Miscellaneous ramblings
Mar. 12th, 2008 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenI hardly ever do any posts at all these days, let alone random rambling disjointed ones, but this is one of those.
1. Cat food! The last three times I've gone to buy kibble, Pearl's favorite brand in the small bag size was consistently out of code, so I had to buy the bigger bags. I like the smaller bags better because although they are not as much value monetarily for how much you get, they stay fresh longer. These bags had a 2009 date on them, woo hoo! Also she actually enjoyed the catnip toy I got her -- she's really picky about toys.
2. Gas -- how much are you all paying for your nefarious gasoline/petrol substance for your motorized vehicles, if any?
I was shocked to pay $40.09 to fill up my tank. This is more than I have ever paid. That's $3.20/gallon to fill up a 12-14 gallon tank in a mid-sized sedan.
I hate to bring up "I remember when"s, but seriously, it was as low as 99 cents/gallon during the Clinton administration. Inflation cannot account for this discrepancy. *eyes oilmen in the White House with great suspicion*
3. Canvas shopping bags -- I've always hated these because they were always white, showed dirt, and were too large and therefore too heavy with groceries. In addition, they always seemed to have rounded, seamed bottoms that didn't hold the food well. Net bags had many of the same problems, but with the added negative of letting stuff fall through the holes.
However, the local supermarket (Publix) has recently introduced a new kind that is not too big or too small, square-bottomed, strong, sturdy, light, and foldable, with a simple hard plastic insert in the square bottom which holds up again heavy orange juice-type objects. They come in green and black as well as white. I now own five of these, and have finally stopped using so many plastic bags.
4. There was a fourth thing, but now I don't remember what it was. :(
1. Cat food! The last three times I've gone to buy kibble, Pearl's favorite brand in the small bag size was consistently out of code, so I had to buy the bigger bags. I like the smaller bags better because although they are not as much value monetarily for how much you get, they stay fresh longer. These bags had a 2009 date on them, woo hoo! Also she actually enjoyed the catnip toy I got her -- she's really picky about toys.
2. Gas -- how much are you all paying for your nefarious gasoline/petrol substance for your motorized vehicles, if any?
I was shocked to pay $40.09 to fill up my tank. This is more than I have ever paid. That's $3.20/gallon to fill up a 12-14 gallon tank in a mid-sized sedan.
I hate to bring up "I remember when"s, but seriously, it was as low as 99 cents/gallon during the Clinton administration. Inflation cannot account for this discrepancy. *eyes oilmen in the White House with great suspicion*
3. Canvas shopping bags -- I've always hated these because they were always white, showed dirt, and were too large and therefore too heavy with groceries. In addition, they always seemed to have rounded, seamed bottoms that didn't hold the food well. Net bags had many of the same problems, but with the added negative of letting stuff fall through the holes.
However, the local supermarket (Publix) has recently introduced a new kind that is not too big or too small, square-bottomed, strong, sturdy, light, and foldable, with a simple hard plastic insert in the square bottom which holds up again heavy orange juice-type objects. They come in green and black as well as white. I now own five of these, and have finally stopped using so many plastic bags.
4. There was a fourth thing, but now I don't remember what it was. :(
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Date: 2008-03-13 01:27 am (UTC)$116 to fill your tank? Jeez, no wonder you take the bus!
We are whining loudly over here, but it's good for us to remember that lots of countries have had it lots worse for a while in terms of gas.
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Date: 2008-03-13 01:34 am (UTC)