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🐗 CURMUDGEONS' CORNER 8 - room for the peeved and cantankerous too🐗

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The pot needed watering so no harm done. Much he cared!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I thought we were trying to reduce plastic useage.  
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    We are trying to reduce plastic usage, but deliveries have to be put into something.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    So my question again.  Why not recycle the cardboard boxes?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I've been getting click and collects from the local Asda and they always text to confirm the spot and tell you to bring your bags. I've got boxes in the boot of the car for shopping so I just ask them to load into those. Half the shopping still comes in carrier bags though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    What is this obsession with plastic carrier bags?  There always used to be a stack of cardboard boxes at the end of each checkout when supermarkets first kicked off. We re-used them all, the strong ones from the spirit bottles made excellent toy boxes and the flimsier ones were composted.

    Is it just a mindset or is there a valid reason for not using them now for no contact deliveries?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Elf and safety @herbaceous :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    I have been using a cardboard banana box for years. Fits nicely in the trolley, can be stacked if you need 2, packs quickly at the till, lift straight from the trolley into the car then house. I reckon the current one has done at least 1,500 trips which means it has probably replaced about 6,000 plastic bags.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I want to know what the obsession is with signs around the house. My neighbour has been redecorating and has put a wooden cutout on his window sill that says 'HOME'. It suggests early onset alzheimers rather than interior decorating to me. Does he have others with 'WORK' and 'CAR' on them? And what did people do before they could buy a shabby chic sign reminding them to LIVE LOVE LAUGH? It must have been a pretty dire time :(
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Ah, the art of tapestry is dying out @wild edges and homilies must be bought in and reflect text speak maybe?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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