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utterly uninspired. What's everybody else cooking?

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Date: 2019-04-24 09:07 pm (UTC)
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You say it's not a big deal to re use a cotton tote 50 times. I've done that, but it isn't trivially easy. When I leave home to go shopping, and only to go shopping...sure, it's not a big deal to carry the empty bag. But it's bulky enough to fill more than a quarter of my messenger bag. I can't just use it for spontaneous "stop and buy a few things on the way home." I still like it, and still use it (though I don't think I'm near a thousand uses, and many of those haven't replaced store bags.) ...but the only way to keep using it will be to mend it yet again.

The nylon bag does fit in my messenger bag. And in the pocket of my parka, if I'm not also carrying a hat. But I had to mend the nylon bag after less than 50 uses.

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