Subj : Ultimate Back Scratcher?
To   : Ed Vance
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Mon Sep 07 2020 18:28:10

Hi, Ed!  Your name seems familiar to me.  If you've posted in SURVIVOR before, welcome back.  If you haven't, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. Recently you wrote in a message to All:

EV>  The "Bottle Brush" I have, has a long handle of
EV>  twisted wires.


          We have one of those.  I figure it's at least thirty-five years old, but it still does the job.  :-)



EV>  I can use it all over my back.


          The handle is flexible too.  Very clever....  :-)



EV>  The Bottle Brush is a lot better than the plastic
EV>  Back Scratcher that has the shape of a very small
EV>  hand on the end of it that I won while trying to
EV>  win one of the better prizes at a Game of Chance
EV>  in the Arcade at a Amusement Park years ago.


          Our daughter has one like that.  She's never used it very often, but keeps it for decorative & sentimental reasons....  :-)



EV>  The long tiny handle broke when I used it many years
EV>  ago and the pieces were thrown in the trash.


          Many such things do appear to be rather flimsy.  In her case some of the fingers broke off, and were probably vacuumed up before I noticed....  :-Q



EV>  I threw those pieces away long before any "Recycling
EV>  Program" was thought of to recycle plastic to keep it
EV>  out of the trash or getting in the waterways.


          Understood... but now that we have such programs, I'll share with my readers what I do with small pieces of plastic.  The folks who empty recycling bins can't be bothered with things like that.  If I put several of them into a plastic container from the deli, however, they seem to accept it gladly.  If I put various bits of metal into a coffee can which is made of mixed materials & would otherwise be rejected, they'll take it.  But if they don't know what the heck something is... although I have carefully removed any offending bits made of different materials... and write it off as garbage, I leave it near the top of the garbage bin where a homeless dumpster diver could find it easily.  Such people may be overjoyed to see something weird made entirely of metal....  :-)



EV>  I will keep using that Bottle Brush (or a replacement
EV>  for it) as a Back Scratcher, until I learn of some
EV>  other way to scratch what itches on my back that works
EV>  better. It works for Me!, but I'm open to learn of any
EV>  other instrument that anyone uses or knows about that
EV>  does the job as well or better. Estecially if the cost
EV>  for that other thing is very cheap.


          $11.50 CDN, at a local shop, for a bottle brush with an "extra long" (12") handle.  Cheaper ones tend to have shorter handles, but Amazon offers an extensive range of styles at various prices.

          What else would serve your needs & can be found for less than $10 in this part of the world?  A bath brush, maybe.  That's what we use at home, but if you want something which will outlive you I think you got it right....  :-)



EV>  I don't know what a Bottle Brush replacement sells for
EV>  today but if I need to buy another one the Scotchman
EV>  part of me won't keep me from buying one if I need
EV>  another one.


          One of the most important things my ex-Brit ancestors taught me was, as John Molloy said WRT clothing, the idea of "cost per wearing"... [chuckle].




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

.