http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2009/04/25/paper-or-plastic/ A complete lack of ideas and the power to express them. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2009/04/25/paper-or-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-10540 slim Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/?p=860#comment-10540 Every store I shop at in the Washington, DC area gives $0.05 off for each grocery bag you bring in. They don't do this in Missouri? Every store I shop at in the Washington, DC area gives $0.05 off for each grocery bag you bring in. They don’t do this in Missouri?

]]> http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2009/04/25/paper-or-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-10539 Art Zemon Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:55:02 +0000 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/?p=860#comment-10539 That's the idea. Imagine how much more effective that would be if every grocery store sold plastic and paper bags for a nickel instead of giving them away. That’s the idea. Imagine how much more effective that would be if every grocery store sold plastic and paper bags for a nickel instead of giving them away.

]]> http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2009/04/25/paper-or-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-10538 edgreenberg Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:40:23 +0000 http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/?p=860#comment-10538 When canvas bags first showed up in the supermarket, I remember that they would offer you a nickel off your bill for each one you brought in and filled up. When canvas bags first showed up in the supermarket, I remember that they would offer you a nickel off your bill for each one you brought in and filled up.

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