From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!jss Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: TRASH Article-I.D.: brunix.1719 Posted: Fri Feb 25 20:54:02 1983 Received: Sat Feb 26 04:33:12 1983 References: houxv.119 just a guess: poor folks wear things out and throw out the remains instead of discarding things with a lot of use left in them to the Salvation Army or to poor relations? judith