A reader has pointed out that just garden resolutions in the preceding blog did not do much to improve TPP's life and wondered if other things had been talked about. Yes!
1. TPP is done with plastic bags. The biggest problem seems to be the delivery person of our newspapers, who puts the paper in a plastic bag so the paper can just be flung over the top of their car and onto our front steps with little regard for the weather. TPP may have to put a newspaper tube or box out by the driveway to eliminate the need for a plastic bag. Food/leftover storage is another issue, but slowly new silicone and multiple reusables are taking the place of bags. The F1 is keen on this too.
2. Boycott of Walmart, and look alikes, and malls. TPP did all of his holiday shopping without violating this resolution at all. For reasons TPP has actually forgotten, he must declare his personal boycott of HoJos restaurants and motels a success.
3. Drive up service. TPP refuses to do this. First he has bad line karma anyways, and sitting in line in a car is nearly as bad. So won't do it. Although years ago he used to like root beer and/or Sonic drive-ins but mostly because of the girls on roller skates.
4. Non-green carry out containers. TPP is trying to eat less, and hates food waste but Styrofoam containers are a real no-no. Bringing you own substitute is rather awkward, but do able. Biggest offender right now is a favorite Quick-Wok. A couple of favorite restaurants have switched to waxed cardboard which seems better, but still recycling seems iffy.
5. Over packaged goods. To many items still come in layers and layers of packaging. Even then the gorillas some places hire to deliver things seem to take some perverse pleasure in stomping on packages to "test" their strength and TPP's patience.
6. Prepared foods with too much sugar. The lack of sunshine means that the Phactors' garden doesn't produce enough tomatoes means that red pasta sauce is a regular purchase. A few brands do not add sugar to their tomato sauce (check the ingredients), and they taste all the better for it. Same with fruit juices, and Hawaiian cocktails. Mrs. Phactor asked a bartender to help sort out their specialty drinks to find one that isn't too sweet, he responded, "Hell lady this is Hawaii, all the drinks are sweet." She got a dry white wine instead.
There are more, but not right now.
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Excellent suggestions, thank you. I would just add that another source of extra and unnecessary added sugars is many yogurts; no wonder some of them taste like dessert!
I guess that I don't eat fruity sweet yogurts or the tubes of yogurt that the kids eat, so many thanks for the heads up on sweetened yogurts.
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