On 07-12-18 17:43, Ruth Haffly <=-
spoke to Nancy Backus about Biscuits was: bbq <=-
We take it out weekly just to keep on a consistant routine. Easy to remember that the trash gets rounded up on a certain night, then taken
out to the curb. Of course if the inside cans are full before the week
is up, they go out then. We also recycle plastic bags from (wherever)
into trash bags. (G)
Dale Shipp wrote to Ruth Haffly <=-
We take it out weekly just to keep on a consistant routine. Easy to remember that the trash gets rounded up on a certain night, then taken
out to the curb. Of course if the inside cans are full before the week
is up, they go out then. We also recycle plastic bags from (wherever)
into trash bags. (G)
Here the weekly curb side recycle folks came out with a recent
anouncement that we should no longer put plastic grocery or newspaper
bags into the recycling. Seems that they were jamming up their
machines according to what Gail read. Not a big deal, now they
just go into the garbage.
Quoting Dale Shipp to Ruth Haffly <=-
We also recycle plastic bags from (wherever) into trash bags.
Here the weekly curb side recycle folks came out with a recent
anouncement that we should no longer put plastic grocery or newspaper
bags into the recycling. Seems that they were jamming up their
machines according to what Gail read. Not a big deal, now they just go into the garbage.
We take it out weekly just to keep on a consistant routine. Easy to remember that the trash gets rounded up on a certain night, then taken
out to the curb. Of course if the inside cans are full before the week
is up, they go out then. We also recycle plastic bags from (wherever)
into trash bags. (G)
Here the weekly curb side recycle folks came out with a recent
anouncement that we should no longer put plastic grocery or newspaper
bags into the recycling. Seems that they were jamming up their
machines according to what Gail read. Not a big deal, now they just
go into the garbage.
Quoting Dale Shipp to Ruth Haffly on 07-14-18 01:16 <=-
We take it out weekly just to keep on a consistant routine. Easy to
remember that the trash gets rounded up on a certain night, then taken
out to the curb. Of course if the inside cans are full before the week
is up, they go out then. We also recycle plastic bags from (wherever)
into trash bags. (G)
Here the weekly curb side recycle folks came out with a recent
anouncement that we should no longer put plastic grocery or newspaper
bags into the recycling. Seems that they were jamming up their
machines according to what Gail read. Not a big deal, now they just go into the garbage.
Quoting Dave Drum to Dale Shipp on 07-14-18 11:27 <=-
Here the weekly curb side recycle folks came out with a recent
anouncement that we should no longer put plastic grocery or newspaper
bags into the recycling. Seems that they were jamming up their
machines according to what Gail read. Not a big deal, now they
just go into the garbage.
All but a couple of the stupormarkeups here have a collection barrel
for plastic bags and non-styrofoam (bubble-wrap, shrink film, etc)
packing materials. These are near the entrance/shopping trolley area.
Someone uses those soft/pliable plastics to make floor mats/rugs, etc. Which is fine with me. It's not going to a landfill to be discovered several aeons later by archaeologists annotating the 21st century's excesses.
My Hy-Vee gives a 5c credit off the bottom line if one brings their
own totes/canvas bags - no matter if the say ALDI or County Market or
GFS, etc. I do so routinely as part of being a good citizen and trying
to do my bit to fight waste and pollution. The nickel back is a
mitzvah.
NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
All but a couple of the stupormarkeups here have a collection barrel
for plastic bags and non-styrofoam (bubble-wrap, shrink film, etc)
packing materials. These are near the entrance/shopping trolley area.
Wegmans has that, too... as I was telling Dale... :)
Someone uses those soft/pliable plastics to make floor mats/rugs, etc. Which is fine with me. It's not going to a landfill to be discovered several aeons later by archaeologists annotating the 21st century's excesses.
Wegmans uses the recycled bags to make more plastic bags... and also to make their own re-use handled bags... they look almost like canvas, but are actually totally recycled plastic....
My Hy-Vee gives a 5c credit off the bottom line if one brings their
own totes/canvas bags - no matter if the say ALDI or County Market
or GFS, etc. I do so routinely as part of being a good citizen and
trying to do my bit to fight waste and pollution. The nickel back
is a mitzvah.
Wegmans just encourages people to use their reusable bags... posters
all around... :) We always bring a bag of the totes with us, so we
always will have enough bags for the groceries... :) We used to bring and reuse our paper sacks, until they would be totally worn out... then they got used for putting out recycling on the curb... (G)
Lori's (our local natural foods store) gives 25 cents off your tab if
you bring in your own bag... I have a foldable nylon bag (it folds into
a pocket on the front of the bag) I keep in the car for when I shop there... :)
Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 07-17-18 11:15 <=-
Someone uses those soft/pliable plastics to make floor mats/rugs, etc.
