"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:59:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> I do have Costco bags. They're so horking huge it is difficult to lug a
>> fully filled one in the house. I did have to pay for them but they were
>> cheap.
>
> I didn't realize Costco sold bags. Do they still sell them?

Yes. I bought mine many years ago and they were in a weird place in the
store. Maybe by the batteries? I have seen them in other odd places.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:19:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:59:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I do have Costco bags. They're so horking huge it is difficult to lug a
> >> fully filled one in the house. I did have to pay for them but they were
> >> cheap.
> >
> > I didn't realize Costco sold bags. Do they still sell them?
>
> Yes. I bought mine many years ago and they were in a weird place in the
> store. Maybe by the batteries? I have seen them in other odd places.
>
Thanks, I'll ask the next time I'm there.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:35:59 -0400, "John Smythe"
> wrote:

>Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "John Smythe" > wrote:
>>
>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags. Edwards is no more.
>>>> Aldi charges for bags. It will be interesting to see how long Aldi
>>>> lasts.
>>>
>>> Aldi don't charge for bags 'round here. As far as I know, never
>>> have. I'd probably move if I lived where you do.
>>
>> The stores around here that want you to use the reusable bags offer
>> a $0.05 discount per bag that you use. It isn't big enough to hurt
>> them, but it is enough to make the customer feel good about it. That
>> is a much better method to increase their usage and discourage the
>> use of disposable bags than penalizing the customer for something
>> that is part of the cost of doing business for the company.
>
>I like that idea. I do a lot of my shopping at places like Sam's and
>Restaurant Depot. None of them even think about supplying bags. For
>smaller things, I do use the cloth bags when I actually remember to take
>them into the store, but usually I just unload the cart into the car or
>truck. No problems.

Exactly! No problems. I'm far from a tree hugger but I do try to not
waste. We've got a bunch of re-useable bags. They're not dirty and
they don't stink. I have no clue how long it's been since they've
been washed but they don't need it. I just got back from a vacation
and I'd rather wash my suitcase than the grocery bags. We just spent
85 bucks for parking at the airport and 48 at the motel so bitching
about a nickel for a bag because you didn't bring your own seems
really silly.

Also, when you have your own bags you pack your own and stuff doesn't
get smashed or broken.

Lou

On 25/10/2011 5:23 PM, sf wrote:

>> Most of the Asian markets I visit use red bags with black printing. One
>> has white bags with their logo in color.
>
> I know the pink bags he's talking about. I like them, but I'm not
> doubting my gender either.
>

If he has trouble with that now, I wonder how he is going to make out
when he gets to high school.

On 10/25/2011 6:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 25/10/2011 5:23 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>> Most of the Asian markets I visit use red bags with black printing. One
>>> has white bags with their logo in color.
>>
>> I know the pink bags he's talking about. I like them, but I'm not
>> doubting my gender either.
>>
>
> If he has trouble with that now, I wonder how he is going to make out
> when he gets to high school.

er, "make out" as in 'make out in Life in the long run' or 'make out
with another person'? - OK, it's a rhetorical question/statement!

Sky

--

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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:10:45 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:

>On 10/25/2011 3:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 10/24/2011 3:05 PM, Andy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There was a movie, I forget the name or the actor. He was in a large
>>>> supermarket in an overcoat and he shopped and put everything in his
>>>> overcoat. He didn't stop to check-out. You almost thought he was
>>>> shoplifting but on his way out of the door an airport like metal
>>>> detector
>>>> scanned every item on him, totalled it and put it on his credit card
>>>> bill.
>>>>
>>>> I thought that was a very high tech idea!!!
>>>>
>>>> Should happen, someday!
>>>
>>> It's entirely possible to stick RFID doo-hickys on most things. I like
>>> the idea of just walking out with your stuff a lot. Sign me up. :-)
>>>
>>
>> Depends on where you live, I guess. What do you do when it's hot
>> outside? Carry a coat with lots of pockets around with you? LOL
>>
>> Jill
>
>Oddly enough, distributing the load evenly on the jacket of many
>pockets, even 20-30 lbs of stuff can be carried easily. On hot days, you
>wear a coat of many pickets and vents.

What's wrong with a backpack?

Lou

"Julie Bove" > wrote
>
> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the East
> coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>

Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
parking lot.

