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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-10-07 02:11 PM
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27. Simple trips to get 10 items now runs around 25 - 40 dollars.
I'm not even buying big items either, just necessities. Everything now costs 1.5 times as much while I make relatively the same factoring inflation in the mix. So much for any positive monetary value should anyone happen to get a raise.
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  -Go-Again Bags - reusable shopping bags mzmolly  Jul-10-07 01:52 PM   #0 
  - I have 4 canvas bags I keep in the car  marlakay   Jul-10-07 01:56 PM   #1 
  - I used baskets back in Boston  Warpy   Jul-10-07 02:09 PM   #25 
  - Speaking of shopping I paid $4.19 for a gallon of whole milk at the supermarket  whistle   Jul-10-07 01:56 PM   #2 
  - Yeah, we bought very little last night for a lot of money.  GreenPartyVoter   Jul-10-07 01:57 PM   #3 
  - I guess you'd choke then at my $6.19 a gallon  marlakay   Jul-10-07 01:58 PM   #5 
  - I've been replacing dairy with coconut milk.  devilgrrl   Jul-10-07 01:59 PM   #7 
  - Not really, but I just can't afford organic unless we go to eating half rations  whistle   Jul-10-07 02:08 PM   #23 
  - How is that possible when inflation is ONLY 4.5%............  Double T   Jul-10-07 02:04 PM   #14 
  - Last week the same milk was $3.89 per gallon so it jumped $0.30  whistle   Jul-10-07 02:13 PM   #28 
  - wall street and the FED control the manipulated message..........  Double T   Jul-10-07 02:44 PM   #37 
     - Another reason why Ruppert Murdock wants control of the Wall Street Journal  whistle   Jul-11-07 10:28 AM   #87 
  - Inflation figures don't include  bicentennial_baby   Jul-10-07 02:14 PM   #30 
  - I know.........what an absolute SHAM!  Double T   Jul-10-07 02:41 PM   #35 
  - When were those deliberately taken out of the calculation, do you know?  whistle   Jul-11-07 10:43 AM   #90 
  - And it isn't the small dairy farmers making out like bandits -- heard a story on NPR featuring a few  Idealist Hippie   Jul-10-07 03:02 PM   #38 
  - 'corporate' everything is squeezing and killing off small business.......  Double T   Jul-10-07 04:14 PM   #56 
  - They're managing to count the stuff that isn't going up.  SmokingJacket   Jul-11-07 11:32 AM   #97 
  - I bought organic milk to avoid growth hormones and paid $6.99  tandot   Jul-10-07 02:09 PM   #24 
  - Simple trips to get 10 items now runs around 25 - 40 dollars.  HughBeaumont   Jul-10-07 02:11 PM   #27 
  - I know, it's unreal.  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 04:00 PM   #48 
  - Three of the four members of my household drink soymilk.  missb   Jul-10-07 04:11 PM   #55 
  - There's a thread on this  doni_georgia   Jul-11-07 10:40 AM   #89 
  - Here too. Hard to find much at the supermarket for less than $3  Lorien   Jul-11-07 01:25 PM   #118 
  - I'm designing canvas bags with a little map of our tourist 'hood.  sfexpat2000   Jul-10-07 01:58 PM   #4 
  - I reuse bags from Trader Joes's plus I have 2 canvas bags.  devilgrrl   Jul-10-07 01:58 PM   #6 
  - I love my canvas bags  Beaverhausen   Jul-10-07 01:59 PM   #8 
  - Gonna order me some right now!  Emit   Jul-10-07 01:59 PM   #9 
  - San Francisco has already banned them, going into effect later this year.  TommyO   Jul-10-07 04:08 PM   #54 
  - Wegmans is selling something similar for $0.99 a bag  TommyO   Jul-10-07 02:00 PM   #10 
  - Yep - local stores such Fred Meyers and New Seasons  missb   Jul-10-07 03:38 PM   #46 
  - The bags even have grommeted holes that allow the bag to be placed on the same racks  TommyO   Jul-10-07 04:04 PM   #51 
  - Don't have a wegmans locally, but that's a great idea!  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 04:01 PM   #49 
