Life is Funny

Our local 7-11 has three Slurpee machines, with 2 flavors on each one. However I’ve noticed that the flavor of the slurpee has a slight milduey flavor to it. My guess is that these machines aren’t shut down and cleaned often enough.

I also want to know why you can’t get a diet-pepsi or diet-coke Slurpee? Why do all slurpee treats have to be full sugar cola syrups?

I really do enjoy a slurpee on a hot day, but between the milduey taste, and the fact that my slurpee probably has a billion calories in it.. I have to abstain these days.

Have any of you ever bought a diet-pepsi slurpee? Do they exist?

Everyone makes fun of women and their darn Soap Operas…  People always crack jokes and say things like “Her life is one big soap opera”…

Soap opera finatics: Know all the character names, they know the history of the key characters, they watch every episode that they can, and if they miss one, they can get the latest update from their friends, the Soap Opera Digest, etc.

AND

Hockey fans: Know all the player names, they know the history of the key players, they watch every game that they can, and if they miss one, they can get the latest update from their friends, the news, etc.

So how is Hockey any different than the common Soap Opera?

I know:

Women watch Soap Operas during the day, and Men watch Hockey Soap Operas at night.

That’s the only difference.

This is why in my opinion, hockey sucks. It costs millions of dollars, for what? It’s nothing than a big time waster to the men in our country. Yes, it can be thought of a form of entertainment.

BUT!

Entertainment should not be addicting. You should be able to see ONE hockey game, enjoy it, and then leave it alone and then 6 months later, if you like, see another hockey game.

Being addicted to drugs… Being addicted to sex… Being addicted to hockey….

It’s an addiction.  Soap Operas and Hockey Games are addictions people, when will you realize it?

People think all men watch sports. Often someone will try and strike up a conversation like “hey! Did you see the game last night? See that goal in 3rd period where…”

What makes you so sure I watch hockey?

Now, for the record, I have been to a real hockey game before, and I did enjoy it. I have gotten addicted to hockey for a particular season and loved it then… But I realized that it was taking too much of my time. Getting the Pay-Per-View events was costing too much too.

I have finally decided that hockey sucks! It is a game that cannot be enjoyed in moderation.

Now is life funny, or am I the one who is funny?  What do you think, am I wrong?

If you play Bingo at a bingo hall for money, be very careful how you spend your money.

Many bingo addicts believe that if they know how all the bingo games work, that they’re somewhat of an expert, and they are increasing their chances to win.

Yes, that is true, but at what cost?

It all boils down to mathematics.

Let’s say there are 300 people in a large bingo hall, and everyone is playing the exact same games as you, and investing the same amount of money.

When you buy a “regular booklet” of bingo cards, that have 9 cards for each game, and there are a total of 15 games played, and it costs you $25 for the booklet, how much does it cost for your chance to win?

$25 investment / (divided by) 15 games = $1.66 per game.

If the average prize is $200 per game, you’re paying $1.66 with a 1 in 300 chance to win $200

Now, some bingo halls will have a special bonanza, where tickets cost $50 cents each. Let’s say that the prize is $1,000 and everyone buys 10 tickets.

You’d be paying $5.00 with a 1 in 300 chance to win $1,000 which is the equivalent of paying $1.00 to win $200 if you were to divide it up. As you can see, the special bonanza game is a better deal. This is why people go to bingo halls anyway, to win large jackpots.

So buying a lot of “regular game” cards is not in your best interest. Dollar for dollar, you are paying a higher amount for your chance to win.

How about those special games? Also known as side bets. Sometimes during an intermission the electronic bingo terminals will let you wager 25 cents with prizes of 25 cents, 50cents, $1.50, $7.50, and $25.00

But if the odds are like this:

win 25 cents (1 in 5) cost is 25 cents for an average win of 5 cents
win 50 cents (1 in 15) cost is 25 cents for an average win of 3 cents
win $1.50 (1 in 50) cost is 25 cents for an average win of 3 cents
win $7.50 (1 in 500) cost is 25 cents for an average win of 1.5 cents
win $25.00 (1 in 5000) cost is 25 cents for an average win of 0.5 cents

So eventhough your wager amount is very small (25 cents), the average win amount is also very small, so you’re completely wasting your money.

Play the game 40 times during a 1/2 hour intermission, and you’ve wagered $10.00 with your average total wins to be $2.00, which means you’re going to lose $8.00 of your wager amount on average.

