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Post by prim on Feb 14, 2018 8:05:04 GMT
Cupid is cute Pepe.
No flowers here, I asked him not to buy them. It was forecast for 40degrees here today and any flowers for sale would be dead by the time I got home. He bought prawns instead. They were yummy!
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Post by Carmella on Feb 14, 2018 8:15:49 GMT
We had a fox here in the back lane this morning it was barking.
after chooks, bloody thing i know our back yard is pretty secure and it would be impossible for it to dig under the fence.
i have also heard the roos have taken over the gold course too. sad really, food must be pretty scarce.
i know as well for the amount of magpies and kookies we are feeding atm. not to mention other meat eating birds.
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Post by joono on Feb 14, 2018 8:24:27 GMT
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Feb 14, 2018 23:04:47 GMT
I’m not sure what I think about this one.
I was just in my local little (IGA) supermarket when a nice tidy, clean looking older man came in and gave the checkout operator several used plastic bags. The same as the ones they put your stuff in there - I assume he got them there. She didn’t seem to think it was anything unusual so I suppose he does it regularly.
Anyway, she loaded them onto the bag holder thingy and then put some of my stuff, including unwrapped veges, in one of them. Now, I’m all for reusing and recycling but it made me feel just a little bit uncomfortable. I don’t know what has been in those bags before hand, and I’m not sure that is completely up to health regulations either? I didn’t say anything, but now wonder if maybe I should have.
What do you all think? And how would you have reacted?
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Post by maggiemay on Feb 14, 2018 23:57:27 GMT
i think i would have a word to the manager, at least, and maybe the state health dept if you got the impression that it happens regularly, that is a no no imo
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Post by figlet on Feb 15, 2018 0:18:49 GMT
imo used plastic bags handed back into supermarkets should only be collected if they're participating in a recycling program.. Where the used bags are sent away to the recycling depot.
The cost of new bags is factored into prices, so customers should be given new bags.
Yes, issue you don't know what was in them before..could be weedkiller from the garden section.
We take our own bags.. No free ones here.
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Post by joono on Feb 15, 2018 0:26:16 GMT
I don't like the idea either. I take all of my used bags back and put them in the recyclable plastics bin. What if someone had a leaky raw chicken package in that bag and your fruit goes in with it?
I had to correct that. I put 'and your friend goes in with it' and not your fruit and I don't even use predictive text. Wake up brain.
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Feb 15, 2018 0:36:37 GMT
hehehe at the idea of my friend going into the bag  Thanks for your thoughts. I was concerned I might be being a bit paranoid. I’ll say something to the manager if I see it again. |
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Post by deb on Feb 15, 2018 0:54:09 GMT
I don't like the idea of recycled plastic bags where food is concerned Kay
I recycle mine by giving them to OP shops to use, which is a bit different
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Post by figlet on Feb 15, 2018 1:06:54 GMT
I bought some maternity clothes ( expensive brands, very clean) at a market for someone else. The lady put them in a supermarket bag and said I should wash them as they were in a used supermarket bag.
Very fastidious.. She wouldn't want her food in a used supermarket bag....
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Post by avatarcat on Feb 15, 2018 1:36:14 GMT
I'd say something.
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Post by Carmella on Feb 15, 2018 2:14:40 GMT
ditto.
i would of stopped her then and there and said something.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 3:33:57 GMT
i agree, those bags should be in the recycling, or ONLY used for HIS groceries. that's dangerous, bacteriawise.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 3:36:38 GMT
we went shopping today, OMG, there was SO many people with fear in their eyes, frantically buying half dead flowers and boxes of chocolates! a young man i see there frequently gave me a red carnation on my way out,and wished me happy valentine's, i thought that was very nice of him.
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Post by maggiemay on Feb 15, 2018 4:02:08 GMT
i usually take my own green bags, but right now i don't, i am saving up plastic bags because they are being stopped in june here, and i will still need them for rubbish
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Post by flashie on Feb 15, 2018 4:24:02 GMT
Call me a Whambulance.....................wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....................  I finally got two blocks of the caramilk chocolate................and they have recalled it............  Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh !!!!!!!  |
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Post by Carmella on Feb 15, 2018 4:26:57 GMT
why did they recall it flashie.
i have a block and already eaten half of it.
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Post by flashie on Feb 15, 2018 4:30:10 GMT
It is only ones that have the used by date of 17-1-2019......and 21-1-2019 only.
Small bits of plastic apparently
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Post by Carmella on Feb 15, 2018 4:50:23 GMT
Ok thanks flashie.
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Post by avatarcat on Feb 15, 2018 5:12:01 GMT
 Oh, that's cruel. So close.......
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Post by duffy on Feb 15, 2018 5:38:11 GMT
I probably wouldn't have bothered to say anything Kay, but I would have thought it!
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Post by prim on Feb 15, 2018 5:56:26 GMT
I would not have let her use them for me. Even though the gentleman looked clean, you don't know him and someone else in his family could have used those bags for anything before he took them back. A word to the manager is in order.
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Post by pennybanger on Feb 15, 2018 6:21:21 GMT
You may not see much of me for a while - I've just treated myself to a 6 month subscription with Ancestry.com.au and I'm busy digging skeletons out of the family closet. (or should that be dead cats out of the linen press?)  |
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Post by prim on Feb 15, 2018 6:27:22 GMT
That can be very, very time consuming Penny. I tried but gave up because I am always so time poor and asked our resident supreme expert (Flashie) to help. I am glad I did :)
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Post by avatarcat on Feb 15, 2018 6:46:19 GMT
Penny, each time I delve into my family history, I end up going down so many rabbit holes that lead to some surprising discoveries.
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Post by joono on Feb 15, 2018 6:48:55 GMT
Flashie, I've been keeping an eye out for Caramilk but nowhere has it except for local Coles and they've never got any on the shelf. Just the ticket for it. I'll keep checking.
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Post by prim on Feb 15, 2018 6:57:19 GMT
I haven't seen it either.
Flashie, is it worth asking for your chocolate to be replaced? Or asking for some to be put aside when the next stock comes in? Or have you done that already.
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Post by Carmella on Feb 15, 2018 7:28:01 GMT
don't know if you have a IGA store joono but they have it.
the block i have has the 22/1 on it.
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Post by prim on Feb 15, 2018 7:31:22 GMT
Isn't that one of the recalled bars with plastic? Or did I read Flashie wrong>
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Post by Carmella on Feb 15, 2018 7:45:26 GMT
flashies said 17th and 21st/1
anyway it's too late now to be worried even if it was those dates, i already ate half of it. LOL.
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Oh, that's cruel. So close.......
