Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dining room noise and leftovers

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

> Now if only we could solve
>the problems of the noisy dining room, the crush to get food at 6 p.m., the
>occasional goof when we run out of something and how to deal with leftovers.
>I've actually made a proposal for these issues (stretched-out meal service,
>cook more than you could possibly need, have a weekly leftover potluck), but
>the community in its wisdom hasn't adopted it yet. Any suggestions from others
>on how to deal with these matters?

I visited a community where they had taken a paint drop cloth, given 
the community kids a bunch of primary colored paints and let the kids 
hand print, paint, doodle and such all over the drop cloth.  They then 
cut it in two, stretched them over a 2X2 wood frame, filled the back 
side with leftover insulation and hung them on the wall.  The result 
was  cool looking paintings which really absorbed sound.  Total cost: $20.

I am having wonderful lasagna and salad for lunch today, thanks to 
leftovers from Sunday dinner.  $2.  Great deal, gets our leftovers 
eaten up usually.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood.