On 5/23/2012 3:20 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

> If you don't load your bag with a lot of heavy garbage, Consumer
> Reports says consider Costco's Kirkland Signature Drawstring Trash
> bags. At 7 cents a bag, they're half the price and are still pretty
> strong.

The Costco bags work for me, I have loaded them to the gills to
the point where they were not easy to pick up and never had a
problem. Most of the time, my trash just isn't that heavy.

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.

nancy

On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:48 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

>On 5/23/2012 3:20 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
>> If you don't load your bag with a lot of heavy garbage, Consumer
>> Reports says consider Costco's Kirkland Signature Drawstring Trash
>> bags. At 7 cents a bag, they're half the price and are still pretty
>> strong.
>
>The Costco bags work for me, I have loaded them to the gills to
>the point where they were not easy to pick up and never had a
>problem. Most of the time, my trash just isn't that heavy.
>
>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.
>
>nancy
>
Ditto for me. I can load it as heavy and awkward as I or my husband
can carry. I also dislike having to keep an eye on that kind of
supply.
Janet US

On 5/24/2012 10:40 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:48 -0400, Nancy Young<replyto@inemail>

>> 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.

> Ditto for me. I can load it as heavy and awkward as I or my husband
> can carry. I also dislike having to keep an eye on that kind of
> supply.

I'm not the best shopper in the world, but I do try to buy
things on sale, so add watching the ads for a special on bags
before I run out to even remembering to put them on the list, it's
more effort than I care to expend.

nancy

On Thu, 24 May 2012 13:05:57 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

>On 5/24/2012 10:40 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:48 -0400, Nancy Young<replyto@inemail>
>
>>> 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.
>
>> Ditto for me. I can load it as heavy and awkward as I or my husband
>> can carry. I also dislike having to keep an eye on that kind of
>> supply.
>
>I'm not the best shopper in the world, but I do try to buy
>things on sale, so add watching the ads for a special on bags
>before I run out to even remembering to put them on the list, it's
>more effort than I care to expend.
>
>nancy
>
I hear ya. ;o) i have what I call a running shopping list. There's
the stuff to buy now and the stuff that will run out soon. I'm just
not good searching out what may be short before I go shopping. So the
list is on the computer in the kitchen and as something runs out or is
about to, it goes on the list. That's also where I keep the sizes or
code for the vacuum bags, furnace filters, hubby's shirts and pants
and lots of other invaluable stuff. When the computer destroys my
list I am in panic mode!
Janet US

On 5/24/2012 2:33 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 13:05:57 -0400, Nancy Young<replyto@inemail>

>> I'm not the best shopper in the world, but I do try to buy
>> things on sale, so add watching the ads for a special on bags
>> before I run out to even remembering to put them on the list, it's
>> more effort than I care to expend.

> I hear ya. ;o) i have what I call a running shopping list. There's
> the stuff to buy now and the stuff that will run out soon. I'm just
> not good searching out what may be short before I go shopping. So the
> list is on the computer in the kitchen and as something runs out or is
> about to, it goes on the list. That's also where I keep the sizes or
> code for the vacuum bags, furnace filters, hubby's shirts and pants
> and lots of other invaluable stuff. When the computer destroys my
> list I am in panic mode!

Very organized! I'm impressed. I have been thinking of
picking up one of those white boards that stick to your refrigerator.

Luckily I live close to shopping, so if I forget something, I'll
be in the store soon enough.

nancy

On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:21:12 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

> Very organized! I'm impressed. I have been thinking of
> picking up one of those white boards that stick to your refrigerator.

Did you know there's a product called Dry Erase paint?
http://www.ideapaint.com/work/ideapaint/
http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=128
You can paint a patch of wall somewhere convenient, the inside of a
cupboard door, or if you're up to it - paint your refrigerator door.

--

You are what you eat, so avoid fruitcake and nuts.

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.

On Thu, 24 May 2012 10:39:10 -0500, Hell Toupee >
wrote:

>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.

Some have the basement shelves gene.

"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.


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

jmcquown wrote:
> I use the small plastic grocery bags for lining small waste baskets
> for paper products and, yes, for used kitty litter.
>
> Jill
Classy!

EarlDouchebag wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>> I use the small plastic grocery bags for lining small waste baskets
>> for paper products and, yes, for used kitty litter.
>
>Classy!

Classier then you, earl douchebag.

And what kind of name is earl... a trailer trash faggot name... I bet
all your uncles and gramps had at your ass.

Sh-sh-shelley squawked:

> And what kind of name is earl... a trailer trash faggot name... I bet
> all your uncles and gramps had at your ass.

Wow. You really are smart, just like that other smart guy said.
Really, really smart. What a genius. I am SOOOO impressed.

