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How tough are your trash bags?
gregz > wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> "Hell Toupee" > wrote in message ...
>>> On 5/24/2012 6:36 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> And buying a big box appeals to the part of me that hates having
>>>> to keep an eye on supplies like that. A box lasts me well over
>>>> a year.
>>>
>>> A friend of mine describes that as 'the toilet paper gene'. She says a >
>>> person either has that gene or s/he doesn't. People who have it keep
>>> their > closets stocked up.
>>
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>> I have two bathrooms so I tend to buy the 12 pack of toilet paper and
>> split it between each bathroom. That's one thing you definitely don't want to run out of!
>>
>> I also buy a large box of kitchen trash bags, usually the store brand
>> unless Hefty or Glad is on sale or I have a coupon. My kitchen trash
>> doesn't weigh all that much and I've never had a bag break. I use 13
>> gallon tall kitchen bags. I use the small plastic grocery bags for
>> lining small waste baskets for paper products and, yes, for used kitty litter.
>>
>> Previously when I've done cat-sitting for my friend/neighbor when she's
>> out of town she had me scooping their litterbox into expensive zip-lock
>> bags. Even the store brands of those are expensive! When she went out of
>> town last week, this time she had me scooping kitty litter into plastic
>> grocery bags she'd saved. (I have twice a week trash pickup so it wasn't
>> like I left stinky clumps of cat poo/pee sitting there in bags for her
>> return a week later!)
>>
>> Some of us remember the days when they didn't ask, "Paper or plastic?"
>> You can still get paper bags at the grocery store. Or carry a tote bag.
>> (That only works if you're buying a few items... I tend to stock up once
>> a month. Not really an option for me.) I'm all for paper bags, sure.
>> But they don't work well in a tall kitchen trash can or even in a short
>> waste paper basket.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I don't have a problem with standard bags. I happened to buy a big box that
> lasted me a long time at the home depot. Which brings me to the subject of
> shopping bags. I picked up, need more, orange bags at the home depot. These
> huge bags open up and clips fit over shopping cart. You can put a lot of
> stuff in. They are very strong. Good for all kinds of carrying stuff.
> Couple bucks each.
>
> Greg
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Greg
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