  - They are great.  Lugnut   Jul-10-07 04:58 PM   #67 
     - Wilkes-Barre or Nazareth?  TommyO   Jul-10-07 07:19 PM   #75 
        - WIlkes-Barre  Lugnut   Jul-12-07 12:29 AM   #143 
  - Nice!  slj0101   Jul-10-07 02:00 PM   #11 
  - Good for you! My wife works for Trader Joe's so I'm going to get mine there. I noticed  poverlay   Jul-10-07 02:01 PM   #12 
  - I have 3 different kinds and they are great.  Acadia Blue   Jul-10-07 02:02 PM   #13 
  - Thank you for the info!  BattyDem   Jul-10-07 02:04 PM   #15 
  - In Canada the supermarkets sell the reusable bags. For about a dollar.  applegrove   Jul-10-07 02:04 PM   #16 
  - I hear that!  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 04:01 PM   #50 
  - I use old kitty litter bags for used kitty litter.  tblue37   Jul-10-07 10:31 PM   #85 
     - I use scoopable litter and can only find that in the big plastic tubs?  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 12:00 PM   #111 
        - I recommend not using scoopable.  tblue37   Jul-11-07 10:24 PM   #139 
           - Wow, that's awful!  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 10:50 PM   #141 
              - You can acclimate him to a new litter by using it a little bit at a time in the old litter,  tblue37   Jul-12-07 08:34 AM   #144 
  - We just got 4 each from two of our favorite grocery stores (Safeway & Nugget).  tandot   Jul-10-07 02:05 PM   #17 
  - AHEM!! - (DU has bags at cafe press)  annabanana   Jul-10-07 02:05 PM   #18 
  - I use my shopping bags for garbage bags.  Stephanie   Jul-10-07 02:06 PM   #19 
  - me too.  QuestionAll   Jul-10-07 03:23 PM   #44 
  - Huh...  alcibiades_mystery   Jul-10-07 04:06 PM   #53 
     - none needed.  QuestionAll   Jul-10-07 06:25 PM   #72 
        - As long as they make Hummers, I'll keep driving them  prolesunited   Jul-10-07 10:26 PM   #83 
           - gosh golly gee whiz- i've never actually met a perfect human being- before YOU!  QuestionAll   Jul-10-07 10:47 PM   #86 
           - So, what's your point?  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:25 AM   #95 
           - ???  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 11:42 AM   #102 
              - I'm not dictating it either QuestionAll,  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:47 AM   #104 
                 - i apologize- it wasn't your op that got under my skin...  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 11:54 AM   #108 
                    - I honestly didn't take the post in the same way you did.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 12:15 PM   #114 
                       - i took it as very preachy and holier-than-thou...  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 04:11 PM   #120 
           - I'm FAR from perfect and NEVER said I was.  prolesunited   Jul-11-07 11:54 AM   #109 
              - where did i say i don't want to change anything?  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 12:05 PM   #113 
           - posted wrong place.  SmokingJacket   Jul-11-07 11:35 AM   #100 
           - LOL! Well aren't we virtuous?  antfarm   Jul-11-07 10:37 PM   #140 
  - I use mine for cleaning the litter box...  Catshrink   Jul-10-07 07:55 PM   #78 
     - i use the big plastic bags that my water softener pellets come in...  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 11:49 AM   #106 
  - In addition to shopping bags  Betsy Ross   Jul-10-07 02:06 PM   #20 
  - I'm gonna give them a go also. Thanks for the link.  xultar   Jul-10-07 02:07 PM   #21 
  - I don't use bags at all  SoCalDem   Jul-10-07 02:07 PM   #22 
  - I need to go on more Cruises :)  wakeme2008   Jul-10-07 02:11 PM   #26 
