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Hactar
May 20, 2013, 3:13:03 PM5/20/13
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In article <XnsA1C687798...@94.75.214.39>,
Howard Hail <howart...@notmail.com> wrote:
> My supermarkets offer a tiny discount if I use reusable grocery bags, and I
> wish for the sake of old mother earth that I did, but I hate the cheap ones
> like this:
>
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dXmUdidSL._SY300_.jpg
>
> because they keep falling over, the handles always get tangled, they have
> no form, they tear under major weight, and so on.
>
> There are certainly expensive ones for sale, like this one
>
> http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/road-test-reusable-
> bags-00000000010689/index.html
>
> but it's $12 and I can't see spending $70+ on renewable bags in order to
> have enough for a major shopping trip.
>
> Is there any way to retrofit the standard bags with, uh, coathangers and
> cardboard and chewing gum or something else easily obtainable to make them
> better, stronger, faster? Something that will fold up compactly but also
> open up neatly and hold its form? I think I have a glue gun somewhere if
> that makes things easier, but any serious sewing is going to be out of the
> question.
Does the discount apply if you supply your own single-use bag, or does it
need to be reusable? What I'm thinking is that if the discount is worth
more than the purchase price, you could get your own paper bags.
12" x 7" x 17", no handle, $42 (about 8.4 cents each) in lots of 500:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-9621/Retail-Bags-Paper/Kraft-Paper-Grocery-Bags-12-x-7-x-17-1-6-Barrel
http://tinyurl.com/k9ukrd9
The used bag doubles as a cat toy even if the bottom is soggy or ripped.
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LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,
remember that when your appendix bursts next week. -- Weird Al
Howard Hail <howart...@notmail.com> wrote:
> My supermarkets offer a tiny discount if I use reusable grocery bags, and I
> wish for the sake of old mother earth that I did, but I hate the cheap ones
> like this:
>
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dXmUdidSL._SY300_.jpg
>
> because they keep falling over, the handles always get tangled, they have
> no form, they tear under major weight, and so on.
>
> There are certainly expensive ones for sale, like this one
>
> http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/road-test-reusable-
> bags-00000000010689/index.html
>
> but it's $12 and I can't see spending $70+ on renewable bags in order to
> have enough for a major shopping trip.
>
> Is there any way to retrofit the standard bags with, uh, coathangers and
> cardboard and chewing gum or something else easily obtainable to make them
> better, stronger, faster? Something that will fold up compactly but also
> open up neatly and hold its form? I think I have a glue gun somewhere if
> that makes things easier, but any serious sewing is going to be out of the
> question.
Does the discount apply if you supply your own single-use bag, or does it
need to be reusable? What I'm thinking is that if the discount is worth
more than the purchase price, you could get your own paper bags.
12" x 7" x 17", no handle, $42 (about 8.4 cents each) in lots of 500:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-9621/Retail-Bags-Paper/Kraft-Paper-Grocery-Bags-12-x-7-x-17-1-6-Barrel
http://tinyurl.com/k9ukrd9
The used bag doubles as a cat toy even if the bottom is soggy or ripped.
--
-eben QebWe...@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
LIBRA: A big promotion is just around the corner for someone
much more talented than you. Laughter is the very best medicine,
remember that when your appendix bursts next week. -- Weird Al
Hactar
Jun 12, 2013, 8:52:19 PM6/12/13
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In article <8gshr8de645389vp6...@4ax.com>,
Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:52:13 +0000 (UTC), Jesper Lauridsen
> <rors...@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote:
> >use for the bags so it's a 100% waste of money to buy one every time.
>
> If they are plastic then reuse them as garbage bags in the kitchen.
My wife made a bag bag, and we take in more bags than we use. And that's
with a bag every two days going to cans, and one or two per week going
for plastic recyclables.
Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:52:13 +0000 (UTC), Jesper Lauridsen
> <rors...@sorrystofanet.dk> wrote:
> >On 2013-05-20, Howard Hail <howart...@notmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> My supermarkets offer a tiny discount if I use reusable grocery bags, and I
> >> wish for the sake of old mother earth that I did, but I hate the cheap ones
> >> like this:
>
> >My supermarkets have always charged for bags so I reuse. I have no other
>
> >> My supermarkets offer a tiny discount if I use reusable grocery bags, and I
> >> wish for the sake of old mother earth that I did, but I hate the cheap ones
> >> like this:
>
> >use for the bags so it's a 100% waste of money to buy one every time.
>
> If they are plastic then reuse them as garbage bags in the kitchen.
My wife made a bag bag, and we take in more bags than we use. And that's
with a bag every two days going to cans, and one or two per week going
for plastic recyclables.
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