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oldviolin wrote:
and they leave a handsome bruise the next day. You're a handsome bruise!
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Alexandra
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:30pm |
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winter wrote:Put down the weapon. I mean your mother no harm. Not yet. I might have to do full-on "Highlander" combat with my brother this Sunday when we have a family meeting on the issue. There can be only ONE.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:29pm |
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cc_rider wrote:One thing I wonder though: landfills have vents, to allow gases like methane to escape. But what is 'natural gas' but methane? Why not capture it? Yeah, the concentration/pressure is very low compared to underground sources, but since it is a good fuel AND a greenhouse gas, why not capture it? It's a very big deal these days.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:28pm |
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Manbird wrote: We bought some biodegradable trash bags. The dam things started to degrade before we could get it out to the trash. It just reacted with the garbage scraps and almost fell apart as I took it out to the bin. FAIL.
Those corn-based plastic cups and utensils have had the same problems. A big facility like a stadium buys those things by the truckload, right? Well, if they get too hot, or too humid or whatever, they start breaking down, and you've got a truckload of biodegraded garbage.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:28pm |
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Manbird wrote: We bought some biodegradable trash bags. The dam things started to degrade before we could get it out to the trash. It just reacted with the garbage scraps and almost fell apart as I took it out to the bin. FAIL.
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:24pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Well there's a happy medium somewhere where the time and energy used to go to the store every single day is cut dramatically if you can just plan ahead and make one trip a week. Or if you go once a month (or quarter) and get a month's worth (or 3 months worth) of canned goods and other staples, and then once a week for perishables. Justine's got a semi- rule about not going to the store for just one item. Too inefficient and if you grab something else on a lark, then the cost of the trip winds up being double what the thing would have cost if you'd waited and put it in the cart with the rest of the week's stuff. None of this means plastic bags are needed though. Costco has the A-No.1 best solution to getting your stuff to your car, btw.
Good points. I try not to buy groceries more than once a week, and I try to stick to a list.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:23pm |
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Proclivities wrote:I've seen ones like this around: want.
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:22pm |
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Manbird wrote: Surprisingly few. I think people make a point of not reacting. Which is fine by me.
and they leave a handsome bruise the next day.
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Manbird
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:20pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: photodegradable. In a landfill they are forever. In sunlight they break down eventually. Sort of. We bought some biodegradable trash bags. The dam things started to degrade before we could get it out to the trash. It just reacted with the garbage scraps and almost fell apart as I took it out to the bin. FAIL.
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Manbird
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:18pm |
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winter wrote:You must get some interesting looks carrying that around. Surprisingly few. I think people make a point of not reacting. Which is fine by me.
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islander
Location: Seattle Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:17pm |
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cc_rider wrote:That's a point many people miss. UV rays eventually destroy practically everything, but the normal landfield procedure covers everything up.
One thing I wonder though: landfills have vents, to allow gases like methane to escape. But what is 'natural gas' but methane? Why not capture it? Yeah, the concentration/pressure is very low compared to underground sources, but since it is a good fuel AND a greenhouse gas, why not capture it?
They do. There is a Subaru plant somewhere that powers a substantial portion of their operations will a landfill gas fired turbine. I think GM was looking at this too, not sure where it fit with the whole restructuring though.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:17pm |
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winter wrote: Interesting. It always amazes me to see someone pushing a shopping cart stacked high with groceries - I think, "wow, they must have a really big family".
I have re-usable shopping bags for Fresh & Easy and Trader Joe's. Very handy. Plus if you only have two bags, you try to buy no more than two bags' worth of stuff. Well there's a happy medium somewhere where the time and energy used to go to the store every single day is cut dramatically if you can just plan ahead and make one trip a week. Or if you go once a month (or quarter) and get a month's worth (or 3 months worth) of canned goods and other staples, and then once a week for perishables. Justine's got a semi- rule about not going to the store for just one item. Too inefficient and if you grab something else on a lark, then the cost of the trip winds up being double what the thing would have cost if you'd waited and put it in the cart with the rest of the week's stuff. None of this means plastic bags are needed though. Costco has the A-No.1 best solution to getting your stuff to your car, btw.
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:17pm |
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Manbird wrote: My buddy bought me one of these, I use it all the time ... I've seen ones like this around:
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:17pm |
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Alexandra wrote: My mom probably needed two carts and an older sibling to help. She had to feed an army every. single. f-ing. day. That is why no one is allowed to put her in a nursing home!
Put down the weapon. I mean your mother no harm.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:16pm |
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winter wrote: Interesting. It always amazes me to see someone pushing a shopping cart stacked high with groceries - I think, "wow, they must have a really big family".
My mom probably needed two carts and an older sibling to help. She had to feed an army every. single. f-ing. day. That is why no one is allowed to put her in a nursing home!
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Alexandra
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:14pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: photodegradable. In a landfill they are forever. In sunlight they break down eventually. Sort of.
Well....we did bury it in soil....and it had broken down some....it was really cheap & thin (probably recycled). Not like the Wal-marks thickness.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:12pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: photodegradable. In a landfill they are forever. In sunlight they break down eventually. Sort of.
That's a point many people miss. UV rays eventually destroy practically everything, but the normal landfield procedure covers everything up. One thing I wonder though: landfills have vents, to allow gases like methane to escape. But what is 'natural gas' but methane? Why not capture it? Yeah, the concentration/pressure is very low compared to underground sources, but since it is a good fuel AND a greenhouse gas, why not capture it?
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:08pm |
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Alexandra wrote:
The recycled ones ARE biodegradable....my class did a science project on it. It takes a little longer than paper, however..... photodegradable. In a landfill they are forever. In sunlight they break down eventually. Sort of.
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:05pm |
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Manbird wrote: My buddy bought me one of these, I use it all the time ... You must get some interesting looks carrying that around.
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Manbird
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Jul 12, 2011 - 12:04pm |
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winter wrote: Interesting. It always amazes me to see someone pushing a shopping cart stacked high with groceries - I think, "wow, they must have a really big family".
I have re-usable shopping bags for Fresh & Easy and Trader Joe's. Very handy. Plus if you only have two bags, you try to buy no more than two bags' worth of stuff. My buddy bought me one of these, I use it all the time ...
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