  - Thanks for providing the information.... I just ordered some  RedEarth   Jul-10-07 02:14 PM   #29 
  - Thanks  Irishonly   Jul-10-07 02:18 PM   #31 
  - I made my own about ten years ago  Tansy_Gold   Jul-10-07 02:25 PM   #32 
  - And you can wash them, no doubt.  Gormy Cuss   Jul-11-07 11:01 AM   #92 
     - They get washed about every third or fourth trip  Tansy_Gold   Jul-11-07 04:28 PM   #122 
  - Thanks! I ordered Go Agains just now  goclark   Jul-10-07 02:30 PM   #33 
  - Great idea!  Eleanor_Roosebelt   Jul-10-07 02:33 PM   #34 
  - Welcome Eleanor!  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:49 PM   #142 
  - My local health food store offers promotions on occasion & if you  CrispyQGirl   Jul-10-07 02:44 PM   #36 
  - IKEA sells giant reusable shopping bags.  quantessd   Jul-10-07 03:04 PM   #39 
  - I've got 4 or 5 canvas totes, two of them from Whole Foods.  kestrel91316   Jul-10-07 03:04 PM   #40 
  - I bought 5 bags from Stop & Shop :D  Katherine Brengle   Jul-10-07 03:05 PM   #41 
  - Damn! I just paid twice that for five hemp bags, including shipping. Oh well.  Blue State Native   Jul-10-07 03:06 PM   #42 
  - those look great, but I have already aquired a collection of canvas  AZDemDist6   Jul-10-07 03:21 PM   #43 
  - Same here! Two HUGE mismatched cloth bags that hold a week's groceries  Idealist Hippie   Jul-10-07 07:49 PM   #77 
  - Trader Joes has some re-usable bags like that which cost $1.99.  MiltonF   Jul-10-07 03:36 PM   #45 
  - I have a cloth bag, which I use when I do NOT forget to put it in the car.  MasonJar   Jul-10-07 03:52 PM   #47 
  - EVERYBODY on these boards should be using some form of reusable shopping bags  alcibiades_mystery   Jul-10-07 04:05 PM   #52 
  - get back to me when everyone here gives up their cars for bikes...  QuestionAll   Jul-10-07 06:28 PM   #73 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-10-07 06:53 PM   #74 
     - Yours is the single voice of reason on this thread...  assclown_bush   Jul-10-07 08:19 PM   #80 
     - Well someone tell that to Al Gore and the promoters of Live Earth  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:34 AM   #99 
     - A family of five? I suppose you have not heard about OVER~POPULATION.  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 06:13 PM   #124 
        - Any excuse to explain why one is lacking a family I suppose?  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 07:01 PM   #126 
           - I am gay so I don't have the idee fixe of seing myself replicated for a sense of ego...  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 07:30 PM   #130 
              - Being gay doesn't mean you can't have children.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 07:35 PM   #132 
                 - I am in a monogamous relationship, and unless a miracle of biblical proportions...  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 07:53 PM   #135 
                    - Thanks,  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 08:00 PM   #136 
     - Plastic bags last 20,000 years in a land fill.  Beaverhausen   Jul-11-07 12:22 PM   #115 
        - I am not being facetious: how do they know they last 20,000 years?  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 06:23 PM   #125 
           - how about these facts about all the plastic we discard?  Beaverhausen   Jul-11-07 07:07 PM   #129 
     - Uhm, can't one do both?  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:22 AM   #94 
        - exactly.  QuestionAll   Jul-11-07 11:59 AM   #110 
           - And I applaud you for riding your bike as often as you can.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 12:02 PM   #112 
  - Thanks! I just followed the link and ordered some.  tblue37   Jul-10-07 04:25 PM   #57 
