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Attention Jet Set: STOP Flying. Too Damn Dangerous! Also... Flying Causes Air Pollution & Climate Change... NO LONGER Groovy...

REFUSE TO FLY! Stay Home and Visit using the Internet... Zoom, Zoom, Zoom... 

Attention: Jet Set: Better STOP Flying. Too Damn Dangerous! Also... Flying Causes Air Pollution & Climate Change...



HEADLINE: Seat belt saved passenger's life on Boeing 737 jet that suffered a blowout, new lawsuit says.
More passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt.
https://www.kentuckytoday.com/news/national/seat-belt-saved-passengers-life-on-boeing-737-jet-that-suffered-a-blowout-new-lawsuit/article_67157169-2b28-58ba-a831-808bf16d9240.html

Remember: It's NOT REALLY Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell That is CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE... 

It's the People That BUY GAS for Cars... It's the People That Travel using Jet Fuel... 

Those Oil Companies are Just Giving the People What We Want... 

Jet Set Awake meme



Simply Reduce Traveling and Stop Polluting the Air. Stay Home... Commute shorter Distances for Your Job... Refuse to FLY Totally!

Headline: More than 9,000 US flights delayed or canceled after severe storms. 

Headline: Airline delays and cancellations are bad. Ahead of the holiday weekend, they're getting worse... JUST REFUSE TO BE A PART OF THE JET SET. 

I used to be one of "THOSE" People... But Gradually I Became Aware... I was motivated to QUESTION JET AIRPLANE TRAVEL by Greta Thunberg... 

HEADLINE: Air travel is a huge contributor to climate change. A new global movement wants you to be ashamed to fly.
Greta Thunberg gave up flights to fight climate change. Should you?
My Little White Truck - red white and blue heart art - gvan42
In Fact... I used to Drive All Over the Country Just to Attend Grateful Dead Concerts... Never Once thinking about Burning Gasoline and Causing Climate Change... I Didn't Have a Clue... but NOW... I Grasp the Concept! 

But the MAIN CAUSE of Climate Change is People Driving to Work. Not Only is Commuting bad for the Inhabitants of Planet Earth but it's a Horrible Waste of Your Life... If you spend Two Hours a Day in Your Car... You miss out on time that Could be spent Playing with your children... or reading a book... or writing, painting, drawing,  composing, anything! Living!
Next time you choose a new job... Consider that the Commute is SUPER IMPORTANT! You spend money on GAS and auto repairs and LOSE PART OF YOUR LIFE!

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One Solution would be for the Owners of all those Vacant Office Buildings in San Francisco to Convert them to Apartments... or Condos... People Would Love to Live in San Francisco if they have a Job there... This Would be a WIN WIN... 

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How to Reduce Plastic Waste. Simple Actions Anyone Can Do. #1. Never Buy Bottled Water. Filter Tap Water Instead.

Here's the Consumer Reports Guide of Filters that Remove Pollution from Tap Water... 

https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/water-filters/

Did You Ever Notice that Water Bottled in Plastic TASTES like Plastic?  That's Plastic Going Into Your Body... 

Of Course, If You Shower in Toxic Waste Water... That's a Problem too... Your Skin Absorbs the Poison... That's Why a Whole House Filter is Best... Contact Your Local Plumber for advice and installation... or MOVE to a Safer Neighborhood. 

#2. Stop Drinking Coke... It's often packaged in Plastic Bottles... So is Pepsi, RC Cola, Mountain Dew and Generic Cola... I personally LOVE the HIGH I Get from Caffeine and Sugar... Especially when driving a car long distances! That's FUN! 

However... It is Possible to Simply Take Those Two Drugs without Dissolving them in a Flavored and Carbonated Beverage... TRY COFFEE... I Remember putting Brown Sugar and Nutmeg in a Cup of Coffee at the Coffee Shop and I FELT OPTIMISTIC! Buzzing Like a Bee and Enthusiastic About Life! Whee! 

