Petty Vents

[Addie]

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I WANT a bag lady! I WANT a bag lady! And I want her now! Ouch!! I hurt my foot stamping it.

Where did you get her? And what is her name? This is one of those days when I regret giving my sewing machine away.

Well there is no grass growing under my feet. I went to etsy and found an adorable doll bag holder. She will be in my kitchen very shortly. Thank you for the idea.

 

[Dawgluver]

Cheryl, check out the clip on bags. They weigh absolutely nothing, stuff into 3x4 inches, and hold a lot!

Shoot, Addie, I would have made you a bag lady!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

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Love her! Maybe I can sew up a favorite scrub shirt that's wearing out to make a bag holder.

 

[Dawgluver]

Love her! Maybe I can sew up a favorite scrub shirt that's wearing out to make a bag holder.

Thanks! Why not? It already would have the right openings! You could even have the bags coming out a sleeve!

I sewed a loop in the back for hanging.

 

[Cheryl J]

Cheryl, check out the clip on bags. They weigh absolutely nothing, stuff into 3x4 inches, and hold a lot!

Shoot, Addie, I would have made you a bag lady!

I sure will Dawg, thanks!

 

[taxlady]

It has taken a while to remember to bring the reusable bags into the car when I go shopping, but I'm pretty good at it now.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

My vent? "Uptalk" If you are making a declarative statement, say it like you believe it.

What Can Jeopardy Tell Us About Uptalk? | Innovation | Smithsonian

Yes, my internal editor DID want to remove the space between the "S" and the rest of the word "Sometimes.

 

[Addie]

I sure will Dawg, thanks!

Right now I have a very large heavy plastic bag hanging on a nail in the kitchen and all the smaller grocery bags go into it as Spike puts the groceries away for me. It is ugly. In spite of the fact that I use them to line my trash cans throughout the house, I often run out of them and have to get some from Spike or my daughter. I wish there were a more environmental safer means of lining my trash cans. I certainly do not like the idea of all of these bags going to into landfill. When I look back, my mother had a metal trash can in the kitchen, and my father always would take it out and empty it, then put it in the hall downstairs. I would go and bring it up. Then she would wash it out and let it dry.

Without the grocery bag liners, I would have five waste baskets to empty down the hall and then wash each day. Considering I dump my coffee grounds into them, and the baskets are plastic, they would easily become stained and hold odors. So the grocery bag liners unfortunately have to be my answer to my problem.

 

[CharlieD]

What do you do when you hire a relative to do a job and the the job he did is piece of s****? That the situation I am in right now.. He is a construction and remodeling specialist, supposedly, who totally messed up the work, but I just cannot start the war. I do not care about him personally, but everybody else involved. No question here, just complaining.


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[Addie]

What do you do when you hire a relative to do a job and the the job he did is piece of s****? That the situation I am in right now.. He is a construction and remodeling specialist, supposedly, who totally messed up the work, but I just cannot start the war. I do not care about him personally, but everybody else involved. No question here, just complaining.

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To save your sanity and your wallet, tell him (and your wife on the side) that after looking at your finances, you both have decided to not continue with the project. Wait a month or two, then hire someone who you feel can do the work properly and to your liking. By then your finances should improve. And he should be busy on another project.

 

[bakechef]

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Similar concept, but way more cute!

 

[taxlady]

My vent? "Uptalk" If you are making a declarative statement, say it like you believe it.

What Can Jeopardy Tell Us About Uptalk? | Innovation | Smithsonian

That's interesting. I haven't really noticed any excessive usage of it myself. I had never heard a name for it. I think it is perfectly reasonable in a social setting to use uptalk to indicate that an answer to a question is a guess.

Yes, my internal editor DID want to remove the space between the "S" and the rest of the word "Sometimes.

???

 

[Andy M.]

My vent? "Uptalk" If you are making a declarative statement, say it like you believe it.

What Can Jeopardy Tell Us About Uptalk? | Innovation | Smithsonian

Yes, my internal editor DID want to remove the space between the "S" and the rest of the word "Sometimes.

A pet peeve for me as well. But I do enjoy Jeopardy.

 

[Addie]

A pet peeve for me as well. But I do enjoy Jeopardy.

So do I. And when I hear one of the contestants answer with uptalk, I take to mean that they aren't too sure of their answer.

 

[Andy M.]

I think ALL outdoor ice should be bright dayglo orange so you can see it and not fall on your ass taking out the trash.

 

[roadfix]

What do you do when you hire a relative to do a job and the the job he did is piece of s****? That the situation I am in right now.. He is a construction and remodeling specialist, supposedly, who totally messed up the work, but I just cannot start the war. I do not care about him personally, but everybody else involved. No question here, just complaining.

For starters, I wouldn't start a war but would be completely honest with him by pointing out all the flaws in his work and was not something you were expecting.
I was in a similar situation several years ago, pointed out the flaws, and ended up redoing more than 50% of the work myself.

 

[Zhizara]

I prefer the plastic bags. They are so much easier to carry than paper bags (think canned goods).

I also tie the tops before transporting the groceries. That way I don't end up chasing my groceries around the trunk. I just cut the knots off when I'm putting groceries away and just ball them all up and put in the trash. I don't feel they are strong enough to be used again safely.

When shopping at Sav-a-Lot where bags aren't supplied, I often forget to bring my own bags, but large plastic bags are available at the cash register, and only cost 10¢ each. It only cost me 50¢ or less, and they are strong enough to be reused. I figure paying for the bags is my punishment for not remembering to bring my own bags.

 

[tinlizzie]

I'm on both sides of the plastic bag fence: I, too, tend to fret over the islands of plastic refuse in the oceans. Our State has not yet banned plastic 'grocery' bags, but I'll surely miss them when they go -- that's where the used kitty litter goes. If I don't have the free ones I get at the grocery store, I'll probably just have to buy some for this use.

 

[Mad Cook]

I prefer the plastic bags. They are so much easier to carry than paper bags (think canned goods).

I also tie the tops before transporting the groceries. That way I don't end up chasing my groceries around the trunk. I just cut the knots off when I'm putting groceries away and just ball them all up and put in the trash. I don't feel they are strong enough to be used again safely.

When shopping at Sav-a-Lot where bags aren't supplied, I often forget to bring my own bags, but large plastic bags are available at the cash register, and only cost 10¢ each. It only cost me 50¢ or less, and they are strong enough to be reused. I figure paying for the bags is my punishment for not remembering to bring my own bags.

For years I was laughed at in shops for taking my old-fashioned wicker basket to carry home my goods.



I now find that I'm looked on as very up-to-the-minute! How things change.


On the rare occasions that I end up with a plastic carrier bag I don't consign it to landfill on just one use. I used to use them to line the kitchen waste bin but then the manufacturers started perforating them for safety so they were no longer any use as refuse bags. I now collect them and when I have a bagful I take them to the local charity/thrift shop who are always desperate for packaging for customers' purchases.

 

[taxlady]

You can also make "plarn" out of plastic bags and knit or crochet door mats or camping mats. Some people make mats for homeless people to sleep on. Here in Montreal we are asked not to do that. The people who work with the homeless want them to come to the shelters, especially in winter.