We use a canvas bag too, but clearly, the idea that plastic bag bans save money and the environment is a fantasy. And, even if you do use a canvas bag you'll still have to pay over $35.00 for a trash can pickup.Here's the rub - the rent is too damn high!
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Believe it or not, most of the people here in SF have accepted the ban on > plastic bags. I personally am not bothered by it. Now, I'm using a > canvass bag, which I've received by joining some environmental groups, to > haul my groceries. Also, the grocery stores charge customers 10 cents for > paper bags that they provide. This was made legal by the city of SF. > > I feel like I'm doing my part for conservation and being eco-friendly. > > > ---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote : > > "In San Francisco, the cost of a residential trash can rose from $19.08 in > 2005 before its plastic bag ban to $34.08 in 2013, a 78.6 percent increase > out of step with San Francisco's 5 percent population growth and 19.5 > percent inflation during that period." > > What's up with that? > > 'Banning plastic bags a bad, maybe deadly, idea' > http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion//<http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Banning-plastic-bags-a-bad-maybe-deadly-idea-5358177.php> > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:24 AM, <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > > > My advice: live in tune with all The Laws of Nature and go to bed before > 10, as Vedic Jesus commands. That way, late night TV will cease to exist, > as you ponder the back of your eyelids. > > > ---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote : > > > On 3/21/2014 9:34 PM, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: > > > Error log says Gmail horked up a hairball when the script tried to > > send the post count a couple hours ago. I just ran it manually for > > your post counting convenience. > > > > Thanks, Alex, for running the Post Count,now I can get some rest. > > While I've got your attention, it seems like every time I tune in my TV > around this time at night, there are what, four different talk shows on > at the same time. You got your Jimmy Kimmel, your got your Jimmy Fallon, > you got your David Letterman, and you got your Arsenio Hall. If you stay > up late enough, you get your Craig Ferguson and only God knows what talk > show after that. > > Is there no end to these talk shows? Is it just me, or do these guys all > have the same guests on, all talking about the same thing, just rotating > around the studio. Now, here's Jimmy Kimmel with Ricky Gervis. Now will > someone please tell me what has Ricky Gervis ever done that I should > remember anything he has to say? > > What's up with that? > > > >