Or Drink TEA... Or Drink Fruit Juice Made from a Concentrate... Avoid the Plastic Bottles!

Of Course, Caffeine is sold at the drug store in PILL Form... Especially Interesting is the Combo Pills with Aspirin, Acetaminophen and 65 mg Caffeine... Pain Relievers and Stimulant... Keep taking those and You'll end up driving from San Jose to Seattle... Whoosh! Whoosh!

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The Myth of Plastic Recycling... 
For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, advertisements and even school education aimed at increasing recycling. But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled...

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I recently Got an Email showing me the Ecological Awareness Artwork of Benjamin Von Wong...

 https://blog.vonwong.com/turnofftheplastictap/

artwork by Ben Von Wong - Laptop Mania - Ecology Awareness Artist

https://www.vonwong.com/

"There’s something really interesting about the idea that someone can make a living off of creating something that has no value except the value people associate to it." 


#3. Notice the Plastic Crap you consume and Simply Buy Less of it. I own an iPhone 6 and It Does Everything I Want a Phone to Do... "THEY" Keep on telling me to Buy a NEW IMPROVED Model... TV Ads Promoting the iPhone 14 and YET... I'm Already Happy... Why Buy More Plastic Crap? 

I own a Toshiba Laptop but the Hard Disk Drive Failed and... It made more sense to Replace the Entire Machine with a Chromebook than have the Hard Drive Fixed or Replaced... and the Chromebook Doesn't Have a Hard Drive so it's Impossible that the Hard Drive will fail... 

#4. Stop buying music CDs... Everything is available online for Free on Youtube... so... stop buying Plastic Ware! 

#5. Buy High Quality Tools that Last a Lifetime... I Have an Yamaha Acoustic Guitar and It Will Still be Wonderful 50 Years from Now... Look at Willie Nelson's Trigger... 

#6. I watch Kids Cartoons on TV and The Advertisements Aimed at Children Promote Endless Streams of Plastic Crap...  My Grandfather Make a Toy Train Set out of Wood and My Brother and I Both played with it... His Daughters Played with it... and His Grand Daughters Played with it... 

The Plastic Crap Toys are designed to break, be thrown away... and then the Parents need to buy MORE MORE MORE!

#7. Plastic Knives, Forks, Spoons, Plates and Cups... REALLY! Simply Use Real Utensils and Wash 'em... My Great Grandmother Got Engraved Silverware for her Wedding and We Still Have It... 

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Please Email Me Your Ideas for How to Reduce Plastic Waste... gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com or leave a comment below... 

"Every Bottle Back" is Classic Greenwashing. About 8.7% of the Plastic Bottles in the USA are Actually Recycled... But That's Not the Fault of the Corporations That Make the Plastic Bottles... SO THEY SAY:

They Have an EveryBottleBack.com Program Set Up to Handle Recycling of Plastic Waste... and If YOU Throw Their Bottles in the Garbage, That's NOT THEIR Fault... 

EveryBottleBack.com GREENWASHING Advertisement meme

The Environmental Protection Agency says that just 8.7 percent of the plastic that was discarded in the U.S. in 2018 was recycled...

and I Don't Buy ANY Plastic Bottles because I Drink Coffee, Green Tea and Water Right from the Tap. I use Real Glasses and Cups and Wash Them and Use Them Again Tomorrow... None of that Single Use Plastic Crap for Me!

and then I was thinking about my total plastic consumption... The Fruit Juice comes in Big Plastic Jugs... maybe Two Liter Bottles... Pork Chops and Chicken is Packaged on a Styrofoam Tray covered in Plastic Wrap... Ice Cream Comes in a Plastic Tub... My Groceries are Packaged in Whatever CostCo Uses... 

Plastic Food Packaging - Fruits and Nuts
Plastic Food Packaging - Fruits and Nuts

I don't use Plastic Spoons and Forks... I don't eat Fast Food at Taco Bell, Jack or McDonalds... All of those Places are Heavy on the Plastic Crap!

