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...anything new except food, medicine and essential toiletries for a year? Thus was born a movement that they named, in a light-hearted way, after the 1621 Mayflower Compact. "We are a group of individuals committed to a 12-month flight from the consumer grid," they wrote in a chat-room manifesto that lists their aims as going "beyond recycling," reducing clutter in their homes and simplifying their lives: "Borrow, barter or buy used...
...Compact has no dues, no officers and no headquarters, but more than 7000 people have signed up for the chat room - two-thirds of them in the past month. The one-year project has turned into a long-term phenomenon, with chapters across the country from Oregon to Maine. Compacters are posting from Brazil to Britain, while television stations from China and Poland have broadcast reports on the movement. "My impulse buying urges have subsided," says Rachel Kesel, 26, one of the founders. "I've tried to lighten my impact on the planet...
Time for a Family Chat Re Joe Klein's "A father's inadvertent wisdom" [Dec. 4]: There appears to be an elephant in the living room of the Bush household. When Daddy can't discuss Iraq with his son because the son is in denial and Daddy doesn't want the son to feel grief, we have a gravely dysfunctional family. The only solution is an intervention not only by the son's immediate family but by our elected representatives as well. Please, Daddy Bush, gather the family and have that talk with your son. Marianne Ellis Sacramento, California...
Time for a Family Chat...
...asks me to take a semester off to prevent a complete breakdown” really saves a lot of time and stress on your part, not to mention generating some sympathy, goodwill, and possibly flowers from your acquaintances.Other added benefits of this truly economic e-mail system include a chat feature (which can be disabled to prevent unwanted contact with tech-savvy TFs), automatic spam filtering, nearly unlimited storage capacity, and a delightfully exclusive “invitation-only” system of adding new users. E-mails from your FAS account can easily be forwarded to gmail...