Which is fine with me. It's not going to a landfill to be discovered
several aeons later by archaeologists annotating the 21st century's
excesses.
Wegmans uses the recycled bags to make more plastic bags... and also to
make their own re-use handled bags... they look almost like canvas, but
are actually totally recycled plastic....
My ALDI, County Market, Memorial Medical Centre, Schnuks "totes" are
all made of recycled plastics - no matter that they refer to them as "canvas".
My Hy-Vee gives a 5c credit off the bottom line if one brings their
own totes/canvas bags - no matter if the say ALDI or County Market
or GFS, etc. I do so routinely as part of being a good citizen and
trying to do my bit to fight waste and pollution. The nickel back
is a mitzvah.
Wegmans just encourages people to use their reusable bags... posters
all around... :) We always bring a bag of the totes with us, so we
always will have enough bags for the groceries... :) We used to bring
and reuse our paper sacks, until they would be totally worn out... then
they got used for putting out recycling on the curb... (G)
Lori's (our local natural foods store) gives 25 cents off your tab if
you bring in your own bag... I have a foldable nylon bag (it folds into
a pocket on the front of the bag) I keep in the car for when I shop
there... :)
Food Fantasies does the same. Or if you do not take a store provided sack/container. If you pay with plastic they will hand you a 25c coin
with your receipt.
NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
My ALDI, County Market, Memorial Medical Centre, Schnuks "totes" are
all made of recycled plastics - no matter that they refer to them as "canvas".
So far, we've managed to only collect Wegmans totes... but in a wide variety of designs and colors.... including what we usually use, the
black ones... ;)
My Hy-Vee gives a 5c credit off the bottom line if one brings their
own totes/canvas bags - no matter if the say ALDI or County Market
or GFS, etc. I do so routinely as part of being a good citizen and
trying to do my bit to fight waste and pollution. The nickel back
is a mitzvah.
Wegmans just encourages people to use their reusable bags... posters
all around... :) We always bring a bag of the totes with us, so we
always will have enough bags for the groceries... :) We used to bring
and reuse our paper sacks, until they would be totally worn out... then
they got used for putting out recycling on the curb... (G)
Lori's (our local natural foods store) gives 25 cents off your tab if
you bring in your own bag... I have a foldable nylon bag (it folds into
a pocket on the front of the bag) I keep in the car for when I shop
there... :)
Food Fantasies does the same. Or if you do not take a store provided sack/container. If you pay with plastic they will hand you a 25c coin
with your receipt.
That's a bit more direct... :) At Lori's it's just rung up, often the first item on the list... "Customer Brought -0.25" :) When
we've bought supplements as well as snacks, etc, Richard pays for the supplements separately, but we toss them all into the same bag... sometimes they've given the rebate twice, once for each tab... ;)
Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 07-19-18 07:48 <=-
My ALDI, County Market, Memorial Medical Centre, Schnuks "totes" are
all made of recycled plastics - no matter that they refer to them as
"canvas".
So far, we've managed to only collect Wegmans totes... but in a wide
variety of designs and colors.... including what we usually use, the
black ones... ;)
Which prompted me to check my supply .... the only actual canvas tote
I have is one I got as a premium for subscribing to Saveur magazine. I also have totes from NPR stations I have supported in past (4 of
those), WWF (the real WWF not the rasslers)
and a couple insulated totes from
Gordon Food Service good for hauling frozen goods back home.
Food Fantasies does the same. Or if you do not take a store provided
sack/container. If you pay with plastic they will hand you a 25c coin
with your receipt.
That's a bit more direct... :) At Lori's it's just rung up, often the
first item on the list... "Customer Brought -0.25" :) When
we've bought supplements as well as snacks, etc, Richard pays for the
supplements separately, but we toss them all into the same bag...
sometimes they've given the rebate twice, once for each tab... ;)
Food Fantasies also has a 25c spiff if you pay with paper instead of plastic. But, that comes off the bottom line. It was a bit confusing
the first time I encountered it. I paid with green, folding paper and loaded my plunder into the tote - then checked the receipt. When I saw
the "- $.25" entry I asked the clerk - "What's this, you already gave
me the two bits for using my own tote?"
She explained that was a separate deal from the bagless spiff - which
they pay from a jar of quarters at each checkout.
I don't usually carry much ca$h beyond tip-the-wait-staff money. But
if I'm flush with a pocketful and I'm picking supplements or grub -
I'll take the 25c discount. Bv)= And the 25c bagless coin, too.
NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
Food Fantasies also has a 25c spiff if you pay with paper instead of plastic. But, that comes off the bottom line. It was a bit confusing
the first time I encountered it. I paid with green, folding paper and loaded my plunder into the tote - then checked the receipt. When I saw
the "- $.25" entry I asked the clerk - "What's this, you already gave
me the two bits for using my own tote?"