My Laptop is Made of Plastic... My Phone is Made of Plastic... and I Replace them About Every Five Years... But the Corporations That Make That Plastic Crap Wants You to "Upgrade" Every Freaking Year! Whazzup With That? I can Still Order a LYFT with my Current Phone... and I Can Make a Phone Call... and That's all I Ever Do... No Chatting on Social Media on my Phone because it's Really Difficult to Enter Text... I Type a LOT on my Laptop and The REAL Keyboard is Easy to Use... In Fact, When I'm Lost in thought Deciding what to Say... I forget about the keyboard entirely... THAT would never Happen on an iPhone!

anyway... When I see that Every Bottle Back TV Advertisement I'm Glad I Don't Buy Their Plastic Crap! 

I know a Lady that lives near Beale Air Force Base and She has to Buy Plastic Bottles of Water because the Tap Water is Polluted With Jet Fuel from the Airplanes... Some Fuel Spills and Then Gets into the Groundwater... SO... For Health, She Drinks Plastic Bottled Water... What She Fails to Realize is that SHOWERING in Toxic Waste is Just as Bad as Drinking it... I told her to Move away but she's poor and Moving to a High Rent district is not possible... DEEP SIGH... 

What is truly Tragic is that Beale Air Force Base Has Never Been Used to Defend the USA... Not Even Once... Even During World War Two the Only Attacks on the USA Were Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Los Angeles where a UFO Supposedly Attacked... Or Maybe Nothing Attacked and the Soldiers manning the Anti-Aircraft Guns were Firing at NOTHING... Could Happen... Sadly, that Air Force Base Near Sacramento, California Has Never Been Used...

and Of Course... Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended the USA. NOT EVEN ONCE!

GREENWASHING - Examples of Corporations Publishing Advertisements That Make Them Look Like They are Doing Ecological Work while they are Actually Destroying The Environment.

Many TV Advertisements SELL CONCEPTS Not Products... For Example: The CONCEPT That The Corporation ExxonValdez is a BioEngineering Pioneer and They are Ecological Saints! Just Look at Their Corporate Symbol... a TREE! 

Totally Creepy ExxonValdez TV AD - MEME - gvan42
Totally Creepy ExxonValdez TV AD

Hug It and FORGET That Their Fossil Fuels are Causing Climate Change and the Extinction of Human Life on Earth ---> It is All PROPAGANDA DESIGNED TO MAKE EVIL CORPORATIONS LOOK WONDERFUL <---

BECOME AWARE AND THEIR CORPORATE BRAINWASHING FAILS... They Count on A GULLIBLE PUBLIC That BELIEVES LIES... 

British Petroleum Shows Films of Windmills... Bayer [Monsanto] want you to FORGET That They Are the Maker of RoundUP=Cancer... They Try To Distract You... Remember... We Invented Aspirin! That's what We do!

Hot Stock Market Tip: Sell all Stock in Fossil Fuel Companies... Their Business is DOOMED! Invest in Solar, Wind and COMPANIES THAT MAKE AIR CONDITIONERS... With The entire Planet Heating UP, many People will want COOL AIR...

It’s time to rein in the fossil fuel giants before their greed chokes the planet...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/fossil-fuel-giants-greed-carbon-emissions

Boycott Plastic Garbage! Chicken of the Sea Tuna is Marketing "Infusions" with a Plastic Bowl, Lid and Fork. Trash that will pollute the Earth for 10,000 Years. REFUSE TO BUY PLASTIC CRAP.


I Oppose Small PLASTIC Containers for Single Servings of Food. Since We Already Have the Technology to Make Milk Cartons, WHY NOT use Waxed Paper for Cheese, Coffee, Yogurt and Sliced Ham? https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-oppose-small-plastic-containers-for.html

I keep on seeing TV advertisements for Keurig Coffee that puts ONE CUP Worth of coffee grounds in a little PLASTIC container... Ridiculous! We have been brewing coffee for Hundreds of Years without Little Plastic Cups! You buy a two pound Aluminum Can and scoop a few spoonfuls into your percolator... or your drip coffee machine... using brown paper filters... simple, easy, clean, ecological and NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE AN INVENTION THAT CREATES MILLIONS OF LITTLE PLASTIC CUPS!

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Oil and Gas Corporations are spending millions of dollars on campaigns to fight climate regulations at the same time as touting their dedication to a low-carbon future, according to a joint analysis by the Guardian and InfluenceMap.
Their global PR campaigns on social media promote a commitment to a green, low-carbon future, but across the US in particular, specific local campaigns are obstructing tighter regulations on fossil fuel extraction.
In many cases, oil and gas companies are using direct advertising but some targeted lobbying appears to be more opaque. It is channelled through so called “community” groups – which are being funded by fossil fuel companies.
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HEY, ECO-WARRIORS! I Loved Riding the Bus and Light Rail in San Jose and EUREKA, California. I Remember I was able to get to work on the Bus ...and... Drinking and Driving is Not Only Illegal But Actually Dangerous While Drinking and Riding the Bus is FUN...
Magic Bus in Eureka California gvan42

On Halloween, I Brought My Guitar and Sang for the Party Goers on the San Jose Light Rail... BIG FUN!

More Importantly, I Rode from Almaden to the San Jose Public Library and Used the Free Computers there to Build a Website in the Late 1990s. Tripod and Yahoo Geocities... I didn't know what I was doing but the Other Patrons were Happy to Help. My Content is Still Online 23 Years Later! http://www.oocities.org/gregvan/

Solar Powered Street Lights Would Save a LOT of Electricity Currently Being Generated in Coal, Natural Gas and Atomic Power Plants (Polluting the World) and Distributed Using WIRES. That's WASTEFUL and DANGEROUS... POWER LINES CAUSE FOREST FIRES. 

Nothing NEW Needs to Be Invented... We Ought to Simply Replace the Millions of Old Style Street Lights... With Solar Cells and LED Lamps... The Concept of Generating Power in One Central Location and Distributing it to the User is Quite Wasteful... Some Electricity JUST VANISHES over the Long Distance... and DANGEROUS because the Wires Start Forest Fires... PG&E Power Company Just Burned the Entire Town Of Paradise, CA... and It Caused the Company to Go Bankrupt. Distributing Power From a Central Generator is an Obsolete Idea. What if Every House had Solar Panels on the Roof That Provided Enough Electricity to UNPLUG FROM THE GRID...

Please Let Your Elected Officials Know That WE Have Had Enough of the Madness!


Truly Creepy TV Advertisements... Power Past Impossible Pro Oil Propaganda... Trying to sell the idea that burning Fossil Fuels is Wonderful...

It has become obvious that Renewable Energy is our future but... all those people employed in the Fossil Fuel Industry are fighting for their lives to keep the USA purchasing increasing quantities of Oil and Gas... Their jobs depend on a steady flow of oil out of the ground into refineries and into our gas tanks... and all that plastic crap that is polluting the planet... Plastic does not "go away" ever... and we already see giant swirls of floating plastic in the oceans... The People that are employed by Exxon, Shell, BP, Halliburton and Koch have vast pools of money that they are now using to buy advertising talent to convince you and I that it is "cool" to buy gas... and plastic...

an alternative to buying corporate crap is to simply reduce the amount you travel in a car... In my youth it was fashionable to drive all over the USA following The Grateful Dead (an American Rock Band)... really... people (including me) would drive 8 hours or more to attend yet another concert... I'm not making this up... Well, now days traveling places is not really needed anymore... We can travel using the internet to see what's happening on the other side of the planet... It's all this driving around that is causing Climate Change.

Of Course, we all have to drive to work every day... Unless we live close enough to the office to ride the bus... Twice in my lifetime I was able to ride the bus to work. San Jose has great bus/light rail service and so does Eureka, California. One advantage to riding the bus is that you meet people... and become friends with them. In my case I met some women on the bus. I like women and was glad to have their friendship. We would sit in the back and chat for a half an hour every workday. VERY Pleasant...

