Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 15 2020 21:34:40 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-Feb-2020 09:22 <=- BM>> Years ago Hy-Vee was would take 5› off per bag if the customer used BM>> their own reuseable bag. I don't recall them charging for a bag but I BM>> do recall shopping and being charged for a bag at other stores. NB>> We've not had that at Wegmans, but a natural foods store we shop at NB>> (Lori's) will take off 25› per order if you bring your own bag(s)... BM> That 25› seems to be a good psychological price: Hy-Vee's nickle per BM> bag adds up but five cents is almost nothing to a lot of people: "not BM> worth bending down for" if they dropped. (I picked up a lot of change BM> over the years and deposited quite a few dollars: became a free BM> something!) Yup... I'll pick up the pennies, nickles, dimes, etc off the ground... generally just toss them into the wallet, and use as needed, so didn't really ever have them noticeably add up to dollars... but well could have.... ;) BM>>> The credit union had a shred event a couple months ago and wanted the BM>>> to-be-shredded items in paper bags, preferably no boxes; we did BM>>> scrounge up from our 'collection' but that's running very low. NB>>> I'd probably have brought items in boxes or reusable bags or totes, NB>>> and just brought the containers back home with me... or did one have NB>>> to just drop off and leave, to be shredded later...? I know I'd NB>>> rather see the stuff actually be shredded before I left... ;) BM>> The items to be shredded are dumped into a overgrown trash can on BM>> wheels and when filled the can gets wheeled over to the the shredding BM>> truck (usually about 20-50 feet away - within eyesight). Can is BM>> inserted in to a 'slot' in the truck and "sucked up" into the shredder. BM>> Probably a small platform slides out and lifts the can, just looks BM>> like the can get pulled in. NB>> So maybe the truck takes it to a different site to do the actual NB>> shredding, too, then... BM> Did my usual understating: after the can got sucked inside the truck BM> it sounded like some shredding going on while the can was returned to BM> the ground. Sounded to me like there was shredding occurring within BM> the truck. Ok.... BM>> As for seeing one's items actually shredded, no. In process to be BM>> shredded, yes. NB>> I think I'd rather do my own shredding, then.... ;) BM> Same thoughts after that update? Still possibly would rather do myself... maybe the truck got them all properly shredded, but it was just an assumption that the noise meant that it was being totally shredded, so not necessarily the case... ;) ttyl neb .... My mind wanders, but my body is too tired to follow! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .