WTH? Mediabride's post is giving me a seizure

Schweb

oh, and my position on cloth diapers: they are great in theory, but not on an actual baby's behind.

Schweb

why are we disposable diaper users supposed to dump the diaper contents into the toilet before disposing of the diaper? isn't the extra flushing worse, environmentally speaking, than putting the poop driectly into a landfill?

Schweb

I am going to keep talking to myself here, I do it all the time in the real world, so why not on a message board - as bad as disposable diapers are for the environment, they are no worse than maxi pad or depends and similar products - and nobody is going to go with cloth for these items -

 

sooosie

LOL at talking to yourself.

Schweb

my current pet peeve concerning wasteful/environmetally unsound practices is those little stickers that groc stores have on every single piece of fruit - every damn one! I hate having to remove those little buggers . . . and think about how many stickers are required to get one attached to every single apple/pear/orange/mango/melon (etc) in every store in across the country (do they do this in Europe or Asia?)

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Schweb

my current pet peeve concerning wasteful/environmetally unsound practices is those little stickers that groc stores have on every single piece of fruit - every damn one! I hate having to remove those little buggers . . . and think about how many stickers are required to get one attached to every single apple/pear/orange/mango/melon (etc) in every store in across the country (do they do this in Europe or Asia?)

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Schweb

oh damn - media bride's problem is contagious

anyway - about the friggin fruit stickers - are they there just so I don't sneak a few high end fuji apples in the bag with my low rent cortlands?

goodhartedmommy

Have you ever felt the inside of a cloth diaper? If I had to be in a diaper all day every day, I'd much rather wear a nice soft minkee or suedecloth against my skin than paper. I know I don't wear paper underwear.

My daughter gets yeast infections in disposables, so it's not an option for us anyway.

cristiana

The code on the stickers is what the checker punches in at the register so the correct price comes up.

Schweb

and another thing that annoys me is how PBS Noggin and Nickelodeon all have done this "go green" campaign - about getting kids involved in helping the environment - and the one thing they all seem to universally push is not leaving the water running while you bruch your teeth - oh and turning the lights off . . . ok maybe these are worthwhile practices, but c'mon!! How about "Discourage you parents from planting a half acre of non-indigenous bermuda grass around the house that they then soak with fertilizers and weed killers and drown with 1000's of gallons of water from the in ground sprinkler system . . ."

Schweb

I know the code on the fruit stickers is for the cashier - but I still think it's ridiculous - an apple should cost a given amount, no code required. If the apple is so rare and special it needs to cost more, then figure something else out - I mean woon't you save the price difference by not paying for all the stickers to be printed and affixed?

Mrs.JDD

Schweb:

and another thing that annoys me is how PBS Noggin and Nickelodeon all have done this "go green" campaign - about getting kids involved in helping the environment - and the one thing they all seem to universally push is not leaving the water running while you bruch your teeth - oh and turning the lights off . . . ok maybe these are worthwhile practices, but c'mon!! How about "Discourage you parents from planting a half acre of non-indigenous bermuda grass around the house that they then soak with fertilizers and weed killers and drown with 1000's of gallons of water from the in ground sprinkler system . . ."

I love it.

lizlemon77

As for maxi pads, head over to the green boards.  There are plenty of women who use cloth pads instead of disposable maxis.  You could not pay me enough money in the world to do it, but I know there are a lot of women who do.

PoundCake

google luna pads.

warning its not for the faint of stomach