Quit buying Plastic Crap. I'll say it again... Quit buying Plastic Crap. Just look for an alternative... One thing that is absurd is all the plastic bottles for drinking water... why not drink the water right out of the tap? The answer is that often tap water is poisonous... Well, what we need to do as a society is clean up the water that comes into our homes... really... Remember that showering in poisonous water is as bad for your health as drinking fracked water... and a coke at Taco Bell comes in a plastic cup... why not a waxed paper cup?

another alternative action  is to divest your stock market portfolio of oil and gas investments... Like we divested from tobacco companies... simply call your stockbroker and ask to switch ownership of stock from oil and gas to solar and wind... It's an investment strategy that will win in the long run.


https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/02/06/american-petroleum-institute-superbowl-ad-oil-power-past-impossible American Petroleum Institute Launches Pro-Oil Ad Campaign... In this latest case, the real question is why API decided to begin lobbying the public directly, rather than using its money and clout to influence politicians who actually create the laws and some of the regulations governing the oil and gas industry. The answer to that question is likely simple: The oil and gas industries are already maximizing the benefits they are receiving from elected leaders, and are now focusing on gaining public approval.


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Buying Used Stuff at Thrift Stores DOES NOT CAUSE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE Like Buying New Stuff Does. When You Buy a New Product, the Corporation Has to Replace It.

They Mine Raw Materials, grow plants (like cotton) using pesticides and herbicides, Log Forests, Employ Slave Laborers in the Orient, Burn Gasoline Shipping the Plastic Crap Here From China... and on and on and on... Used Products ALREADY EXIST and so Buying Stuff at The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop (my local store) does NOT Harm the Planet. Actually, They Hire Local People to Work as Clerks and Do Delivery. We Bought ALL our Living Room Furniture there. Three Chairs and a Sofa... and Men Delivered It Upstairs in Our Home. NO WAY could I Move those Heavy Objects Up That Staircase... I Tipped those Guys $10 Each... and they were really Thankful. Yes, I Could Have Spent a Fortune at Sears or KMART but... I Prefer to Keep The Money IN MY WALLET. I Like Employing Guys That Live At The Rescue Mission. The Mission Does Good Work Here in Eureka and I've Met a LOT of Real People That They Help. I did buy new Beds at Sears. Somehow, those were just too Personal to Buy Used... also, I Do Not Buy Used Underwear... BUT, Clothes? YES! It's actually fun to find thrift stores in Super Rich Neighborhoods and Live Like the TV Show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..." A Great Place to Shop is North Shore Lake Tahoe... Snow Bunnies often Donate Extra Stuff When the Season is Over... and There is Also DUMPSTER DIVING in College Towns at the End of the School Year... FREE STUFF! 

Oddly, I Expressed These Opinions during a Group Discussion at an Ecology Class at Humboldt State University and ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS SAID I WAS WRONG... They said that Used Stuff Still Requires Ecological Damage to Exist at All... I tried to explain that the Manufacturing Damage Happened IN THE PAST and it is impossible to Change History but Buying New Stuff CAUSES Purchasing Agents at Corporations to Hire People to Create New Stuff IN THE FUTURE to Fill the Shelves At The Store. No One Grasped the Concept. But I Did Make The Other Students Think. and That's a Good Thing. It's a difficult concept... I Wish I Could Explain it in a Shorter Sentence... Maybe YOU can Re-Write the Concept Better and Post it in the Comments Section... Thanks!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less. and... You Can Get More Stuff Per Dollar At The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop... or Your Own Store... Did You Know that There is a Fashion "Thing" where Corporations PRE-RIP Clothes? Intentionally Making Them LOOK USED! Really! They Hire People to Rub Jeans over Rough Surfaces to SIMULATE Wear and Tear of Normal Use... I'm Not Making This UP! All the Pathetic Dupes are Wearing Clothes Like That! On My Own Webstore... I Offer Hats that have been "Distressed" to look like they are Old... It's an Option... I wish I could write a Mocking Slogan Poking Fun at this Fashion Trend... Then I Could Sell a Hat with That Saying... Sort of like the Question: "Can You Imagine a World Without Hypothetical Situations?" or The Page that says: "This Page Is Left Blank Intentionally." A Cosmic Haiku Slogan... I do sell a Hat that says "PRESS" so people can wear it at Protest Marches and Avoid Being Bashed on the Head By The Police... I Do Not Really Know if It REALLY Helps Avoid Police Violence... I Do Know That People Made T-Shirts Saying "Backstage Pass - Shoreline Ampetheater - Bill Graham Productions" and Used them to sneak past Security Guards... I admire the Guy that Made a Sign that Says "This is a Sign." Was That Absurdist Theater or End Times Warning?