This is the gravy money for bingo halls. All the little $1 side bets, the little 25 cent electronic wagers, etc. These side bets payoff very rarely to the players, which means a higher rake for the bingo hall.

A smart bingo player will not participate in these side bets. The increased chance of winning is too expensive and not value smart. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST!

The bingo halls know the science behind how it all works. These little side bet games are there to soak you in.. Very few people get rich from them.

In addition, one of the multiple bingo parlor games that is connected by phone, where everyone buys a bingo card for $4 and has a chance to win $10,000 if they get 3 lines in 23 numbers called, is not a good value for the money.

Let’s say there are 10 bingo halls connected to this network. Each one has 300 people in it, with an average person buying 2 of these $4 tickets each.

That is 6,000 bingo cards being played, at a cost of $4 each, which is $24,000 taken in by the bingo hall. The prize is $10,000

Now you’ve paid $8 already. Your chance is 2 in 6,000 of winning a prize of any sort which means you have a 0.0000000003% chance of winning.

Do you really think it matters to double up, pay $16 for 4 cards, and have a 4 in 6,000 chance of winning, which equals to a 0.00000006% chance?

It’s still an almost 0 chance of winning, so why spend so much? Your odds are VERY VERY LOW. You’d do better at the regular bingo hall games, because atleast there your $1.66 gives you a 1 in 300 chance of winning $200

Wouldn’t you rather have a 1 in 300 chance of winning, instead of a 4 in 6,000 chance?

This article is difficult to understand, becauser it is a lot of math, and I’m not a mathematician, but the concept remains the same.

Your order of play at a bingo hall or bingo parlor should always be, IN THIS ORDER:

#1. Play all special jackpot / bonanza games are are In-hall only. This is your best chance at winning for the least cost.

#2. Play the regular games that are In-Hall only. This is an equal “best chance” of winning, at the next cost level

#3. For the multi-bingo hall games that are connected by satellite or a network, AVOID THEM, or play the minimum you can. The chance of winning is extremely low, and the cost is usually very high.

#4. For the side-bets, electronic intermission 25 cent games, all the little “Here, give a $1, and if you bingo on a certain number win 3x your bet” type games, AVOID THEM COMPLETELY. Your odds are very low, your payoff frequency is very low, and the money you are handing over would be better spent buying more bonanza or special tickets anyway.

Good luck, and have fun playing BINGO!

I’m doing this from memory, so my facts might be slightly off, but the concept remains the same. I would normally file a customer complaint with Future Shop’s head office, but they probably know what goes on in their stores everyday with these Product Service Plans.

Anyway, here is my Future Shop customer complaint:

On July 2007, I purchased the LG Electronics LRH-880 DVD Recorder for $249.99.  I also bought a 3 year Product Service Plan / Extended Warranty from Future Shop for $69

I get the unit home, and start figuring out how it works. This is my first DVD recorder, so there is a bit of a learning curve. Over the next few months, I get it working, but I notice it is very sensitive to particular brands of Media. It also wants to be rebooted a lot before it works. Some days it won’t record at all. Other days, you have to play a regular DVD movie first, then pop in your DVD-R for it to recognize it.

I finally give up, and Feb 2008 I bring it in to Future Shop for service especially since I plan to start making a lot of DVD-R’s. Future Shop sends in for repair, about about 7 weeks later (49 days) it finally comes back.  On the note it says that it was a Major Repair, they had to change the printed circuit board (motherboard), and some drive mechanisms. Basically they changed the entire guts, and kept the case and powersupply the same.

I take my LRH-880 DVD Recorder home, and it is performing exactly the same way as when I brought it in for repair! It won’t recognize any brand of DVD-R. I bring it back to the store, and the customer service manager says that they can send it in again.

I explain to the Future Shop manager that I do not want to wait another 49 days because I need to use a DVD Recorder now. She says that under the PSP policy, the unit has to receive 3 major repairs before they can offer me a replacement unit or an exchange.  She then says “well, you could always buy another DVD Recorder, use it, and return it”

I then say, well how long would I have to return it? She says 30 days. I said so if this next repair takes 49 days again, I will have to buy a DVD Recorder, use it, bring it in for a refund within 30 days. Then I will have to buy another one, use that one, and bring it back for a refund again.

I then say “So I have 2 more major repairs before my Product Service Plan will allow me to get a replacement or exchanged unit, that will mean I will have to buy 4 DVD Recorders during this repair time, open the box, use the recorder, and bring back the open box for a refund. Do you really want to have four open box DVD Recorders sitting on your clearance table at a reduced price?”