In article >,
says...
>
> J. Clarke wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> J. Clarke wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> lid says...
> >>>>
> >>> Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags. Edwards is no more.
> >>> Aldi charges for bags. It will be interesting to see how long Aldi
> >>> lasts.
> >>
> >> Aldi don't charge for bags 'round here. As far as I know, never
> >> have. I'd probably move if I lived where you do.
> >
> > I bet your "Aldi" doesn't require a deposit on shopping carts either.
>
> They did. Don't now. I am guessing that too many people complained, and
> started shopping elsewhere. Sort of like your statement above: "Edwards
> Food Warehouse used to charge for bags. Edwards is no more."
>
> That sure makes sense to me.

So you're saying that your Aldi operates contrary to the published
policies of the national Aldi chain?

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>>
>> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
>> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>>
>
> Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
> parking lot.

Or stealing them.

Cheri

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:57:26 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> > wrote:
>
> > In the Midwest, Aldi has lasted a third of a century so far. At first
> > they didn't even sell bags -- you could use empty boxes, or just throw
> > your shopping into the trunk, a la Costco. Costco's doing OK, too.
>
> It sounds awful.

It's not awful, but their selection sucks and after paying for the gas
to get there I don't save enough for it to be worthwhile. I pass a Big
Y on the way home from work--not the cheapest place in the world but I
don't have to go ten miles out of my way to get there either.

"Lou Decruss" <>
> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. As far
> as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
> that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
> If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
> car.
>
My goodness. The hassle you folks put up with. There are always plenty of
roomy parking places available. I am not charged for a cart. The butcher,
produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask if I'm
"finding everything". I do not bring my own bags. I do not bag my own
purchases. The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my groceries
to the car. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I probably wouldn't last a
week living in your big cities. Polly

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:55:30 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:57:26 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > In the Midwest, Aldi has lasted a third of a century so far. At first
> > > they didn't even sell bags -- you could use empty boxes, or just throw
> > > your shopping into the trunk, a la Costco. Costco's doing OK, too.
> >
> > It sounds awful.
>
> It's not awful, but their selection sucks and after paying for the gas
> to get there I don't save enough for it to be worthwhile. I pass a Big
> Y on the way home from work--not the cheapest place in the world but I
> don't have to go ten miles out of my way to get there either.
>

Everything you've said, even about the selection, makes it sound
awful. <shrug> I'm glad it's not even an option for me.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

J. Clarke wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>> The stores around here have most meat hermetically sealed with an
>>> inert- gas fill these days. If it's leaking I'd avoid it.
>>
>> More likely than not, that "inert- gas" is Carbon Monoxide and is
>> put in there to keep the meat bright red looking, even when/if the
>> meat is spoiled.
>
> <pats little Johnny on head> What a bright boy you are. Now you can
> go out and play.

Hey, if you don't believe it, go look it up. Of course, you could continue
to keep your head stuck in the sand. It's no skin off of my nose what you
like to eat.

J. Clarke wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> lid says...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags. Edwards is no
>>>>> more. Aldi charges for bags. It will be interesting to see how
>>>>> long Aldi lasts.
>>>>
>>>> Aldi don't charge for bags 'round here. As far as I know, never
>>>> have. I'd probably move if I lived where you do.
>>>
>>> I bet your "Aldi" doesn't require a deposit on shopping carts
>>> either.
>>
>> They did. Don't now. I am guessing that too many people
>> complained, and started shopping elsewhere. Sort of like your
>> statement above: "Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags.
>> Edwards is no more."
>>
>> That sure makes sense to me.
>
> So you're saying that your Aldi operates contrary to the published
> policies of the national Aldi chain?

I don't remember saying that, but you could interpret it that way. I am
just telling you what I have seen. In three stores, even. But you can
make all of the claims you want to. It doesn't change what happens in the
real world around here. Of course it could be that I live in a test
market. Stranger things than that have happened.

On 25/10/2011 10:51 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>>>
>>> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
>>> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>>>
>>
>> Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over
>> the parking lot.
>
> Or stealing them.

