Librarians Rock!

[librarianmom]

   Hello from the great state of Alabama!  I am a 40 year old part time librarian at a local branch of the library.  When I am not there, I am usually thrifting with either my husband of 18 years or my daughter who is 16. I also have an 11 year old son who is obsessed with Guitar Hero.  I collect fine art (NO prints), folk art, primitive art, old interesting furniture pieces, cookie jars, and Charles Chips tins.  My husband collects comics and sports cards.  We have a couple of thrift stores around here, but I really miss the thrift store in Woodstock Georgia.  I got a couple of real bargains in there.  I am currently redecorating my dining room in a japanese motif, so I am trying to locate things to tie the room together.  I am very grateful for this site and thanks in advance for any advice or help I might receive.

[mccoysnina]

  Hello from the great state of Alabama!  I am a 40 year old part time librarian at a local branch of the library.  When I am not there, I am usually thrifting with either my husband of 18 years or my daughter who is 16. I also have an 11 year old son who is obsessed with Guitar Hero.  I collect fine art (NO prints), folk art, primitive art, old interesting furniture pieces, cookie jars, and Charles Chips tins.  My husband collects comics and sports cards.  We have a couple of thrift stores around here, but I really miss the thrift store in Woodstock Georgia.  I got a couple of real bargains in there.  I am currently redecorating my dining room in a japanese motif, so I am trying to locate things to tie the room together.  I am very grateful for this site and thanks in advance for any advice or help I might receive.

Hi.  Nice to meet you.  I wish I could say I collect certain things, but I actually just collect what I like and what appeals to me.  I do have to ask though, what are Charles Chips?
Jeannie

[librarianmom]

Charles Chips are a type of Potato Chip that was very popular in the South in the 60s and 70s.  Instead of bags, the chips would come in refillable tins with the Charles chips logo on it.  When you ran out of chips, you took the tin back to the closest Charles Chips outlet and they filled it for you.  They also had tins for bar-b-que chips, pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies (the last two being the rarest).  I was patient for 5 years before I found the pretzel and chocolate chip tins at a thrift store for 50 cents a piece.  I tried to stay calm, but was super excited inside!

[eddieb]

such a "green" eco-conscious way to go, even way back then... no trash to throw away, just refill the container!


very cool...

Charles Chips are a type of Potato Chip that was very popular in the South in the 60s and 70s.  Instead of bags, the chips would come in refillable tins with the Charles chips logo on it.  When you ran out of chips, you took the tin back to the closest Charles Chips outlet and they filled it for you.  They also had tins for bar-b-que chips, pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies (the last two being the rarest).  I was patient for 5 years before I found the pretzel and chocolate chip tins at a thrift store for 50 cents a piece.  I tried to stay calm, but was super excited inside!

[SeSo_Says_So]

such a "green" eco-conscious way to go, even way back then... no trash to throw away, just refill the container!


very cool...

Charles Chips are a type of Potato Chip that was very popular in the South in the 60s and 70s.  Instead of bags, the chips would come in refillable tins with the Charles chips logo on it.  When you ran out of chips, you took the tin back to the closest Charles Chips outlet and they filled it for you.  They also had tins for bar-b-que chips, pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies (the last two being the rarest).  I was patient for 5 years before I found the pretzel and chocolate chip tins at a thrift store for 50 cents a piece.  I tried to stay calm, but was super excited inside!

In the NE, during the late 50s/early 60s, Charles Chips had delivery routes to reach the families in the 'burbs. We used to get their potato chips and chocolate chip cookies and pretzels. The pretzels came in the brown tin, and the cookies and potato chips came in the beige tins. 

(Now I've got me a hankering for some potato chips.....)

[mccoysnina]

We used to do the same thing with  local brand of potato chips when I was a kid.  Refill the tin instead of buying a bag.  Same thing with returnable soda bottles and milk bottles.  Man I am old. And a man came around  selling veggies from his truck.  My mom  bought what she wanted, the man put it in  bowl she had brought with her  and she took it inside.  No plastic bags.  Just produce.  Then my mom would throw the scraps on her compost heap for her garden.  Now we would be hailed as green or eco-friendly.  Who knew we so ahead of our time?
Jeannie

[dukek9]

It annoys me when I get produce that doesn't require a separate bag so I will have it loose,  the cashier will then put it in a small bag and then put that bag into the grocery bag.  I do realize that some things do need to be bagged, but it's the items that don't require bagging that are bagged anyway that annoy me. I also have the canvas bags to take to the stores but many times the cashier has put the items in store plastic bags and then places that bag in my bag.

We had a store around here a couple years ago that actually sold milk in bottles.  I loved it, not just because of the environmental issue, but also because the milk tasted so much better from the glass container. 

Dee

[genuineimitation]

It annoys me when I get produce that doesn't require a separate bag so I will have it loose,  the cashier will then put it in a small bag and then put that bag into the grocery bag.  I do realize that some things do need to be bagged, but it's the items that don't require bagging that are bagged anyway that annoy me. I also have the canvas bags to take to the stores but many times the cashier has put the items in store plastic bags and then places that bag in my bag.

dee, i am SO with you on this one. i have something called a chico bag (check them out on the web) that i bring in my purse - several in fact. i have seen checkers just ignore them (hard to do when they are bright pink and purple..) or put one or two items in them, and continue bagging with plastic! grrr! i started getting pretty aggressive and practically throwing them in their faces! now i take another tack - i just start bagging myself, which the checker appreciates, or showing the bagger how to do it. once they get the hang of it, they do OK, but it's really about the fact that they are often on automatic pilot, and they haven't been trained to do anything differently.

i say think outside the box! or, in this case, the !@@#!$ plastic bag!

[DianneK]

Hi Librarian!!!Welcome.I'm Dianne and this place is great!!
Nice meeting you!!****waves****

[lizardsally]

"now i take another tack - i just start bagging myself, which the checker appreciates, or showing the bagger how to do it. once they get the hang of it, they do OK, but it's really about the fact that they are often on automatic pilot, and they haven't been trained to do anything differently."


That's what I do too - I never let the baggers or cashiers bag my stuff because for one thing they always seem to ignore the fact that I have my own bags, and for another thing, they're friggin useless anyway!  No, I don't want my bananas in with my frozen stuff, doofus!

[mccoysnina]

Or a three pound roast on top of a loaf of bread  Or a raw, dripping chicken on top of a cardboard box with a coffeecake in it.
Jeannie

[librarianmom]

Or a three pound roast on top of a loaf of bread  Or a raw, dripping chicken on top of a cardboard box with a coffeecake in it.
Jeannie

My husband taught me a way to unload onto the belt that ensures that this doesn't happen.  Put all frozen and dairy on the belt first, then the meat, followed by canned and paper, and then finally all canned and boxed items.  This really helps me get everything home in the same shape that it went in my cart.

[Sprocket]

Librarians really do ROCK so hard!

-Sprock

[akbjr]

Hi. & welcome from Anchorage. I enjoyed the stories about people bringing their own bags to the grocery store & having to practically speed to get them in front of the cashier. Some cashiers are really cool with it, my local Safeway gives you a .3 credit for each of your own bags that you use. Walmart is where it's really tough to use your own, they have such a system of their own. I've gotten some cool bags from www.reusablebags.com they have a good sale going on right now. Sometimes the checkers want my bags, & the Walmart greeters have wanted them. This site is awesome for all kinds of bags, & they also have chico bags for a great price. The ones I currently use are made by reisenthal, a German company. They are very pretty. Just thought I'd throw that in:)