She explained that was a separate deal from the bagless spiff - which
they pay from a jar of quarters at each checkout.
It does save them money if you don't use plastic... so that makes
sense... Lori's doesn't seem to care so much about that... often I pay with cash, when I have it... But we put the supplements on a card, to
keep track of them...
I don't usually carry much ca$h beyond tip-the-wait-staff money. But
if I'm flush with a pocketful and I'm picking supplements or grub -
I'll take the 25c discount. Bv)= And the 25c bagless coin, too.
Take what you're offered... ;) Richard gives me a cash allowance
weekly for groceries and such... if we've not not yet done the week's shopping, or if it was relatively light that week, I'll have the cash
for Lori's... :)
Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 07-29-18 07:32 <=-
I don't usually carry much ca$h beyond tip-the-wait-staff money. But
if I'm flush with a pocketful and I'm picking supplements or grub -
I'll take the 25c discount. Bv)= And the 25c bagless coin, too.
Errrrmmmmmm .... I find that I have mis-spoken about carrying much
ca$h. Friday I was looking in my wallet for my Part D (prescription)
card to give the numbers to a pharmacy I stumbled across sever Ben Franklins I had not remembered rat-holing. My companion asked, "What's that for?"
To which I replied "It's my get out of jail card." Bv)=
Someone had repaid a loan in ca$h and I put it in my wallet instead of
my right front trouser pocket where I normally carry money. And then geezer moment-ed its existence.
All bills have now been stamped with Ben Cohen's (Ben & Jerry's)
"STAMP MONEY OUT OF P*****S" self-inking stamp.
Take what you're offered... ;) Richard gives me a cash allowance
weekly for groceries and such... if we've not not yet done the week's
shopping, or if it was relatively light that week, I'll have the cash
for Lori's... :)
I haven't been on an allowance since I got my first paper route. Bv)=
NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
I don't usually carry much ca$h beyond tip-the-wait-staff money. But
if I'm flush with a pocketful and I'm picking supplements or grub -
I'll take the 25c discount. Bv)= And the 25c bagless coin, too.
Errrrmmmmmm .... I find that I have mis-spoken about carrying much
ca$h. Friday I was looking in my wallet for my Part D (prescription)
card to give the numbers to a pharmacy I stumbled across sever Ben Franklins I had not remembered rat-holing. My companion asked, "What's that for?"
To which I replied "It's my get out of jail card." Bv)=
Someone had repaid a loan in ca$h and I put it in my wallet instead of
my right front trouser pocket where I normally carry money. And then geezer moment-ed its existence.
I'll accept that it isn't a general practice for you to have that sort
of cash on hand... ;) Nice to happen on that sort of money, though,
when one's forgotten about it... (G)
All bills have now been stamped with Ben Cohen's (Ben & Jerry's)
"STAMP MONEY OUT OF P*****S" self-inking stamp.
I take it that you make a practice of stamping bills that way....?
Take what you're offered... ;) Richard gives me a cash allowance
weekly for groceries and such... if we've not not yet done the week's
shopping, or if it was relatively light that week, I'll have the cash
for Lori's... :)
I haven't been on an allowance since I got my first paper route. Bv)=
This dates back to when we were living on one income... his... And he
felt it a good and wise thing to make sure I had my own money for things... Of course, out of it I bought groceries and put gas in my
car, but anything left was mine... to bank, pay bills with...
whatever... Even now, with us both getting SS checks, I get the
allowance, mostly for groceries, still.... :)
Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 08-02-18 11:08 <=-
To which I replied "It's my get out of jail card." Bv)=
Someone had repaid a loan in ca$h and I put it in my wallet instead of
my right front trouser pocket where I normally carry money. And then
geezer moment-ed its existence.
I'll accept that it isn't a general practice for you to have that sort
of cash on hand... ;) Nice to happen on that sort of money, though,
when one's forgotten about it... (G)
Under the heading of "pleasant surprises" - an exceedingly short list.
I'm not in favour of most surprises - a product of aging and
increasing curmudgeonry.
Take what you're offered... ;) Richard gives me a cash allowance
weekly for groceries and such... if we've not not yet done the week's
shopping, or if it was relatively light that week, I'll have the cash
for Lori's... :)
I haven't been on an allowance since I got my first paper route. Bv)=
This dates back to when we were living on one income... his... And he
felt it a good and wise thing to make sure I had my own money for
things... Of course, out of it I bought groceries and put gas in my
car, but anything left was mine... to bank, pay bills with...
whatever... Even now, with us both getting SS checks, I get the
allowance, mostly for groceries, still.... :)
I was being facetious - but I suspect you knew that. Bv)=
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