"Life is More Complex than a Slogan on a Hat."

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SE SAID:

There is too much plastic in the world. Practically everything is packaged in plastic nowadays. Shampoo, conditioner, liquid soap, dish soap, laundry detergent, vinegar, coffee, salad dressing, barbeque sauce, mayonnaise, mustard, hand lotion - these are just a few things I have here in my apartment which are packaged in plastic. Also, bottled water, soft drinks, and juices are bottled in plastic bottles...and of course we also have our plastic storage containers for food and other stuff. Plastic pretty much lasts forever, and it's lightweight and convenient, and those are some of the reasons why it's everywhere. But it's so bad for the environment. It ends up in the landfills where it doesn't degrade. Or worse, it ends up in the ocean. When you consider the fact that nearly everything is packaged in plastic all over the world, and plastic is filling up landfills and ending up in the ocean all over the world, it's really a problem. But I don't know what the solution is. Plastic is so convenient and lightweight, and if you drop it, it won't break, so people aren't going to want to go back to drinking soda out of glass bottles or bringing their lunch to work in a ceramic casserole dish rather than a plastic storage container. I don't know what the answer is.


I Replied: We can Make Plastic Out of Hemp.


Boycott Plastic Garbage! Chicken of the Sea Tuna is Marketing "Infusions" with a Plastic Bowl, Lid and Fork. Trash that will pollute the Earth for 10,000 Years. REFUSE TO BUY PLASTIC CRAP.


I Oppose Small PLASTIC Containers for Single Servings of Food. Since We Already Have the Technology to Make Milk Cartons, WHY NOT use Waxed Paper for Cheese, Coffee, Yogurt and Sliced Ham? https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-oppose-small-plastic-containers-for.html

I keep on seeing TV advertisements for Keurig Coffee that puts ONE CUP Worth of coffee grounds in a little PLASTIC container... Ridiculous! We have been brewing coffee for Hundreds of Years without Little Plastic Cups! You buy a two pound Aluminum Can and scoop a few spoonfuls into your percolator... or your drip coffee machine... using brown paper filters... simple, easy, clean, ecological and NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE AN INVENTION THAT CREATES MILLIONS OF LITTLE PLASTIC CUPS!

Bubble Up Economics - Simply Raise the Minimum Wage and Social Security Checks and all that extra money will BUBBLE UP throughout the Entire Economy - In a Rising Tide, ALL Boats Float! - meme - gvan42
Bubble Up Economics - Simply Raise the Minimum Wage and Social Security Checks and all that extra money will BUBBLE UP throughout the Entire Economy - In a Rising Tide, ALL Boats Float! - meme - gvan42

