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To: Lazlo in PA

‘___________4 inside cats.’

I hear ya.

Makes me wonder from time to time - whatever did we do before plastic bags???!

I first remember seeing these plastic bags in a travelogue or something, on TV.
The host was showing the shopping in a small village or some such; I saw people carrying these handy things and wondered what did they have that we didn’t??!
Don’t think we yet had paper bags either, with handles, such as Trader Joe’s paper bags.

So those plastic bags looked like a wonder, to me!


42 posted on 07/25/2011 2:26:15 PM PDT by USARightSide
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To: USARightSide

The dirty secret about the plastic bags are that they are designed to disintegrate in a lot of cases. The UV rays turn them to dust rather fast. I have tested a few when they came out. Took about a month.

Coming home today, I had to pick up groceries in a downpour. All my stuff made it to the car intact except the 7UP box was done by the time I got the tailgate window up. Had to spoon a few cans from the lot before I could put the window down. I remember paper bags not being so generous in the rain as well.


44 posted on 07/25/2011 2:56:06 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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