About plastic bags . . .

It says a lot about the average American's addiction to a lifestyle of thoughtless waste to have to place a $0.20 tax on each shopping bag in order to get them to perhaps think about alternatives. I've been re-using shopping bags for years. I used to get the paper ones with the handles and double them; they'd last over six months. Then I got a canvas tote and was given a heavy duty plastic one with "Whole Foods" logo on it. I still get my groceries in plastic bags part of the time because they are a perfect fit for the trash can. We fill and put about two per week in the trash bin. I re-use the plastic produce bags too. They have about a one year life span.

Regarding picking up after the dog, it appears Oregonian has found the perfect place to park his single-wide (t.i.c.). I don't keep a dog in the condo, but might have another one when my new home is finished. Maybe fill a deer tag too; a nice buck walked through the yard (thinking "there goes the neighborhood) and down the hill as I was atop a ladder nailing the top plate to a garage wall Sunday.

Sg