[NEMDF]

IIRC, in the “old days”, we had paper straws. ??

[BenLurkin]

I think so.

[gdani]

IIRC, in the “old days”, we had paper straws. ??

They still exist in the current days. My understanding is the ban straws crowd does not have an issue with all straws, just the plastic ones.

[N. Theknow]

IIRC, in the “old days”, we had paper straws. ??

Always liked the science class demonstration of jabbing a paper straw through a potato. So very glad my thumb was more formidable than the potato.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I remember paper straws from my early childhood.
Have not seen once since I was maybe age 6.

[Tammy8]

Yes and they worked fine. We had paper bags, paper straws, paper cups, cardboard cartons for drinks...then they just had to change it all to plastic. Now worried about plastic polluting they want to go back to paper.

The big problem they will have going back now is the environmentalists have crippled our logging industry so pretty hard to supply all the paper needed if we switch everything back. Not to mention not allowing responsible logging and livestock grazing of our forests which is why all these fires get so out of control and our trees are bug infested and dying off.

At some point it would be nice if the liberals would admit they may have made some unwise choices along the way. Unintended consequences is something they need to look at with many of their policies to “save” the environment.

Sorry for the rant, this is all a major issue to me.

[hanamizu]

IIRC, in the “old days”, we had paper straws. ??

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Yes we did. And they tended to collapse by the end of your drink (and back then drinks weren’t “supersized”).

And of course, using paper straws mean we’re killing off the trees!

[capt. norm]

"IIRC, in the “old days”, we had paper straws. ??"

Back in the 40's and 50's the straws at the one and only drugstore in Laurens, Iowa were all paper and wound into a tube shape. We used to unravel them into long streamers to hang on our bicycles.
They came enclosed in a paper cover that you could blow thru it and shoot the cover across the room.

Great place where you could order a cherry coke and watch them prepare it.

Somehow the flavor has degraded since that era and it doesn't seem to be coming back.
My favorite new entry is those cans of "Lime-A-Ritas" (for those of us who don't get out much at age 75+). Although it was never mentioned...the straws were biodegradable.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I liked Flavor Straws!