She gives me an evil smile, because she knows Future Shop is playing games with me with this stupid “send it in, wait 49 days for repair, it comes back, still broken”

..and as a customer, I also can play games with Future Shop too... “ok, you keep my unit for 49 days on three separate occasions, and I’ll just keep buying other DVD records, using them and returning them, while I wait for my repairs. Otherwise, let me trade up to this $489 Pioneer DVD recorder now, and I’ll pay the difference and we’re both happy.”

The Future Shop customer service manager looks at me, and says “Ok, ok, listen, I’m in a good generous mood today, so this is what I am going to do… I will give you a refund of your LRH-880 DVD Recorder now. You buy the more expensive $489 unit plus another 3 year PSP warranty”

She proceeds to type on the computer and says “ok, your unit is selling for $199.95 now, so I can refund that plus tax”

I ask her “Ok, wait, I paid $249 for my unit when I bought it, so thats a $50 loss. Plus I paid $69 for my Product Service Plan, so now I’m losing $119 plus tax!!”

She says “sorry, that’s all I can do, otherwise we’ll have to take this unit back in for repair again, and you’ll have to wait”

By this time, I’m so fed up with the system, and I really do need to burn some DVD-R’s, I finally agree to buy the $489 Pioneer unit, and take a $119 + tax loss on my original purchase!

She says “ok, and you’re getting the 3 year Future Shop PSP warranty with the new $489 unit too, right?”

I say “You know what, just sell me the $489 unit without a warranty. I’ve already taken a loss of $119+tax from this whole deal, and I’m really not happy how this PSP thing works, about bringing something in for 3 major repairs and waiting 6 months (3 separate repairs) before it is exchanged or replaced.”

The Future Shop manager says “Sorry, that’s the only way we’re going to do it then.. You buy the $489 plus the 3 year PSP warranty, and I refund you $199+tax from your original purchase”

I finally give up, and agree. I can’t take this anymore.

I go home, feeling cheated by Future Shop. Atleast I have my new Pioneer DVR-550H that costs me $489 + tax. I am not happy about being forced into the Product Service Plan again, especially since it cost me another $119 for it.

So I go online, and read up on this stupid Product Service Plan nonsense. It turns out that the PSP is an agreement between you, and the American Bankers Insurance Plan of Florida for customers in BC. It also says that the PSP can be cancelled within 30 days.

So we wait 2 weeks, and we walk in and cancel the $119 PSP that was forced upon us as a condition of taking an early exchange / replacement on my original LG LRH-880 DVD Player.

Do you see how this game works at Future Shop?

1. I buy a cheap $249 unit, which has problems and a $69 PSP Warranty
2. I bring it in for repair, they keep it for 49 days, while I need it
3. It comes back saying everything was replaced inside (major repair), meanwhile it is still not working properly
4. They agree to refund me $199, make me lose $50 on the original unit cost, and lose my $69 PSP Warranty, plus related tax, ONLY if I buy a more expensive $489 unit, plus a more expensive 3 year PSP for it too.
5. I agree, just because I need this equipment and I’m tired of play games and waiting for non-existant repairs.
6. I wait 2 weeks, come in, and cancel my $119 PSP Warranty.

So in the end, I am out $119 plus tax, but I have a wealth of knowledge about Future Shop, and their Product Service Plans (PSP) rip off - what a joke!!

I will avoid buying the PSP again. Its a better idea to save the PSP money, and apply it to a more high-end unit in the first place. All the PSP does is let them selling you cheap on-sale merchandise with false promises of “hey! If this low-end cheap product doesn’t work right, or last you, take out the extended warranty (PSP)”

What Future Shop doesn’t really mention at the time of a sale, is that you will have to wait a huge amount of time for repairs, chances are, you will have to bring it in more than once for a repair, and to top it all off, the money you are saving on the cheaper on-sale unit would be better spent on a better quality item anyway.

DON’T BUY THE PRODUCT SERVICE PLAN FROM FUTURE SHOP! IT IS A RIP OFF! Save your money or put it towards a more expensive, better quality unit.

…again, Disclaimer: My memory is a little foggy on the exact price of the original PSP for $69, but the whole concept of what happened remains the same.

Here’s a fact that basically says it all…

STYROFOAM TAKES 2,000 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE IN A LANDFILL.

