Thread: Barber towels or Dish towels...is there a difference??

Originally Posted by JLStorm

I can buy barber towels for a few dollars each, or I can get some dish towels at walmart for much cheaper. These would just be used to wipe hair and shave soap from the razor while shaving, and possible while steaming my face with hot water.

Does it really matter?

Just to let you know I use a cloth diaper that my kids don't need anymore.
I did wash it first though

Originally Posted by JLStorm

My point was, that if it is made in korea or some other store, it really doesnt matter where you buy it, you are still supporting some other country not ours. I go out of my way to buy in the USA, but if a mom and pop shop or a walmart is buying from all their goods from korea or thailand, I just dont think there is a huge difference there.

That's tougher to do and since we're all brothers on the planet it doesn't mean as much to me. I'm more concerned about worker conditions and corporate responsibility. I know what you're saying, I just think there's room for more thinking on that issue.

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Good word XMAN, good word!

Mark.

Originally Posted by xman

That's tougher to do and since we're all brothers on the planet it doesn't mean as much to me. I'm more concerned about worker conditions and corporate responsibility. I know what you're saying, I just think there's room for more thinking on that issue.

X

This thread is getting a little too Commie!

Blade Wielder, I know you were probably just jesting, so don't take my reply as heavy handed!

I would not put it that far. Moderation is the key. Extremes to either side of the political spectrum are equally devastating.

What was Ronald Reagan's old quote "Communism only works in two places: In heaven were they do not need it, and in hell were they already have it."

There is a big difference of doing something morally right by treating a fellow human being with respect and decency, and communism. I agree with the principal of no free lunches. At the same time, I do not think a boot should be stomped upon the face of humanity.

I agree with you, BTW. This thread has gone pretty deep... Maybe too much so...

Mark.

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

This thread is getting a little too Commie!

Then we're agreed!

Norva Barber Supply has barber cloths for .85 each, or 8.75 per dozen. I don't know where they're made, but Norva's in Virginia. I haven't been able to beat .85, even at Wally World.

Originally Posted by mslovacek

Extremes to either side of the political spectrum are equally devastating.

I submit that there are many more than two sides of the political spectrum and that is the cause for much of our misunderstandings.

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

This thread is getting a little too Commie!

But you're a Canadian too, right? I thought we were all "Commie Homos".

X

Originally Posted by xman

. . . we're all brothers on the planet . . .
X

Cain and Abel were brothers too .

I don't see any of my "brothers" from overseas looking out for the welfare of my family, and certainly not "brother" 'Sam Walton (wal-mart) OR "brother" George W. I've bought from Wal-Mart. Maas is only available at wal-mart around here, so the first time I bought it I bought it at Wal-Mart. I stay away from it as much as possible, buying my clothes 2nd hand from consignment stores and thrift stores, etc. Occasionally I'm forced into it though, without a steady income the cheapest prices are sometimes the only option.

Wal-Mart (and like minded stores) are like a cancer on america, and many of the poor, myself included in that, are like cancer patience without the finances to buy treatment, change our eating habits as needed, and do everything necessary to erradicate the deadly disease. The cure is only affordable by those who are profiting the most from the disease continuing and they are too short sighted to see that in the end it's going to get them too, not just the poor.

That's not communism, that's the realization that unbridled capitalism destroys entire nations.

So true. As I stated before, moderation is the key.

When I was growing up my parents taught me a powerful lesson. They never gave me an allowance. In fact there were times when I had to help pay to put food on the table. What they did do, however, is provide me a means of making money. For example, they loaned me the money to get my first set of hogs, and the food to feed them. When it came time to sell them, I first had to pay my parents back. Next, they instructed me to put money back for the next years hogs and food. This provided me with income for several years! I very thankful for the lessons that they gave me, and their method of teaching.

I may have a distorted perspective, but it appears to me that there is a lack of this mentality in the U.S. from the governmental level to the family level. We spend like there is no tommorow on easy credit. At the same time it seems like programs that are available to help people work their way out of poverty are being cut. To be honest, I do not know what the solution is, but I do know that what we are doing is not working.

"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." ~Theodore Roosevelt

Mark.

Originally Posted by FUD

Cain and Abel were brothers too .

Wal-Mart (and like minded stores) are like a cancer on america, and many of the poor, myself included in that, are like cancer patience without the finances to buy treatment, change our eating habits as needed, and do everything necessary to erradicate the deadly disease. The cure is only affordable by those who are profiting the most from the disease continuing and they are too short sighted to see that in the end it's going to get them too, not just the poor.

That's not communism, that's the realization that unbridled capitalism destroys entire nations.