On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:06:38 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2018-11-30 2:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 8:10:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle
>
>>> sounds like the moms do this for themselves - not surprising in a
>>> community where the median household income is over $200k
>>
>> My understanding is that Canadians will put milk in a bag. I'm not
>> sure how that works or if it's even true.
>
> It's true. Milk is sold in cartons of various sizes; 250 ml, 500 ml,
> 1litre or 2 litre, basically half, pints, pints, quarts and 2 quarts.
> The gallon equivalent is sold in bags. The 4 litre size is a bag that
> contains 3 smaller plastic bags of about 1.3 litres each.
>
> You need a special pitcher to slip the individual bags into.
>
> https://www.living.ca/en/p-369932-lv..._wcB#sku382630
>
> or: http://mentalfloss.com/article/81468...rink-milk-bags

It's kinda incredible that after 60 years Canadians haven't adopted
a package of milk you can close with a lid rather than having
collecting bacteria from the air and turning to shit.

OTOH, the little bugs probably love that shit.

-sw