a couple things

[ceagle]

In a surprise move, WalMart classes it up a notch:

Many thousands (such as I) were not all too happy about the plastic bag big-brother law just passed, and were expecting the worst.. however last night while shopping at WalMart, I see that they have implemented some very uptown plastic bags for the now-mandatory 10c fee... These bags are VASTLY an astronomical improvement (sturdy and re-usable) compared to the flimsy old-style ones, so for ten cents it's actually worth picking one up now and then, though most of the time I'll just be using no bags at all.

Duck-Griffins:

In all these years, it's a wonder no-one ever told me about the griffin!... (and other transformations, such as hawks, vultures, bears, rats, panthers, etc) in the DuckTales Treasures of the Lost Lamp movie! It's been on my list to see for quite some time, but like a few others, had slipped thru the cracks for way too long. (just saw Casablanca a few years back too!)
I wouldn't call this a 'classic', but it was one of the earliest entries in the DuckTales world when it was a very hot item. The genie is a rather fun character too :}

Comments

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

At least the bags are reusable or else 10 cents a plastic bag would be ridiculous!

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Yeah I voted against that as it included Paper bags. WTF?

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

DuckTales was a great show! We have had the Lost Lamp on VHS, and have one of the 3 disc show compilations. We have the NES game as well ;o)

(This goes ditto for Rescue Rangers!)

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Which measure was that? (Your links appear to me as just underlined words) I was a bit surprised when San Francisco voted against plastic bags, but that seems to be against simply disposable ones. The UK enacted legislation a year or so ago on similar lines, so rather than flimsy bags being free, semi-decent ones are 5p, and better ones that'll always be replaced for free, forever, when they get worn out are 5-10p.

As you might expect, plastic bag consumption has plummeted - by something like 90%, I believe, but I'd have to dig up actual figures. No bad thing, given every bag means the use of oil.

Me, I just keep two such bags tucked away in my bag, and they wind up getting switched out every few months. Only downside is a lack of bags for the recyclables bin. =:) I just use the occasional throwaway the roomie brings back, and keep using that for a while. (Eventually, they get grotty)

Do you mean you only saw Casablanca for the first time a few months ago? O.o Still, I've yet to see Citizen Kane (although RL may see something of a reinterpretation thereof shortly), or, indeed, many classic musicals, an art form I only warmed to relatively late on.

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* I'm actually old enough to remember when plastic grocery bags made their debut, they were hailed as environmentally-friendly because we wouldn't have to kill tress anymore just to cart our groceries home. Personally, I'd rather use the organic leavings of plants long dead for that purpose than kill living beings.

But I'm really not complaining. I just save up my paper bags, bind them together in bundles, and burn them in my wood stove just like firewood, so at least they don't go completely to waste, like they will with most other people.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Here we have a choice of using our own bags, purchase cloth style reusable bags or are charged a surchage to use the plastic ones provided. They also have big bins available at the front of the supermarket to recycle the bags. Some stores use biodegradable bags instead.

[hastka.livejournal.com]

I missed the whole thing about bag fees. I guess it's been a few years since California causes me severe eye-rolling, so maybe they were due. What's next, being fined at the checkout lane when you use your car to go to the store instead of taking public transportation because it uses petroleum and adds pollution?

Around here there are a few stores that offer a small discount for bringing/using your own recycled bags, which to me makes a bit more sense. But then again, from everything from horse training to managing people, I find positive reinforcement works better than negative reinforcement.

Our local recycling place started explicitly refusing plastic grocery bags (too lightweight, and get caught in the machine) and styrofoam food containers (not dense enough to yield profit that offsets the cost of transportation). Once again, that seems to me like it's the recycling company's problem and not mine, but whatever. :P