We have a Costco reseller out here that banned the use of reusable bags during the pandemic. They have continued to use the old fashioned plastic bags and it is where we shop most often, although not usually our big shopping days.
In the 1980s, all but two of the major paper bag manufacturers in the United States went out of business due, in large part, to cries from the left about killing trees. Ironically, that was when the retail stores switched to plastic. Duro Bag, which has since been acquired by another company, continued manufacturing paper bags but they also made plastic bags. Those who continued to manufacture paper bags long ago switched to recycled and double- and triple-recycled paper, which brought down the productivity as well as the durability of the resulting product. Locally, up until the state banned the use of plastic bags and required that retail stores charge for paper bags, the paper bags we got from our local supermarket were reasonably good. Once they started charging five cents a bag for them, they switched to some other brand of bag that frequently wouldn't survive the trip into the house, if they didn't tear while taking them out of the shopping cart.
I had a thought and before it dies of lonliness, thought you could use it. Get a large cooler for your groceries for summer. Back in the day, I put my milk, frozen food, refrigerated stuff in it for on the way home. Put a cooler ice block in it. If your frozen veggies don't start to melt, they don't stick together when you want them.
I can do 6 divided by 2 but I remember a number outside the parentheses as a multiplication problem. Uh oh. I just got it. My daughter and I were talking about it the other day. I first learned all the flash cards then they stuck in all the parentheses and break ups. Didn't understand why they had to do that. She said you have to do the parenthetical problem first. Did not remember that either. I guess I can't work at Mac Donalds. No wait! I can!
How many trees does it take to build a two story multi room Condo. You could get a lot of paper bags from a Condo. Today there is nothing but junk wood glued together in those condos and homes. Every time I trip on a plastic bag here at home I give the providers a piece of my mind. Joking aside they are seriously dangerous to old folks bones.
In Virginia our vehicles are subject to an annual safety inspection. If they do not pass, you cannot drive the vehicle until the issues are remediated. (This used to be done every 6 months.) Because I have a Mazda, and they have their inherent complexities, I hesitate to take it to anyone but the dealer (my brother the mechanic told me that was one downside to Mazdas.) So I took it in last year for an oil change and safety inspection, and they told me that the brakes and the tires "barely passed," and I should go ahead and have the work done. Well, "barely passing" is still "passing," so I said "No." But for the past year I've been driving around worried about my brakes and tires being "barely passing." Well, it's inspection time again. I bought replacement tires online because I figured that the old ones would not pass this year, and also prepared myself for the sticker shock of a modern brake job (rotors get replaced with pads these days.) I just got a phone call: "Those brakes are barely passing. The rotors are at 3mm and 2mm is failing. If I were you..." THIS IS THE SAME LINE I WAS GIVEN A YEAR AGO!!!!!!! My brakes are still good enough to pass inspection!!! Since I had myself ready to replace the brakes, and because prices continue to rise, and because I have no faith in where prices (or the economy or businesses) will be next year, I told him to go ahead and do the work. I'll not tell you what a brake job costs when they replace rotors as well, but it ain't no Midas $29.95 special. I'm angry that this is the very first set of pads that has been put on my new car, and modern rotors are manufactured to be consumed at the same rate. My research indicates that this is how brakes are routinely done these days. At least I got another year out of them. I probably could have waited until next year... The HQ for this dealership chain sends Customer Satisfaction surveys after work is done. I'll choose my words carefully.
We do this in the hot weather also. I have one of those large thermal soft-side cooler bags, and we can put all of the refrigerated or frozen food in that to carry it home. We live close to the walmart market , so it is not really necessary, but for shopping somewhere further away, it does keep everything frozen longer to get it home. I have been doing the walmart+ delivery lately (Bobby hates going shopping) so all we have to do is carry it into the house.
My Truck was almost 41 years hold before I did a complete brake job. Now the guy that did the brake work did not finish the rear brakes because he stole 1200 on his so called engine repair. He lied about repairing my engine when it had a flat camshaft and he somehow managed to run the complete valve train down as far as they would adjust and just by a stroke of luck the backfiring in the manifold from an open exhaust valve it managed to hit on all 8 cylinders, for 12 miles. I wasn't sure what had happened since it was the first drive I took the truck and went to have a windshield replaced and new brake sticker. It started the backfiring and power loss halfway back to his place because I had picked up two new rear brake drums because the parts house sent the wrong ones. He was supposed to pick the truck up again and finish the rear brakes. At the time of course I had no idea what the back firing was since it did run decent on that short drive. He never came to pick up the truck so I drove to his house and packed up the new rear drums and he got all hot and bothered because I feel sure he knew he was going to earn that 1200 bucks. I just let him run his mouth and got my stuff but I still don't know if he installed all the rear brake parts because I have not felt up to lifting those 70 pound drums and finish what I had already paid the thief to do. Anyway, I had all new stuff both front rotors and pads and all the rear parts and hydraulics. I know the front rotors were replaced as well as the master cylinder. I do hope he didn't steal my rear brake parts because he left town and even left a couple cars that belonged to other people local and some 4 wheelers. I was down for almost another year until I actually went out and replaced the entire valve train and got it running again. I have an oil leak that seems to be from the valve covers because no new gaskets were installed with his engine repair. He lied about everything on the engine since there was not one gasket new. I really lost a lot of money thanks that thief. The moral to the story never let a guy that wears ear rings work on your vehicle. It was at the high point of the virus and there was no one around that could do the work everyone was booked. People used their money to do car repairs while they were staying at home. I bought myself a new mobile starter switch so I can redo my valve adjustment when I replace the cover gaskets. I need to buy a long flat blade screw driver so I can align my distributor drive to the oil pump. I lost my long tool I had for years for the chevies, it could still be in the very bottom of my rear tool box on the bed but I can't bend over that far. I once could do a camshaft replacement same vehicle in 2 and a half hours but it took me over a month I am so old and worn out.
I just had my son do the brakes on my wife's car yesterday, as I can no longer do such things and he is a pro. He said the rotors were still fine for a long while, but the pads needed replaced, so he did that. Parts at his discount were $104. He cooked dinner for us too on his smoker. He loves to show it off.
We do it in cold weather too, if we have produce and such that we don't want to freeze. When shopping at -30 things can freeze before we get home if they are in the trunk, but all they need is a cooler to keep it above freezing with no heat added.