So…

Why do people still buy styrofoam cups and plates? Why is food take-out “to go” still put into styrofoam containers?  We label cigarettes saying they are bad for your health, why don’t we label styrofoam containers saying this is bad for our environment?

Do you know, that when I visit any of my local KFC restaurants (Kentucky Fried Chicken), and I am ordering a take-out dinner… if I ask for some plates, they ALWAYS give me styrofoam plates.. But as soon as I insist on paper plates, they reach under the counter to their prized stock, and give me paper..

Paper plates cost more, but only take 10 years to decompose.

It’s no secret that paper can rot, by styrofoam cannot.

So why is styrofoam food packaging still legal? Why isn’t it labelled that it is bad for our environment?

…and most of all, why does KFC give out styrofoam plates first, but they need to be asked for their secret stash of paper plates?

Went to meet some friends at a local pub last night. Didn’t feel like drinking, so I ordered a club soda, which is basically just carbonized water.

The bartender filled up the glass, I was half expecting him to say “no charge”.. it is, only water…

$3.15 he says. Since I was already in a stupid situation, I automatically said “make it $4″ to tip him.

So my glass of water with bubbles in it cost $4.00

So the question is… am I stupid for paying it? Or is he stupid for charging so much?  I know that the bar does have overhead that has to be taken care of.. the bartender’s wage, the hydro to keep the lights on, property taxes, mortgage, etc, etc..

But you normally wouldn’t charge for a napkin, so why would you charge for water?

Here’s the worst part, when my water glass was empty, I thought about asking for a refill. But I shuttered at the thought of paying another $4 for another glass of water. I ended up ordering a beer for $5, figuring atleast I was getting my money’s worth, eventhough I didn’t feel like drinking beer.

Isn’t this a stupid funny predicament? How would you have handled the situation?

Today a 2007 movie was on TV called “Freedom Writers”. See the official website for more info.

I never heard about it before, just caught it by flipping through some TV channels.

Hilary Swank, a two-time Academy Award winner, plays Erin Gruwell, who is a first time English teacher at Wilson high school where they are dealing with severe tension, racial problems, street gangs, fights, etc.

She goes in with the idea of trying to change the system to turn street gang punks into intelligent articulate people, and meets resistance both with other school officials, and the students themselves. She is fighting a losing battle, and refuses to give up.

We’ve seen similar movies like this before, but at the same time, I have not seen one movie done as well as this.. I laughed, I cried, I cheered, and I got upset.

This movie moves your emotions and keeps you glued to the screen until its over. When it is over, it makes you feel good about who you are, and it gives you hope and the strength to reach your own goals. It is a very inspiring movie, I am very impressed.

So rent it on video if you can, buy it if you can’t find it. Share it with your friends and family, it is one of those “gems” that everyone should see..

Best of all, let me know what you think after you see it? Send me a private email or public blog comment here at http://lifeisfunny.freethrills.com

Yesterday I sat down at a $3 blackjack table at the Casino and handed over $50 to the dealer.

I started off playing conservatively, but everytime I got 19, he had 20. If I got dealt 20, he’d make 21 the hard way (from starting with a 6)

In 10 hands, I pushed once, won once, and lost 8 hands…

So in about 10 minutes of play, I lost $50 and left the table.

I’m always aggressive this way, and it’s not good. Being aggressive in a casino is never a good thing, and that ALSO includes when you are holding top pair, trips, or a flush a Texas Hold’em Poker too.  (A straight flush, even just a full house will beat you every time)

So when it comes to business, or anything you do as a hobby, and you find yourself having an aggressive personality, I highly recommend you STAY AWAY from a casino environment unless it’s controlled.

For instance, if you are playing a slot tournament, where there is a flat fee to buy-in, then that would be safe for you to participate in..

But anything that requires split second wagering decisions, your aggressive nature may come out at the wrong time, and you’ll cost yourself a lot of money quickly.

One time I was at the blackjack table, guy cames in and throws $100 and loses it, without watching what kinds of cards were coming out, nothing. He puts up another $100, and loses that next hand as well.

The look on his face changes, and he puts up another $100, loses that, gets all red faced, and walks away, after losing $300 in 3 hands of Blackjack.

The types of people who do really well in the long term, are those that are conservative minded.

