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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:45 PM Original message |
No plastic bags in L.A. stores beginning July 2010 |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nice-K&R.nt |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
102. I live outside of the city |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not before it was time; canvas or re-usable plastic bags |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow. I didn't know they were going to charge 25 cents for paper bags, too. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A number of years ago, stores in Tucson gave you five cents off your total for each bag you provided |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I get 5 cents back in LA now for each bag Ralph's doesn't use |
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Maryland Liberal (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. A slap in the face |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. no, they don't |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. i'm with you, harmonicon---just keep those canvas bags handy in the car and on the front door knob |
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CantGetFooledAgain (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ummm, do you understand the reason for the .25 charge? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Paper bags come from trees. Think about that for a second. Is it really worth it |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Maybe , if in aggregate , |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. Soon we will all have the habit of using permanent bags, and there will be no need for paper or |
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ptolle (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. recycled |
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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
87. Trees |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. That is not why they're charging that |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Why not just ban the paper bags too? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
82. Working on it |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. Can't fool you! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
108. hehe |
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RhodaGrits (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. here's from near me.... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sure we'll hear many howls of protest here |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. if anyone dares to howl protest, just remind 'em of the thousands of sea turtles and other animals |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
90. unfortunately, that's mostly bullshit... |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Shhh! Truth is not allowed here! |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Thanks for your post |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. even IF turtles aren't eating them, bags are obnoxious all over the beaches, sidewalks and parks! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. the same can be said of newspapers, glass & plastic bottles, fast food wrappers, and on and on... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #90 |
111. But more to the point... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. something sensible? wow! |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. I'm sure they're in a hurry... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. I could care less what their reasons are |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah!!!!!!!!! |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good news. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. best thing I've heard about LA ever! Now for the rest of the US |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I bring a huge bag I bought at IKEA into the stores. When I tell the checkout person to put the |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Seattle and the surrounding areas are getting on board |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Isn't that nuts? One can put a lot more stuff in canvas bags. |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
84. Have you ever tried? |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. I have one of those huge Ikea bags, too |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. They will... |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. Food chains are just using global warming as an excuse to pass.. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. You're onto something here |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I suspect they'll lose more from |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
81. Depending on which store. For example, |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. And an excuse to cut out high cost plastic products |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. And every time corporate America does something in the name of "saving the planet"... |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
92. Bingo. NT |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
107. It cost me two dollars to package a year's groceries |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
112. OMFG -- you're serious, aren't you? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. (My) reason why San Francisco was the first to ban them: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. It's only a partial ban anyway because small stores may still use plastic. n/t |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. California uber alles. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. LOL. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. What will they put their trash in? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Well, you got a place in the Pacific the size of Texas |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. If they had saved just a month's worth of bags, |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'm with you |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. Laws in NYC say garbage in plastic bags on the curb. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Those crappy bags aren't fit to be reused for groceries. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. All that's true. However, regarding shoe-travel: I have a pair of sock-like bags for my shoes... |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
83. I used to tease my first wife |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. this is great news. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. This recently became law in SF and almost overnight |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
100. Getting rid of the plastic bags, great idea. I'm not sold on the charge for paper |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Damn.... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Retooling out thought processes... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think it is great- all the more incentive to remember to bring my canvas ones. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. I've been taking canvas bags to the store for over 20 years. This is great news |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Does this in clude Joan Rivers? ouch! |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Great news for supermarkets who get to download costs onto consumers |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. WTF? because I keep canvas bags in my car I'm a sanctimonious moraliser? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I imagine that these little steps we as a world |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. DUzy |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
77. Nawww.... |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. huh? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. Boooorrrrinnnnng. Whine. |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
96. I hear ya on that |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Waaah waaaah |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
115. Just keep your bags in the trunk of your car, or get collapsable ones for your purse. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. The stores or the city should have to provide free canvas bags |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Seriously... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. exactly. Check out this site for many varieties of reusable bags. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. For some people, every dollar matters |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I don't know... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #55 |
86. "If you are in government support programs, then feel lucky." |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Thanks, but |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
75. I imagine that most poor people rely on a tote bag anyway. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
117. I used to have to ride the bus to go get my groceries, and I always used cloth bags |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
106. When you have NOTHING left at the end of the month with which to feed your children, |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. First, you want a free house, then you want a free bag? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. And by your little avatar, you want ....what????? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. Dude, Trader Joe's sells them for $1. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Well, DUDETTE, try considering what it really means to be POOR. Do you have a concept of HOMELESS?? |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. In my line of business... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. I've got a box full of those... |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #61 |
89. That's where I get mine...yard sales and thrift stores. Cheap! n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
93. I have a feeling that you will be required |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #93 |
113. I have a feeling that you're wrong |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. That's a really good idea for advertisers |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
79. If they use "a suite of canvas bags" for their grocery trips, then they have a vehicle, most likely. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
118. I used to take the bus to the grocery store to stock up, and used cloth bags. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. In 1986, all the grocery stores I went to in Germany required you to buy your |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It's amazing at how delayed we are in our efforts here in the US :( |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. 2010? Why not July NOW? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. That delay is inexplicable, imho. n/t |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
105. I don't get why the rest of the country isn't doing it.eom |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. Good for LA! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. We've started buying canvas bags. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Yep. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. I hate plastic bags--those "handles" cut right into my finger-joints, all the food squishes together |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. If they charged 3 cents a bag people would start binging their |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #72 |
85. 'Cos they think it will take two years ... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
80. Does this just apply to only markets or other retailers? |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
88. I re-use plastic bags for lots of things |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Same here.... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
114. I re-use the plastic bags for my trash. Now I will have to buy new rather than recycle. |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
99. Seems to me |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
103. Darn it! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
109. Good for LA. I've started using canvas bags recently, myself. |
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