Recycling used under garments

Re-cycling used under garments

Your banian or brief gets worn out by use and they become useless for the purpose for which it was bought. The banian may be ridden with holes, giving a nasty appearance and continuing to wear it, especially with a transparent shirt over it may give a very poor opinion of the wearer. Are there ways to put them to use in some other way? Let us see.

1.     The banian may be cut length wise into small tapes. You can make dry duster out of it.

2.     The banian may be used for cleaning kitchen slab or as floor mop and the like. Good absorbency makes it ideal.

3.     It can be used to absorb oil spill or while cleaning vehicle / cycle etc

4.     You may use it to make a torch wetted with oil and fitted to a stick.

5.     During cold winter to get extra protection you may use it to double up your clothing. Wear the worn one under a decent one.

6.     The cloth may be shredded to bits and used as a filler to make pillows, cushions, beds etc

7.     They may be cleaned and stitched into sanitary pads

8.     Old briefs may be used as additional protection for people suffering from incontinence

9.     They may be given to homeless poor people who may use it to burn and warm themselves during winter season.

10.            They may be used to wipe vessels after washing – remove water / wetness.

If you can think up more uses to re-cycle used and worn out under garments please add them as comments. Thanks for reading.

Seven Tips for Killing Boredom

Many senior citizens have a lot of time on their hand and do not know how to kill time. Loneliness and having nothing specific to do are main factors leading to boredom and perhaps depression. We must avoid being bored at any point of time, even for a few hours. It is self defeating attitude and 'entertaining' boredom may ultimately leave us highly frustrated. Here are some tips to ward off boredom.

1. Play some Word game or number games. Even newspapers offer Sudoku, Crossword puzzles, Scramble, jumble and the like. Have a go at it – whatever you are good at. No age is old for learning new things. I have known my friends swear that Sudoku keeps them occupied.
2. Go for a brisk walk. Do some mild exercise. Just stretch your self, feet and arms. Laugh aloud if you are alone. Learn about acupressure points in your body and massage them.
Any physical activity which gives a break for 20 to 30 minutes will also break boredom.
3. Dust your old tape recorder, CD Player, Radio or World Space unit. Start listening to any music you in which you are interested. When I took to Internet in early Nineties I thought that people Search the Net for Sex mostly. No, I was wrong. Music is most searched for, even today. As they say, music is the soul of life. Listen to some soul stirring music to forget yourself.
4. Pick up your pen and paper and write a letter to a friend whom you have forgotten. Or open your laptop and compose a few messages. They could even be 'official' complaints to civic authorities on local colony problems. Why wait for the Resident Welfare Association to take action? You will be twice blessed for such pro active social work.
5. Pick up a book that have read and would not mind donating it. Write your Name & address and leave a note that anyone that picks ac read and circulate the book again. Leave the book stealthily in a park bench and see furtively who picks it up. If this works for you, read more about "Book Crossing" and do this activity systematically.
6. Go to a nearby park. Seek out another lonely senior. A total stranger is better. Strike a friendship. Then listen to him without any interruption for at least thirty minutes. Once you know the myriad ways in which people keep them selves happy / unhappy, your loneliness will vanish.
7. Meditate. It is the incessant stream of thoughts that are meaningless that bore you. Cease to think. Just sit quietly observing your breath. Wait eagerly and watchfully for a thought to occur. Ignore it. Don't let your mind chain it with something else and extend the process of meaningless wandering. Try to be in thoughtless state for a few minutes. Boredom flies.

All the tips given above are simple and practicable. No money is involved. They will take care of your body mind and soul. Just try and see.