Everyone hates dandelions on their nice green lawn. This nasty “weed” spreads so darn fast, and looks horrible. Those awful leaves, cheap looking flowers…

But! The dandelion leaves are completely edible, great in salads. You can steam and sautee them too! The leaves have a lot of vitamins in them! Vitamin A, C, D, and B-complex. They also contain minerals like iron, magnesium, zinc potassium, manganese, calcium and more!

The yellow parts of the flower are also completely edible. You can dip them in batter and fry up some dandelion fritters.

Even the dandelion root can be toasted and ground up as a healthy alternative to coffee.

So why do we hate them so much?  There are lots of herbal remedies offered by dandelions. I don’t think we’re giving this weed much credit. It’s actually a healthy food source.

Would we feel the same if we walked out into our lawn and go “oh no! I can’t believe it. Look at these large ripe wild tomatoes growing everywhere!”

Wouldn’t you be inclined to bring the tomatoes inside instead of spraying poison on them?

What is the difference with dandelion?

I’ll tell you… The majority of us are simply not use to eating dandelion. We’re also brought up to hate them because of how they spread.  If we could change society’s view of them, I think they would be a lot more welcome on our lawns and we’d actually encourage their growth.

It’s not the dandelion who is ugly and needs to be remedied, only our way of thinking should be..

It is natural for parents to help their kids avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that they went through in their lives. They want to see their kids succeed. They want to help their kids be the best that they can be.. 

Finally, they admittedly want their kids to go farther in life, then the parents did themselves. They love their kids, have labored their entire lives to raise and guide them. They have a lot of time, effort, worries, frustrations, happiness and tears all spent and created in raising their children.

Our future generation, today’s children are part of this growing dilemma to make life easier and simpler.

Ever since the industrial revolution, and as technology progresses though, we’re creating life “aids” that avoid us from doing work.

Today’s society is lazy. Tomorrow’s generation will be even lazier.

Instead of milking the cows, we now buy milk at the store. Some people even get it delivered to their front door.

Instead of making ourselves a coffee in the morning which involves quite a lengthy procedure. Not only do we have to warm up the water, mix the ingredients, but now there is a cup to wash!!  No, instead we’ll just head to work, stop by a coffee shop drive thru, and idle for 15 minutes while someone makes our coffee for us, and we can throw out the cup when we’re done with it.

Instead of walking 3 miles down the road to see a friend, we hop in the car, or just phone, fax, or email.  We don’t even bother to phone them now, because that involves a whole conversation. No, we’ll just text them a sentence of what we wanted to say. 

If we wanted to watch a movie, we’d plan a night out. We’d go to the theatre, stand in line, buy a snack, sit down, watch the movie and come home.  As generations passed, we use to just go to the video store, rent a movie, watch it, and return it.  Today, we click buttons on a remote control because this way we don’t have to “go” anywhere. We can sit on our couch and stay there.

So what’s next?  I will tell you:

Instead of milk delivered to the door, we’ll probably have robots that will take it from the door to the fridge.

We won’t want coffee, because we’ll have vitamin patches stuck to our bodies, so what when we feel we want a coffee, the chemicals automatically instantly release from skin patch, making us feel that we’ve just enjoyed a coffee, thereby releasing dopamine to our brain. 

Instead of texting our friends, we’ll have new technology that can respond to our thoughts or voice, so that we don’t actually have to pickup a device and use our fingers to type, it will just “know” what we want to say, and to whom.

When we want to see a movie, we’ll be able to gaze up at the TV, say something trivial like “i want to see a movie, you know what I like” and that’s it. We won’t have to choose, search, or find anything.

This way, we can be spoiled lazy people — exactly what our previous generations have helped us become. This is our destiny of tomorrow.

This is how we’ll satisfy ourselves in the future. When we want something, a second later, our brain feels that we did actually receive it. This way there is no wasted time or effort. It will be instant gratification to our every want, 24×7.

Isn’t life funny and yet truly horrific at the same time?

Ok, we have a trailer in the middle of the forest that we go visit maybe once a month. Normally everything is intact, just the way we left it.

I wish this story was funny and amusing, well I suppose it is, depending on how you look at it.

Our mouse trap did catch a mouse while we were away, but there are like 400 mouse droppings (aka turds) all over the trailer. Its in the silverwear drawers, in the bathroom, all over the counter, in the bed, on the couch, just everywhere!

Why do these mice poop so much?  It eats and poops at the same time. Mice wouldn’t be quite so bad if they didn’t poop so often.

This is what causes me to hate mice, otherwise I’d consider them cute, like chipmunks. Ever heard the phrase “what, are you scared of a mouse?”

