I am 76 and both my parents were in their 20s during the Great (the real one) Depression. I admit I have never sharpened razor blades though! I still straighten old nails when I have to. Yea I have washed and reused paper towels. I would today, but my wife would make fun of me. She was raised by her grandparents that were as old as my (Depression era) parents. Yea, I have been up and I have been down. God Almighty has seen me thru so far.