tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30724218.post9095214809578551634..comments2023-08-13T21:11:05.572+08:00Comments on The Eyes Have It: "I'm Not a Plastic Bag"Fionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00727596416170770024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30724218.post-39110252575000800352007-07-10T08:32:00.000+08:002007-07-10T08:32:00.000+08:00I just might queue up for the second one! The "mus...I just might queue up for the second one!<BR/> The "must have" mania...it is everywhere it seems!Sunny Delighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813476500121784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30724218.post-44532076908091462222007-07-09T14:03:00.000+08:002007-07-09T14:03:00.000+08:00George & Matt - that's the one I'd be carrying!I r...George & Matt - that's the one I'd be carrying!<BR/><BR/>I really don't comprehend the whole 'I've got one and you don't' thing. I actually don't understand a lot of materialism mind you. When people want something because it is valued highly, or because the Joneses have one. Or more often than not, these days, marketing creates a false demand.<BR/><BR/>As for the environment, we are really only scratching the surface here, although finally, and it's hard when just a few miles away, they can do anything they want and we have to cough and splutter through it.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727596416170770024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30724218.post-49203932349957932362007-07-09T09:30:00.000+08:002007-07-09T09:30:00.000+08:00I love that "unpretentious" version! Precious.Peo...I love that "unpretentious" version! Precious.<BR/><BR/>People are starting to go a little nuts with the eco-drive stuff. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for saving the environment, the world, etc. But we have to do this sort of thing smartly. Flourescent instead of incandescent? Sure - if you don't mind dealing with the mercury waste it creates. America is moving, slowly, towards ethanol? Fantastic - except that they're using less efficient corn instead of the sugar cane that the Brazilians used, and now the price of corn has gone in my area from dollar a dozen to dollar a pair (don't even ask what people with more corn-dependant diets in places like Central and South America are doing)...<BR/><BR/>And your comments on the mass hysteria for rare-to-find goods are right on target. Who remembers the Christmas of Tickle-Me Elmo in the States? Or more recently, the fights and robberies that broke out when the Xbox 360 hit the market? It can be worse for honest-to-goodness collectible items, "1 in a series of X," etc. Don't we collect and consume enough crap?<BR/><BR/>I didn't realize I was in such a rant-y mood... ;-)Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205502093632888570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30724218.post-73323499509437014082007-07-09T09:00:00.000+08:002007-07-09T09:00:00.000+08:00Ha ... love the second bag ... you called it the "...Ha ... love the second bag ... you called it the "later" bag ... does that mean the first one is now the old bag?<BR/><BR/>In the province in live in Canada, the govt is pushing the use of reuseable bags made from recycled material. It is a good idea because the last forever in a garbage dump plastic ones do not degrade over time.<BR/><BR/>The province has also banned the use of incandescent bulbs as of 2012.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369924981153052978noreply@blogger.com