and Then on Facebook I read This Long Story...
SE SAID: The main issue I have with buying clothes online is that you end up losing money when you have to return stuff, unless it happens to be one of the rare stores that allows free shipping on returns. But unfortunately, most stores make you pay for return shipping. I don't know how many other women have this problem, but for me, I rarely know exactly what size is going to fit me because sizing is all over the place now. Sometimes I fit a 2, and sometimes I fit a 6. Sometimes I fit a small, sometimes a medium, and sometimes a large. I almost never get it right on the first try. If I'm shopping at a brick-and-mortar store, I can take several sizes into a fitting room, try them on, and buy the one that fits...or, if I don't feel like doing that, I can buy them all, try them on at home, and then return the ones that didn't fit, and I don't lose any money in the process because nothing had to be shipped. But when you order online and you aren't sure which size is going to fit, you need to PAY to return the ones that didn't fit, so basically you're paying to try them on! Also, sometimes you love the look of an article of clothing, but after you try it on, you realize that it's unflattering on you, or it just doesn't look as good as you thought it would look, so you decide not to buy it. This process is free when you shop in person, but when you shop online, this process ends up costing money because you paid for the item, tried it on at home, decided you didn't like the way it looked, and now you get to PAY to send it back. If more and more clothing stores continue to disappear, and we are eventually forced to buy everything online, it would be really helpful if ALL clothing retailers would offer free shipping on returns so people can try stuff on without losing money when they return the stuff that doesn't work for them. Otherwise, they'd better allow us to continue to have brick-and-mortar clothing stores where we can try stuff on for free before we buy it. 
I'm having this issue right now, as a matter of fact. There's a dress I'm eyeing online, but I've never owned anything in that brand before, so I have no idea if I would fit the 4 or the 6, and it's an expensive dress, so I can't afford to buy 2 of them and pay to return the one that didn't fit, or to find out that it doesn't even look good on me in the first place, so then I have to pay to return it. I'm probably not going to buy it in the first place because it's just too big of a hassle if I can't try it on ahead of time for free.

CF SAID: Have you tried a subscription service? I really liked StitchFit. They set you up with a personal stylist who you can text pictures and things to. (I loved mine; we would just chat randomly and she sort of felt like a friend.) And return shipping is free, and they keep shopping until they've found you looks you'll love!

SE REPLIED: I did try Stitch Fix a few times. I liked the way it worked, but I only kept one of the items they sent me, a blouse which I like a lot. But most of their stuff was either too expensive or just didn't work for me for whatever reason. I think I prefer picking out my own stuff rather than having someone do it for me. It's an interesting concept, though, and I can see how it might work for others.

I Said: I also buy clothes online... Big and Tall refused to tell me what size I wear... They COULD Have Just Looked Up what was Ordered Last Time but NO... It was a Gift and The Giver's Privacy is Top Secret... So I Guessed, Guessed wrong and Simply Gave the Pants to a Guy Who Lives Here... I was too Lazy to Figure Out How to Return the Pants... HOWEVER... Online Shopping DOES HAVE MY SIZE and Most Brick and Mortar Stores Do Not... So It was a Great Step Forward when online Shopping was Invented! The Best Place to Shop is at the Thrift Store... I Love the Eureka Rescue Mission Store... Not only do I Get Great Used Clothes Cheap but I'm Employing Homeless People That Live at the Mission... AND... When You Buy New Clothes the Corporations Automatically Order More New Clothes to be Created... with Slave Labor and Pesticides in the Orient, Dyes That they Dump Right into the River... Diesel Fuel for the Boats to bring them Here from There... an Ecological Disaster... None of that Happens with Thrift Store Clothes... AND... If You Shop in a Rich Neighborhood, The Clothes that are Donated are Super-Duper! North Shore Lake Tahoe is Excellent... All Those Ski Bunnies would Rather Donate their Extra Clothes Than Pack in a Suitcase and Fly Home... 


Boycott Plastic Garbage! Chicken of the Sea Tuna is Marketing "Infusions" with a Plastic Bowl, Lid and Fork. Trash that will pollute the Earth for 10,000 Years. REFUSE TO BUY PLASTIC CRAP.

https://chickenofthesea.com/company/sustainability 
CORPORATE LIES: "Sustainability:
At Chicken of the Sea, we pride ourselves on our long-standing commitment to operating a socially and environmentally responsible business. We realize that our sustainability obligations don't end when the seafood is caught, but extend all the way through the processing, packaging, and delivery of sustainable seafood to our customers."

Fact: We Have Eaten Tuna Packages in Metal Cans for Decades... and That Metal Can Be Recycled... Melted and Used Again. This new Marketing Strategy Will Create Millions of Plastic Bowls... and WHY? 