On May 24, 1:53*pm, "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.
>
> 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 ask for a big paper bag when I know it's time to empty my shredder.
It all goes to the recyck sorting depot. We have single stream now.
I was happy to see that the folks down the street have finally used
their recyck bin and also put out many cardboard boxes.

The best bags for the kitty litter pail come from my local package
store. Stronger than the usual groc. bags. 'Ey, gotta protect all
that gin and vermouth.

"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.
>
>
> 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

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.
>>
>>
>> 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

Description.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051

Greg

"gregz" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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

(snipage)

So, I should drive 60+ miles to Savannah, Georgia to find a Home Depot?
Why? So I can buy an orange shopping bag or two? I think not. LOL While I
admire the idea of grocery store tote-bags, it doesn't fit with in my
reality. Ineed, I need more than a couple of canvas tote bags to carry the
groceries.

Jill

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.
>
>
> 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

Here, if you want a paper bag, you have to say that immediately.
They are really quick to start putting things in plastic bags. I
like to calculate how many bags I need for things like kitty
litter and trash. I have lots of reusable bags too.

--
Jean B.

On 5/24/2012 11:39 AM, Hell Toupee wrote:
> 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.

That's not a bad description, but I don't have years of
paper products jammed under the beds and filling all the
closets. Not like that.

nancy

On May 24, 11:39*am, Hell Toupee > wrote:
> 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.

My grandmother had drawers LINED with bars of soap.

Knew woman who had 55 cans of coffee in basement.
Must have lived thru a shortage or two.

Kalmia wrote:
>
> My grandmother had drawers LINED with bars of soap.

I have a ton of bar soap at home. I like herbal scented ones so I buy
them at fairs and I keep an assortment on hand. It's easy to stay a
year or two ahead of my consumption. Then my wife tried her hand at
home made soap as a hobby. It's nice stuff but we must have 4+ years
worth in the closet right now. No buying bar soap for a long time.

> Knew woman who had 55 cans of coffee in basement.
> Must have lived thru a shortage or two.

That or memory loss. I remember than from when my MIL was alive. I
think we still have not run out of cleaning materials she bought. She
could not remember what she had in her apartment downstairs so every
time my wife took her to the grocery store she bought something from the
clenaing materials aisle. When she died the stuff was all over the
place in her rooms. Canned soup behind her socks even.

On May 25, 3:47*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Kalmia wrote:
>
> > My grandmother had drawers LINED with bars of soap.
>
> I have a ton of bar soap at home. *I like herbal scented ones so I buy
> them at fairs and I keep an assortment on hand. *It's easy to stay a
> year or two ahead of my consumption. *Then my wife tried her hand at
> home made soap as a hobby. *It's nice stuff but we must have 4+ years
> worth in the closet right now. *No buying bar soap for a long time.
>
> > Knew woman who had 55 cans of coffee in basement.
> > Must have lived thru a shortage or two.
>
> That or memory loss. *I remember than from when my MIL was alive. *I
> think we still have not run out of cleaning materials she bought. *She
> could not remember what she had in her apartment

The coffee hoarder was just kinda stupid - every time there was a
sale, she bought more. You couldn't make her see that she was tying
up a lot of money in cawfee and that the sales would outrun her
consumption. She was the lady who watched the wedding of Charles and
Di and wanted to know who the prince was. Duh. "Is he the one with
the sword?", she asked.

On May 24, 11:45*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:48 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 5/23/2012 3:20 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> >> If you don't load your bag with a lot of heavy garbage, Consumer
> >> Reports says consider Costco's Kirkland Signature Drawstring Trash
> >> bags. At 7 cents a bag, they're half the price and are still pretty
> >> strong.
>
> > The Costco bags work for me, I have loaded them to the gills to
> > the point where they were not easy to pick up and never had a
> > problem. *Most of the time, my trash just isn't that heavy.
>
> > 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.
>
> The last box of Costco bags lasted me 4 years. *I just had to buy some
> a couple weeks ago (not from Costco). *I remember when I bought them
> because it was the same week I started a new job - May of 2008.
>
> 200 bags at one bag a week (trash pickup once a week) = 52 bags a year
> = 4 years. *They must have given me a few extras because it was 4
> years down to the exact week (May 5th).
>
> -sw

Gee, I'm glad you helped us with all that math. Where did you get
your degree? : ))

On 5/24/2012 11:45 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:48 -0400, 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.
>
> The last box of Costco bags lasted me 4 years. I just had to buy some
> a couple weeks ago (not from Costco). I remember when I bought them
> because it was the same week I started a new job - May of 2008.

Now that's a long time. I didn't want to say it lasts me 2 years
because it seems like such a long time that even I didn't believe
it. We have twice a week trash pickup, and I use the bags for other
things as well. Like cat litter (sniffle) or to bring stuff somewhere
or for storing things.

nancy