Around here the discount stores in the less affluent areas are chained
with coin locks so you have to slip in a Loonie to get a cart and you
get you dollar back when you return the cart. It doesn't just get the
carts back from the parking lot. Some of the customers take the carts
home. Someone else will bring them back for the dollar.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:51:36 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote
> >>
> >> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
> >> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
> >>
> >
> > Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
> > parking lot.
>
> Or stealing them.
>
Stealing wasn't a huge problem here, but people would "drive" them
home and abandon them... so some people had (past tense) small
businesses picking up carts and returning them to the store. That
stopped with the invisible fence that disables a cart wheel when you
cross the line.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

In article >, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> The closest Asian food store now has signs at the
> >> checkstands saying bags will no longer be free
> >> starting on Jan 1. Presumably this is the beginning
> >> of the end at all stores everywhere.
> >>
> >> What's next? Free over-the-air TV? Land lines?
> >> The world I knew is disappearing.
> >
> > I don't mind paying for bags, as much as I mind the pink Asian bags. In
> > Massachusetts
> > the color pink means you're ***.
>
> What? Since when? I lived there and never heard any such thing.

but you're not very observant

On 10/25/2011 7:30 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:19:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:59:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do have Costco bags. They're so horking huge it is difficult to lug a
>>>> fully filled one in the house. I did have to pay for them but they were
>>>> cheap.
>>>
>>> I didn't realize Costco sold bags. Do they still sell them?
>>
>> Yes. I bought mine many years ago and they were in a weird place in the
>> store. Maybe by the batteries? I have seen them in other odd places.
>>
> Thanks, I'll ask the next time I'm there.
>
Aldi has the big cloth ones, too. I like that one, and I just ask the
bagger not to fill it with all heavy stuff.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>>
>> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
>> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>>
>
> Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
> parking lot.

Perhaps that was it. We moved from NY over 7 years ago. I only know of one
store where you had to put a quarter in. I think if you were a member, you
got some sort of key that went in it. I saw cockroaches in their produce
department so I quit shopping there.

People don't leave carts all over the parking lots here. They use the cart
returns.

"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Lou Decruss" <>
>> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. As far
>> as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
>> that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
>> If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
>> car.
>>
> My goodness. The hassle you folks put up with. There are always plenty
> of roomy parking places available. I am not charged for a cart. The
> butcher, produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask if
> I'm "finding everything". I do not bring my own bags. I do not bag my
> own purchases. The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my
> groceries to the car. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I probably
> wouldn't last a week living in your big cities. Polly

I don't live in a big city.

On Oct 25, 8:29*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> "Lou Decruss" <>> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. *As far
> > as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
> > that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
> > If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
> > car.
>
> My goodness. *The hassle you folks put up with. *There are always plenty of
> roomy parking places available. *I am not charged for a cart. The butcher,
> produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask if I'm
> "finding everything". * I do not bring my own bags. *I do not bag my own
> purchases. *The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my groceries
> to the car. *Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. *I probably wouldn't last a
> week living in your big cities. *Polly

The first Aldi I saw was in Hannibal, Mo. Not a big city as I think of
them. It sold good quality imperishables for a low price. Later they
added perishables.

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:

>> Expecially when buying heavy things like glass bottles, be it tomato
>> preserve or wine.

> Whereas our stores will provide a box for things like that, rather
> than put the onus on the customer.

That's something I'd really appreciate. Here very few stores pile up their
empty used boxes of goods near the exit, so that we costumers can reuse
them.

sf wrote:

>> Expecially when buying heavy things like glass bottles, be it tomato
>> preserve or wine.

> They have reusable six pack bags for wine similar sized bottles too.

As you already imagine... I had to buy one myself.

Andy wrote:

> At the supermarket, I use the electric shopping carts when my feet
> hurt.

I'll have a lot to wait, methinks, in order to see local stores adopting
electric shopping carts!

Those would make Bubbles go nuts. Oh wait... LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVnwqUC0X88

On Oct 25, 11:46*pm, "ViLco" > wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > At the supermarket, I use the electric shopping carts when my feet
> > hurt.
>
> I'll have a lot to wait, methinks, in order to see local stores adopting
> electric shopping carts!

You probably don't have so many morbidly obese shoppers as we do in
the US. An associate of mine used one after diabetes prompted
amputation of his lower legs.

In article >, says...
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote
> >>
> >> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
> >> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
> >>
> >
> > Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
> > parking lot.
>
> Or stealing them.

Somehow I don't think that a quarter is much of a deterrent to theft.

