tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520417522254048550.post4825721134379941929..comments2023-10-02T03:40:50.258-07:00Comments on jillysheep: Why are simple things complicated?Jillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00104126307586066155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520417522254048550.post-50885898889699770402009-07-26T05:57:01.834-07:002009-07-26T05:57:01.834-07:00My thoughts exactly. Clean enough is good enough ...My thoughts exactly. Clean enough is good enough for me and I've always said you need to ingest a few germs otherwise your immune system doesn't know what to fight.<br />I generally ignore most suggestions about new cleaning products though I have got the dishwasher one - partly out of curiosity.<br />Yes I would be interested in those articles please but no hurry.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104126307586066155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520417522254048550.post-37923326887748536762009-07-25T13:06:07.503-07:002009-07-25T13:06:07.503-07:00Simple things only get complicated if you let them...Simple things only get complicated if you let them by getting things out of proportion or priorities wrong. As a society we have this fetish about cleanliness and sterility. In many (most? all?) cases the old remedies were just as good and largely made from natural products. We don't need nasty synthetic chemical cleaners etc. which have to be fragranced to make us believe they're nice ad natural. Remember the object is to keep things clean enough, not to sterilse everything and defoliate the state. Clean enough means reducing the bug count below the threshold which triggers an infection; ingesting the few bugs doesn't hurt, in fact the opposite as they stimulate the immune system. This is why things like allergies and asthma have become much more common.<br /><br />Big business feeds the cleanliness fetish because it suits their ends to sell us more product. Resist: save money and the environment. After reading your post I came across two interesting articles, sadly neither appears to be online. The first is in the current (Aug 2009) issue of <i>Geographical</i> magazine and was about the unnecessary environmental impact of household cleaning products. The second was in the May 2009 issue of <i>BBC Wildlife</i> magazine and was about alternative cleaning recipes. The only thing which scores badly in the latter is a more natural alternative to washing (ie. laundry) powder. Otherwise it comes out in favour of things like olive oil, vinegar, lavendar and borax. If you wish I'll scan them and email you them as a PDF file.<br /><br />If MJH wants artificial alternatives, just tell him (a) how much money it wastes, (b) what they probably do to his allergies and (c) suggest that he takes over the tasks and pays for the products. If you're doing the jobs, you get the vote on how they're done, surely!<br /><br />Love ... K xxKeith (kcm)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13012662682711683850noreply@blogger.com