The mighty world-improvers are set to convene again in Davos, Switzerland. I wasn't invited. But that won't stop me from showing the world how we can achieve Utopia. Think of a peasant grandmother, a babushka, walking down to the Volga River in the 1800s. She carries a basket of clothes for washing. At the river she chops a hole in the ice, and goes to work with her bare hands in the cold water. And she is using no electricity, no Russian gas, no coal or petroleum. How virtuous! The saints of Davos smileth upon her. A couple days ago my washboard arrived. I haven't had one since my trip to mainland Mexico. I remember the corrugated, galvanized steel washboard working quite well. My new washboard appears promising, that is, effective. It is just the right size for a 5 gallon bucket. It is lightweight and won't rust. But it is plastic, therefore, made from petrochemicals! It worked better than I hoped. Look at this, just from a couple small articles of cloth
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