Re: Heart of the City -2005/11/17

HS WRand Om <strom_go@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ronniecat wrote:

>> Are paper sacks still that common in the US, or
>> is this "art-directed" too? (I have heard people making reference to
>> being asked "paper or plastic?" by baggers, but except for one time in
>> Toronto I've never had it happen in real life.)

> Not sure about the rest of the country but it's very common 'round here
> (Connecticut.) The big chains tend to push plastic and only pull out the
> paper when asked. But the smaller markets seem as willing to use paper
> as plastic. And I like the paper bags they use around here: they have
> handles glued to them which make them easier to cart around. Almost hate
> to fill them up with newspapers or cut up for wrappings.

Replace "(Connecticut.)" with "(Santa Cruz Mountains.)" and that's pretty
much exactly what I would write -- right down to the nifty handles.

Big plus for paper bags: cats can play in them. Evidently, they can even
learn not to get their heads stuck in the handles, scrambling around the
house with a big ol' paper parachute flying behind them. At least Alnitak
doesn't do that anymore, which is kind of a shame.

--
Sherwood Harrington
Boulder Creek, California
.

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