TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Canada sure likes to ban stuff.

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America sure like to kill stuff. 

Lawyerlady wrote:

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San Francisco has NOT banned plastic water bottles. They have only banned the sale of them on city-owned property, and sporting events are exempt. That's basically someone deciding on their own not to sell something on THEIR property.  Water bottles can still be sold anywhere the city doesn't own. 

 

 

San Francisco has made another step towards greening the city this week, with a recent ordinance to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on city-owned property.

The city’s Board of Supervisors approved the measure unanimously on Tuesday; it will head to the mayor’s desk after one more board approval. The ordinance exempts sporting events and gives food trucks and large nonprofits until 2018 to comply with the new ordinance.

“We all know with climate change, and the importance of combatting climate change, San Francisco has been leading the way to fight for our environment,” ordinance author and Supervisor David Chiu said, according to SFGate. “That’s why I ask you to support this ordinance to reduce and discourage single-use, single-serving plastic water bottles in San Francisco.”

Americans use 50 billion plastic water bottles a year, according to an anti-plastic bottle campaign Ban the Bottle, and just 23% of those are recycled.

Ban violators found selling plastic water bottles 21 oz or below on city grounds after October 2014 would be subject to a fine up to $1000, according to the San Fransisco Examiner.

San Francisco isn’t the first—and likely the last—to enact bans aimed at reducing plastic consumtpion. Many national parks ban the sale of plastic bottles, as does Concord, Massachusetts.

The beverage industry has predictably protested.

The consumer should have a choice on how they drink their water,” American Beverage Association spokeswoman Kate Krebs told the San Francisco Examiner. The bottles “are not being thrown away…They are being recycled.”

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LOL!  Never pass up an opportunity to make up crap to suit your agenda!!!!!

and sporting events EXCLUDED???  That's the absolute LARGEST venue for these.  Millions a year.  Yeah, they aren't doing much to "ban" these re they?

flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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OH!!! Let's emulate Rwanda!!!! The bastion of freedom and happiness...

Maybe they should try to feed their people before banning crap...

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 What in the world are you blathering about?

You're not content unless you're hating someone.

flan

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Welts said we should be more like Rwanda.   Can you read?

Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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OH!!! Let's emulate Rwanda!!!! The bastion of freedom and happiness...

Maybe they should try to feed their people before banning crap...

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 What in the world are you blathering about?

You're not content unless you're hating someone.

flan

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Maybe she's drunk!!!!  LOL! 

Lexxy wrote:

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I actually find the plastic water bottles ridiculous & wasteful. You're not even supposed to refill them. I have an insulated travel cup that I use. My bff has a stainless water bottle she uses. Refill from the water cooler. At home I have chilled filtered water on the door of the fridge. So I have no need for individual bottles of water. If the zombie apocalypse comes I'm screwed.

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 I will sneak quietly out now.  Ever since DH had his kidney stone he drinks eight bottles of water a day.  And then tosses them.  I can't get him to drink it out of the britta pitcher.

Ohfour wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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OH!!! Let's emulate Rwanda!!!! The bastion of freedom and happiness...

Maybe they should try to feed their people before banning crap...

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 What in the world are you blathering about?

You're not content unless you're hating someone.

flan

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Welts said we should be more like Rwanda.   Can you read?

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 She mentioned SIX countries.

You do realize you can BUY small plastic bags?

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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I actually find the plastic water bottles ridiculous & wasteful. You're not even supposed to refill them. I have an insulated travel cup that I use. My bff has a stainless water bottle she uses. Refill from the water cooler. At home I have chilled filtered water on the door of the fridge. So I have no need for individual bottles of water. If the zombie apocalypse comes I'm screwed.

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 I will sneak quietly out now.  Ever since DH had his kidney stone he drinks eight bottles of water a day.  And then tosses them.  I can't get him to drink it out of the britta pitcher.

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 Do I need to talk to him?

flan

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 I'll help!

If he is drinking that much maybe you could look into getting one of those water coolers that use the 5 gallon bottles & he can drink it from a cup.

Lexxy wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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I actually find the plastic water bottles ridiculous & wasteful. You're not even supposed to refill them. I have an insulated travel cup that I use. My bff has a stainless water bottle she uses. Refill from the water cooler. At home I have chilled filtered water on the door of the fridge. So I have no need for individual bottles of water. If the zombie apocalypse comes I'm screwed.

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 I will sneak quietly out now.  Ever since DH had his kidney stone he drinks eight bottles of water a day.  And then tosses them.  I can't get him to drink it out of the britta pitcher.

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 Do I need to talk to him?

flan

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 I'll help!

If he is drinking that much maybe you could look into getting one of those water coolers that use the 5 gallon bottles & he can drink it from a cup.

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 YES!!  Can you both come over?  I'll have dinner ready and waiting!