In article >, says...
>
> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Lou Decruss" <>
> >> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. As far
> >> as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
> >> that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
> >> If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
> >> car.
> >>
> > My goodness. The hassle you folks put up with. There are always plenty
> > of roomy parking places available. I am not charged for a cart. The
> > butcher, produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask if
> > I'm "finding everything". I do not bring my own bags. I do not bag my
> > own purchases. The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my
> > groceries to the car. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I probably
> > wouldn't last a week living in your big cities. Polly
>
> I don't live in a big city.

If it's truly a "big city" then you won't find a parking lot and the
whole thing becomes moot.

In article >,
says...
>
> J. Clarke wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> J. Clarke wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> says...
> >>>>
> >>>> J. Clarke wrote:
> >>>>> In article >,
> >>>>> lid says...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags. Edwards is no
> >>>>> more. Aldi charges for bags. It will be interesting to see how
> >>>>> long Aldi lasts.
> >>>>
> >>>> Aldi don't charge for bags 'round here. As far as I know, never
> >>>> have. I'd probably move if I lived where you do.
> >>>
> >>> I bet your "Aldi" doesn't require a deposit on shopping carts
> >>> either.
> >>
> >> They did. Don't now. I am guessing that too many people
> >> complained, and started shopping elsewhere. Sort of like your
> >> statement above: "Edwards Food Warehouse used to charge for bags.
> >> Edwards is no more."
> >>
> >> That sure makes sense to me.
> >
> > So you're saying that your Aldi operates contrary to the published
> > policies of the national Aldi chain?
>
> I don't remember saying that, but you could interpret it that way. I am
> just telling you what I have seen. In three stores, even. But you can
> make all of the claims you want to. It doesn't change what happens in the
> real world around here. Of course it could be that I live in a test
> market. Stranger things than that have happened.

Where is "around here"?

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:51:36 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
m...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>>>
>>> They used to in PA. Don't know if they still do. Also common on the
>>> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>>>
>>
>> Charge? Do you mean deposit? Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
>> parking lot.
>
>Or stealing them.

I don't think so... the deposit is only a quarter in a slot to release
the chain... no one who wants to steal a cart will be detered for
25¢... and in neighborhoods where people steal carts they'd mug an old
woman for her cart. In some ghetto hoods the carts can't leave the
store, they erect physical barriers that the carts won't fit through
so that customers need to drive up to the loading space to stow their
grocereies. In inner city hoods many people don't own vehicles, if
not for the barrio barriers it wouldn't be a day before a store
wouldn't have a single cart.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:40:19 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
> wrote:

>In article >, "Julie Bove" >
>wrote:
>
>> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> The closest Asian food store now has signs at the
>> >> checkstands saying bags will no longer be free
>> >> starting on Jan 1. Presumably this is the beginning
>> >> of the end at all stores everywhere.
>> >>
>> >> What's next? Free over-the-air TV? Land lines?
>> >> The world I knew is disappearing.
>> >
>> > I don't mind paying for bags, as much as I mind the pink Asian bags. In
>> > Massachusetts
>> > the color pink means you're ***.
>>
>> What? Since when? I lived there and never heard any such thing.
>
>but you're not very observant.

Pink means Breast Care.

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:24:32 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> also has a plastic bag "recycle" center, so folks can dump their excess bags in there,

The actual recycling part is a gray area though.
http://www.politifact.com/oregon/sta...eally-recycla/

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:24:57 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
> > Also, when you have your own bags you pack your own and stuff doesn't
> > get smashed or broken.
>
> That is not the case here. They still pack the reusable bags, unless
> you insist otherwise.

Agreed. They treat reusable bags like any other. The only time my
own bags wouldn't be packed for me is if I went to one of those pack
it yourself type stores. I guess our baggers are better trained
because I never have a problem with smashed or broken things.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:46:09 +0200, "ViLco" > wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>
> > At the supermarket, I use the electric shopping carts when my feet
> > hurt.
>
> I'll have a lot to wait, methinks, in order to see local stores adopting
> electric shopping carts!
>
> Those would make Bubbles go nuts. Oh wait... LOL
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVnwqUC0X88
>
What's funny about that?


--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Oct 26, 9:23*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:51:36 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> m...
>
> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>
> >>> They used to in PA. *Don't know if they still do. *Also common on the
> >>> East coast was a charge for a shopping cart.
>
> >> Charge? *Do you mean deposit? *Keeps slobs from leaving them all over the
> >> parking lot.
>
> >Or stealing them.
>
> I don't think so... the deposit is only a quarter in a slot to release
> the chain... no one who wants to steal a cart will be detered for
> 25¢... and in neighborhoods where people steal carts they'd mug an old
> woman for her cart. In some ghetto hoods the carts can't leave the
> store, they erect physical barriers that the carts won't fit through
> so that customers need to drive up to the loading space to stow their
> grocereies. *In inner city hoods many people don't own vehicles, if
> not for the barrio barriers it wouldn't be a day before a store
> wouldn't have a single cart.

