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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:31:43 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 46 Message-ID: <v9oggs$1iq5q$1@dont-email.me> References: <slrnvb4nj4.tcg.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <lhh8r6Fik7sU1@mid.individual.net> <v903q8$35ehe$1@dont-email.me> <tov9bj99r02h5e0n9h4b1u1392uvjk2mlf@4ax.com> <fe8tO.291927$a6n5.15337@fx15.iad> <17fobjtemh0r464olg57kk4b5j8ol72v3u@4ax.com> <dtipbjtb6qehenc07d2025ks9od0798lfu@4ax.com> <TH4vO.27471$yI05.15120@fx38.iad> <v9imto$h57c$1@dont-email.me> <v9jko8$lr5i$2@dont-email.me> <5m8sbjpf1mod8753dq7d7gkmubq2sq3q55@4ax.com> <TWpvO.92233$1w_2.62901@fx48.iad> <cdtubjtcs12n9aee4rai084rsnehkk3eui@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:32:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a6b85a2e7d4005fa2b8f0bf184154c9d"; logging-data="1665210"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/YU5qhArPSG/kPFJ5plPEh" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:o6Ayk6VOt0k17to+u0ucL44XPTA= In-Reply-To: <cdtubjtcs12n9aee4rai084rsnehkk3eui@4ax.com> Bytes: 3259 Paul S Person wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:22:11 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) > wrote: > >> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes: >>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:13:46 -0700, Dimensional Traveler >>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >>> >>> <snippo mucho, response is to plastic reusable shopping bags> >>> >>>> I use cloth bags.... >> >> I have a box with handles (e.g. a document storage box) that >> I keep in the car. Tell the checker to leave everything in >> the cart and transfer from cart to box at car. >> >> No bags necessary. > > I'm non-motorized, so I not only need bags (currently boxes, as noted > elsewhere) but need exactly two of them (having exactly two arms to > tote them with), which affects how much I can buy at one time. > > But walking to and (especially) from the store is great exercise! To, yes, but from is a cardiac arrest waiting to happen. Or a fall, given the state of the sidewalks here in winter. But then, why not both? I regret to say that I go less often, buy more, and take a taxi back. At $10 the taxi fare doesn't increase the cost of a $250 purchase by that much. Much less than the delivery fee. My walk back takes me past a house where music lessons are given. There is usually a parent in a car outside, waiting for their child. Last time I walked by the parent offered me a lift, I declined with thanks as my house was just around the corner. As I rounded the corner he drove up, just to make sure. Not only offered to help, but followed up on it. I know that there are a lot of good people out there, but it made my day to meet one. William Hyde