Ohfour wrote:

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Funny, but I don't drink out of plastic cups. I don't even have one in my house. But I will drink out of plastic bottles.

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 I'm funny about plastic but in a different way.  I drink water & iced tea out of plastic cups.  Not the disposable kind but the hard plastic tumblers.  But I have to have my alcohol in a glass.

Lexxy wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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I actually find the plastic water bottles ridiculous & wasteful. You're not even supposed to refill them. I have an insulated travel cup that I use. My bff has a stainless water bottle she uses. Refill from the water cooler. At home I have chilled filtered water on the door of the fridge. So I have no need for individual bottles of water. If the zombie apocalypse comes I'm screwed.

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 I will sneak quietly out now.  Ever since DH had his kidney stone he drinks eight bottles of water a day.  And then tosses them.  I can't get him to drink it out of the britta pitcher.

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 Do I need to talk to him?

flan

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 I'll help!

If he is drinking that much maybe you could look into getting one of those water coolers that use the 5 gallon bottles & he can drink it from a cup.

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 YES!!  Can you both come over?  I'll have dinner ready and waiting!

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 Oh goody!  What are we having?

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 I will make whatever your little hearts desire!  I am a really good cook!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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I actually find the plastic water bottles ridiculous & wasteful. You're not even supposed to refill them. I have an insulated travel cup that I use. My bff has a stainless water bottle she uses. Refill from the water cooler. At home I have chilled filtered water on the door of the fridge. So I have no need for individual bottles of water. If the zombie apocalypse comes I'm screwed.

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 I will sneak quietly out now.  Ever since DH had his kidney stone he drinks eight bottles of water a day.  And then tosses them.  I can't get him to drink it out of the britta pitcher.

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 Do I need to talk to him?

flan

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 I'll help!

If he is drinking that much maybe you could look into getting one of those water coolers that use the 5 gallon bottles & he can drink it from a cup.

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 YES!!  Can you both come over?  I'll have dinner ready and waiting!

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 Oh goody!  What are we having?

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 I will make whatever your little hearts desire!  I am a really good cook!

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 Ok none of that strange British food your DH likes though.  In fact I think we should tell him you won't make it for him until he stops with the water bottles

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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 Ok none of that strange British food your DH likes though.  In fact I think we should tell him you won't make it for him until he stops with the water bottles

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 He doesn't eat a lot of weird British stuff.  Not really.  Although, the other day he took two hot dog buns, filled them with rice, and ate them.  Yuck.

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 I don't think that is a British dish.  Just plain weirdness!  It is sort of what I feed Bitey the stray when I don't have any real leftovers to add to his bowl.  I soak bread in milk & add cooked rice.

Ohfour wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Maybe she's SOBER...

flan

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Well, since you missed the Rwanda connection, (just a handful of posts down), it's safe to assume that you are not in your right mind.  Or are you? 

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You DO realize that it's an opinion piece, right? I even provided the link.

I'm no more responsible for it than LGS being responsible for claiming the WORLD revolts against Whole Foods.

Most of the world never even heard of Whole Foods.

Ohfour wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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OH!!! Let's emulate Rwanda!!!! The bastion of freedom and happiness...

Maybe they should try to feed their people before banning crap...

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 What in the world are you blathering about?

You're not content unless you're hating someone.

flan

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Welts said we should be more like Rwanda.   Can you read?

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 She mentioned SIX countries.

You do realize you can BUY small plastic bags?

flan

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So you read, but didn't retain.  OK...

and why would I BUY bags when they are free!  That's just retarded...

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 It would cut down on those who think they can't live without plastic bags. If you want it, pay for it.

flan

weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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 Ok none of that strange British food your DH likes though.  In fact I think we should tell him you won't make it for him until he stops with the water bottles

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 He doesn't eat a lot of weird British stuff.  Not really.  Although, the other day he took two hot dog buns, filled them with rice, and ate them.  Yuck.

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I'm pretty sure that's not Brit food. 

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 No.  It's not.  It's called "I'm hungry an hour before dinner time and all that is left to eat quickly is the leftover jasmine rice and two hot dog buns."  Not sure if that's British or not!  Probably not!  My husband eats some weird non Brit crap.  He puts bbq on pizza.  Yuck.

weltschmerz wrote:

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WYSIWYG wrote:

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This is.

Stupid.

Oranges don't need a container. They come wrapped in one that's already biodegradable, right from the tree.

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No kidding!

Sometimes I go to the corner store to buy that sliced bread for grilled cheese that my kid likes.

At the cash, they ask, "Would you like a bag for that?"

It's already in a bag. I'm not buying loose slices of bread.

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 One time I bought a loaf of bread.  Apparently the twist tie thing wasn't on it.  When the kid scanned it the bag opened and all the bread fell on the floor.  He picked up the bread, put it back in the bag, and gave it to me.  I was like Uh, I don't want that loaf.