I mean they are so tiny and they are more scared of you… they are very timid creatures.

So now, I have to spend the day cleaning up mouse turds, and I have to be extra careful not to contract the Hantavirus which is linked to mouse poop. Its an airbourne virus which you can contract if the mouse is a carrier.  Apparently the virus lives for 2 or 3 days at room temperature. Lets hope these mouse droppings are more than 3 days old.

If I do contact the virus, I can show symptoms within 45 days later, which keeps you wondering if you got it.

All this, because of a little mouse.

So yes, I guess you could say, I’m scared of mice, simply because of this virus and nothing else.

Today, many people complain about crime in their neighborhood.

They are shocked that Police are slow to respond to certain situations. Understand this, the message that police are getting is that by the time they file all the paperwork necessary to prosecute a criminal, the accused is free on bail with a community service penalty.

Not only that, but if they read between the lines, traffic violation tickets bring IN revenue, and prosecuting the homeless thug COSTS revenue.

Therefore police are better off writing up violation traffic tickets for the working class, and LESS beneficial to the city when they arrest and prosecute a homeless person who is doing crime.

I remember once that I was near a crime scene where a $300 Television was stolen. There were very clear finger prints in the dust since the TV was in a storage room. When the officers attended to take the report, they basically issued a file number for the insurance company.

When the victim asked them “why don’t you take fingerprints? it’s obvious that their finger prints are right there”…

The officer responded “you lost a $300 Television. By the time we get forensics here, fingerprint, write the report, take it to court, prosecute, etc, it will cost the city almost $5,000 and thats IF we get a conviction, maybe more. It’s much cheaper for you to file your $300 claim with the insurance company and leave the city out of it”

So there you have it folks. If you are a career criminal and do thefts under $500 at a time, its cheaper for the cops (and the city) to avoid prosecuting you and let the burden by born by the law-biding citizen.

Naturally this is my opinion only, but you get the idea.

This year I decided not to plant a vegetable garden. I usually plant tomatoes ever year among other things..

However this spring has been the weirdest weather pattern ever. We keep going to  very cold and windy temperatures, way too much rain. The ground is too cold, and this means that plants will suffer and will lead to a very late harvest, maybe even too late, where the plants frost over before their fruit is ready to be picked.

Is this funny weather something that will happen every year now that Global Warming is here? (By the way, global warming doesn’t just mean warm weather. It can also mean weird weather patterns, like snow in the desert)

If this weather is so horrible for my home vegetable garden, this means commerical growers are going to have a hard time too. Expect your fruits and vegetables to cost a lot more in the stores this year if this is widespread.

I imagine summer will eventually get here, and then I will regret not starting my seedlings, but I’m going to wait this year out and see how it goes. There is always next year.

 I’m getting sick and tired of hearing that TV commercial for a career college that says “if she can do it, then you can do it” call now.

Well, I’m a man.  If she can menstruate, does that man I can menstruate too? If she can get pregnant can I?  Well then that basically shows us that the phrase “if she can do it, you can do it” does NOT hold true. So stop saying it?

Just because someone can do something, it does NOT mean you can do it too. So use a different stupid cliche or phrase on your TV ads, because I am sick of hearing this same one again and again and again.

I’ve just discovered that Diet Coke appears to be using a thinner plastic on 2L bottles. Traditionally I could pour a brand new 2L soda pop into a glass using only one hand. But now when you try to do it, the plastic buckles and the bottle starts bending.

I found this news article which says that Coke is using 5% less plastic in order to help stop global warming.

From my experience, it looks like a lot less than 5% has been removed from the new bottles.  I know since we’re talking about Global warming, we should be tolerant of these things…

But when I’m carrying a 12 pack of soda pop from the grocery store to my car, and the cardboard rips and pop cans start flying everywhere.. I think we’ve gone a little too far. 

…AND… here is the biggest question…

These soda pop maufacturers are using less plastic and less cardboard [for global warming reasons], but if they are using LESS, shouldn’t we be paying LESS too ?  If I have to go through the aggrivation of spilling my plastic bottle pop, or chasing cans rolling around in the parking lot, shouldn’t I also gain the benefit of cheaper packaging materials in my cost?

Here is a case where the soda pop maker WINS, and Global Warming “apparently” wins, and the rest of all lose.

I’m tired of cheap plastic bottles, thin cardboard boxes, and the mess it creates.