Gee. I don’t know how my grandmother got by for so long without plastic bags. She didn’t drive. She would walk the mile or two to the grocery store and then purchase what she wanted for the day. Then she would carry her paper sack full of groceries home. It kept her in good physical condition. If she needed more than one bag of groceries, she waited for my aunt to take her shopping. I always loved walking with her because the street between her house and the grocery was so interesting. Great men had lived there and had helped to shape the country into the super power it became. But those men lived in times in which the government did not regulate what bags people could use. And government did not declare all kinds of plants illegal. And everything these men did was about coming up with solutions to puzzles. And my little ole 8th grade educated grandmother made sure I learned about these great men and their dreams and hard work.
Sorry to get carried away with my nostalgia. :-)
“Sorry to get carried away with my nostalgia. :-)”
I’ll join you! I still have my Grandma Anita’s Market Basket that she and I would use to carry our purchases when we went to the Municipal Market (Farmer’s Market of olde) in Milwaukee, WI in the 60’s.
It had a secure cover and was great from bringing home the live chicken we’d later butcher. One can’t even buy a live chicken at the Butcher Shop, anymore...if one can even FIND a Butcher Shop! ;)
Ah. Good Times... :)