In Chicago, the grandmas would all have those two wheel wire mesh
carts to haul their groceries home. Fancier versions are popular in
Paris for the heavy shopping. http://www.chariot-course.com/

On 10/25/2011 3:45 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
> What's wrong with a backpack?
>
> Lou

My guess is that you'd look like a boy scout. OTOH, a coat with many
pockets and vents does tend to make you look like a homeless person.

On 10/25/2011 5:29 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> "Lou Decruss" <>
>> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. As far
>> as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
>> that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
>> If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
>> car.
>>
> My goodness. The hassle you folks put up with. There are always plenty
> of roomy parking places available. I am not charged for a cart. The
> butcher, produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask
> if I'm "finding everything". I do not bring my own bags. I do not bag my
> own purchases. The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my
> groceries to the car. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I probably
> wouldn't last a week living in your big cities. Polly

We're turning into a nation of savages. :-)

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:19:07 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> In Chicago, the grandmas would all have those two wheel wire mesh
> carts to haul their groceries home.

Better known as "granny carts" or folding shopping cart.

> Fancier versions are popular in
> Paris for the heavy shopping. http://www.chariot-course.com/

I'll be buying one next year - after the Whole Foods opens within
walking distance from me.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

In article >, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1>
wrote:


> >> > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >> The closest Asian food store now has signs at the
> >> >> checkstands saying bags will no longer be free
> >> >> starting on Jan 1. Presumably this is the beginning
> >> >> of the end at all stores everywhere.
> >> >>
> >> >> What's next? Free over-the-air TV? Land lines?
> >> >> The world I knew is disappearing.
> >> >
> >> > I don't mind paying for bags, as much as I mind the pink Asian bags. In
> >> > Massachusetts
> >> > the color pink means you're ***.
> >>
> >> What? Since when? I lived there and never heard any such thing.
> >
> >but you're not very observant.
>
> Pink means Breast Care.

Pink means breast hoax. ask yourself how many times you've heard Komen or anyone
mention breast cancer in men (which is more frequently fatal than in women)?

On Oct 26, 1:02*pm, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" <atlas-
> wrote:
> In article >, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> > >> > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >> >> The closest Asian food store now has signs at the
> > >> >> checkstands saying bags will no longer be free
> > >> >> starting on Jan 1. *Presumably this is the beginning
> > >> >> of the end at all stores everywhere.
>
> > >> >> What's next? *Free over-the-air TV? *Land lines?
> > >> >> The world I knew is disappearing.
>
> > >> > I don't mind paying for bags, as much as I mind the pink Asian bags. In
> > >> > Massachusetts
> > >> > the color pink means you're ***.
>
> > >> What? *Since when? *I lived there and never heard any such thing..
>
> > >but you're not very observant.
>
> > Pink means Breast Care.
>
> Pink means breast hoax. ask yourself how many times you've heard Komen or anyone
> mention breast cancer in men (which is more frequently fatal than in women)?

Do you suffer from Moobs?

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:46:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Lou Decruss" <>
>>>> We carry our own bags so I could care less about the charge. As far
>>>> as the cart deposit I'd rather lend them a quarter than shop someplace
>>>> that has the big pipes in the walk so you can't wheel it to the car.
>>>> If you shop alone you have to leave your cart unattended to get the
>>>> car.
>>>>
>>> My goodness. The hassle you folks put up with. There are always plenty
>>> of roomy parking places available. I am not charged for a cart. The
>>> butcher, produce clerk, manager and stock guys greet me by name and ask
>>> if
>>> I'm "finding everything". I do not bring my own bags. I do not bag my
>>> own purchases. The cashier always asks if I would like help taking my
>>> groceries to the car. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I probably
>>> wouldn't last a week living in your big cities. Polly
>>
>>I don't live in a big city.
>>
> What's the population and what do you consider big?

Population is about 30,000. I used to think Seattle was a big city. But it
is not compared to places like New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia. I
would say those places are big cities.