nigel,

I'd be willing to bet that Nicole runs her dish towels through the washer once and a while! I certainly wash mine frequently (that's why they're mostly very soft and absorbent, because they're washed often).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 May 03 - 12:16 PM

SRS: yes, and I wash mine (or my wife does, depends who's going into work at what time). But I was answering the question of why should some people prefer paper towels.

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 18 May 03 - 12:25 PM

Still no takers, I just can't understand why. ;-) (even though I personally hate these things too!)

Read about vintage tea towel quilts here.

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: khandu
Date: 18 May 03 - 10:22 PM

Hmmm...maybe we can start a guitar chain letter! Any takers??

Ken

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Cluin
Date: 19 May 03 - 02:38 AM

Where do we sign up for the used underwear exchange?

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 May 03 - 04:57 PM

Used toothbrushes anyone?

Subject: RE: BS: Kitchen towel exchange
From: Mr Happy
Date: 19 May 03 - 08:08 PM

we used to have a cat that kept bringing home used sanitary towels!- aaarrrgggghhhhhhh!