Still Working

There’s an old Yankee expression (which if you are in the south, is an old southern expression; in the midwest, a midwestern expression and so on...), which is particularly true in rural areas everywhere. Nowadays, it is no doubt part of the environmental movement’s code as well. It is as follows:

Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do. Or do without.

Here are a few details of what is not quite yet used up or worn out and continues to be of service.