Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite

On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:31:43 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:22:11 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:
 

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:13:46 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
<snippo mucho, response is to plastic reusable shopping bags>
>

I use cloth bags....

>
I have a box with handles (e.g. a document storage box) that
I keep in the car.  Tell the checker to leave everything in
the cart and transfer from cart to box at car.
>
No bags necessary.

 
I'm non-motorized, so I not only need bags (currently boxes, as noted
elsewhere) but need exactly two of them (having exactly two arms to
tote them with), which affects how much I can buy at one time.
 
But walking to and (especially) from the store is great exercise!

>
To, yes, but from is a cardiac arrest waiting to happen. Or a fall,
given the state of the sidewalks here in winter.  But then, why not both?

Walking is aerobic. It strengthens the cardiovascular system. I began
with jogging back in the 70s. This has varied over the years, but a
lot of the time since then I have been doing something aerobic.

I have special shoes I wear when it is snowy. These are very heavy,
and I often walk heel-to-toe to be safe, but that just means I am
doing more work. Nothing wrong with that.

OTOH, the "freezing rain" we had a while back defeated me. I'd never
encountered it before. I'll be paying attention to it in the future.

I regret to say that I go less often, buy more, and take a taxi back. At
$10 the taxi fare doesn't increase the cost of a $250 purchase by that
much.  Much less than the delivery fee.

I don't tip generally but, for some reason, I /do/ tip taxi drivers.
So your $10 would be $20 for me.

But that isn't a bad strategy at all. Just not mine.

Well, not yet anyway. In another decade, who can say?

My walk back takes me past a house where music lessons are given.  There
is usually a parent in a car outside, waiting for their child.  Last
time I walked by the parent offered me a lift, I declined with thanks as
my house was just around the corner.  As I rounded the corner he drove
up, just to make sure.  Not only offered to help, but followed up on it.

Up hear, on Nextdoor, that would be interpreted by some as spotting
for burglars. Nextdoor can be amusing, but it does tend to be a bit
negative.

I get offers for help as well. Sometimes offers to get in a car. I
never got one of those when I was a kid, but I was warned about them.

Mostly they give up when I say "No, thanks" but sometimes they are
more aggressive and I have to get a bit ... stern.

I know that there are a lot of good people out there, but it made my day
to meet one.

Indeed.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"