Plastic checkout bag bans are bullshit (2025 Update)

Pork tacos for dinner, eh? Nice job analyzing and putting it in perspective.

Pork is for the dog. We ate the chicken and green beans with baked potatoes. Tacos for lunch tomorrow. I already had the beef. It really did not occur to me how much plastic they use in the grocery biz until I was putting all of that stuff away after talking to Cindy and Rod.

What I said right from the start, stupid.

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I pick up plastic bags all the time in the river but they aren't all "checkout" bags. There are ice bags (lots of them), produce bags, various packaging plastic along what makes up most of the trash, cans, bottles, cups, other styrofoam (probably the big winner by volume) and then strange stuff. We pick up everything. The reward is I will never have to buy another cushion, life vest, small cooler, gas can, drywall bucket or fender ... ever. Want some? ;-)

Paint Shop

Boat fender

Paint Shop 4 had a free version that was openly distributed to computer clubs in the 90s and that is what I am using. I also have a paid for 7 with a lot of bells and whistles I seldom use so I don't use it as much.

V 4.0 is easier to use than anything in Windows with more power so I have it set as the default program for any kind of picture file.