  - Thank you for posting this, mz! I've been wanting to buy some reusable shopping bags,  in_cog_ni_to   Jul-10-07 04:28 PM   #58 
  - You're most welcome. I hope you'll like them too.  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 04:38 PM   #61 
  - What color did you choose?  cat_girl25   Jul-10-07 04:30 PM   #59 
  - I chose Green.  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 04:36 PM   #60 
     - Green is a good color!  cat_girl25   Jul-10-07 04:39 PM   #63 
     - That's what I chose too. Green's my favorite color.  in_cog_ni_to   Jul-10-07 04:44 PM   #64 
  - Publix has some for $1.50 each  FLDem5   Jul-10-07 04:38 PM   #62 
  - I keep canvas bags in the car  gollygee   Jul-10-07 04:46 PM   #65 
  - I got mine from Kroger for about $1 each.  Midlodemocrat   Jul-10-07 04:46 PM   #66 
  - We started using reusable bags at Costco  Jersey Devil   Jul-10-07 05:01 PM   #68 
  - They're opening a Costco near me, I'm ecstatic!  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 05:13 PM   #70 
     - We have a new Costco opening soon, too. Greenville, SC.  DemoTex   Jul-10-07 05:23 PM   #71 
  - just bought some  libnnc   Jul-10-07 05:06 PM   #69 
  - I'm bummed because I just saw a "MADE IN CHINA" sticker.  mzmolly   Jul-10-07 07:37 PM   #76 
  - Craft stores are also good locations to find the bags.  AZBlue   Jul-10-07 08:15 PM   #79 
  - Great to know,  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:39 AM   #101 
  - I am "greener" than thee: I only buy what I can carry with my own two hands.  assclown_bush   Jul-10-07 08:21 PM   #81 
  - Someone is offering a suggestion and a resource link  prolesunited   Jul-10-07 10:30 PM   #84 
  - I carry bags with my two hands.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:20 AM   #93 
     - Uhm, but those cloth bags were probably made in sweatshops by little children...  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 07:37 PM   #133 
        - Indeed.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 07:45 PM   #134 
           - I am currently in Santiago Chile and i find lots of people who carry bags with them  assclown_bush   Jul-11-07 08:01 PM   #137 
  - every store should sell them. right at the cash register.  mopinko   Jul-10-07 10:10 PM   #82 
  - Most stores in Ca. have them.  Tulum_Moon   Jul-11-07 10:35 AM   #88 
  - Don't have a Trader Joes near me - yet  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:48 AM   #105 
  - When I was a kid my grandma always resued the regular paper bags  doni_georgia   Jul-11-07 10:49 AM   #91 
  - My Grandma did the same thing. And she and my aunt reused lunch bags as well.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 11:53 AM   #107 
     - When my grandma died we found MOUNDS of stuff she had saved  doni_georgia   Jul-11-07 03:07 PM   #119 
  - thanks! Anyone come up with an idea about the "poop" issue?  AnnInLa   Jul-11-07 11:29 AM   #96 
  - I agree!  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 01:07 PM   #116 
  - I found biodegradable poop bags here  Beaverhausen   Jul-11-07 01:12 PM   #117 
  - Cool!  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 07:05 PM   #128 
  - In the yards of some older homes, you'll see in-ground dog poop composters.  missb   Jul-11-07 04:18 PM   #121 
     - We actually had one, but it didn't work for our two large dogs.  mzmolly   Jul-11-07 07:04 PM   #127 
  - Thanks, mzmolly!!  Sparkly   Jul-11-07 11:33 AM   #98 
  - Great!!!  SmokingJacket   Jul-11-07 11:43 AM   #103 
  - I'm ordering ours right now.......  a kennedy   Jul-11-07 04:33 PM   #123 
  - Thanks mzmolly!  JitterbugPerfume   Jul-11-07 07:33 PM   #131 
  - I ordered mine on Ebay on Sunday  DesertRat   Jul-11-07 08:02 PM   #138 
 

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