A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled

Billions of tons of plastic have been made over the past decades, and much of it is becoming trash and litter, finds the first analysis of the issue.

MEME - gvan42 - Boycott Plastic Packaging of Tuna by Chicken of the Sea - Infusions SUCK
Boycott Plastic Packaging of Tuna by Chicken of the Sea Infusions SUCK
I emailed them at:

and I said: 

"Infusions create millions of Plastic Bowls and Forks to pollute the environment for 10,000 years. ENDANGERING FISH with Plastic Garbage floating in the Ocean... Killing YOUR TUNA! Sell Tuna in Metal Cans Like You have for a Decades. I eat a Lot of Tuna and will NOT BUY ANY FROM YOU ANYMORE. Infusions SUCK! "

and they wrote back: Dear Gregory,


Thank you for providing your feedback regarding our new Chicken of the Sea Infusions.

Careful consideration will be given to your observations regarding our packaging. Your comments have been noted and reported to our Quality Assurance Department for their follow up. In addition, the material in the cups and fork is recyclable, recycle #5.
We value you as a customer and appreciate you taking the time to contact us regarding our Chicken of the Sea Light Tuna. We hope we can count on your continued loyalty and in appreciation, please accept the complimentary coupon we are mailing to you.

Sincerely,
Wendy Stanford
Customer Care Representative


GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL:
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Small tuna cans are made out of aluminum, and also recycle easily. The actual composition of the metal varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Before you collect tuna cans to take to the recycling center, place a small magnet on the can. If the magnet sticks, it is not aluminum but steel. If the can is steel, it should be placed into your steel can recycling bin if available.
https://sciencing.com/list-recyclable-aluminum-cans-8441456.html

The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum cans declined to 49.4 percent in 2016, its lowest level in years. The consumer recycling rate for aluminum cans was down from 54.5 percent a year earlier. 
https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2017/11/14/aluminum-can-recycling-falls-significantly/

I Oppose Small PLASTIC Containers for Single Servings of Food. Since We Already Have the Technology to Make Milk Cartons, WHY NOT use Waxed Paper for Cheese, Coffee, Yogurt and Sliced Ham?

I keep on seeing TV advertisements for Keurig Coffee that puts ONE CUP Worth of coffee grounds in a little PLASTIC container... Ridiculous! We have been brewing coffee for Hundreds of Years without Little Plastic Cups! You buy a two pound Aluminum Can and scoop a few spoonfuls into your percolator... or your drip coffee machine... using brown paper filters... simple, easy, clean, ecological and NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE AN INVENTION THAT CREATES MILLIONS OF LITTLE PLASTIC CUPS!

and... I see advertisements for Sargento Cheese... Enough food for one snack enclosed in a LITTLE PLASTIC CONTAINER THAT WILL LIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. Yogurt Cups... Oscar Meyer Ham slices, 8 rolled up slices in a "Handy" plastic box... AND... P3 a plastic box containing Cheese,, almonds and fruit.. just enough for lunch... AND... "Just Crack and Egg" - a tiny amount of chopped up vegetables that you can crack an egg into the PLASTIC container and Microwave to make an omelette... MICROWAVING PLASTIC? Doesn't that cause vaporized plastic to get into the food? Eating Poison!

I have been to the grocery store and can report that it is possible to walk right up to the deli counter and ask for a half pound of sliced ham AND THEY WRAP IT IN PAPER! I have seen two pound Bricks of Cheese encased in wax... I think it's the Tillamook Brand... I do buy some plastic wrapped food... a pound of hamburger is sold in a foam plastic tray wrapped in a thin clear plastic wrap... I feel certain we could use a cardboard tray... 

I believe the plan is to MAKE A TINY AMOUNT OF FOOD seem bigger so Corporations can charge more money per pound... In the mean time we are LAMINATING THE PLANET. 

MEME - Boycott Plastic - Just Crack an Egg Insanity - gvan42


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