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  1. Steve North

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    Sorry, but I simply don't understand why the plastic bags are banned considering all the other items we buy have plastic or are wrapped in plastic.. Plastic garbage bags..
    half your car is plastic among other things...

    Please look around your house and tell me what doesn't contain some plastic..
     
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    The first selfie - Robert Cornelius, 1839

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    I think that was photo-shopped.:confused:

    Hal
     
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    Pretty much every food item you buy in the store is packaged in plastic, yet it's the plastic shopping bags and straws that are causing the problem? Every plastic grocery bag we bring home gets reused, then discarded at the transfer station, where I assume it finds its way to a landfill. I doubt they stop off to dump the bags into the ocean, largely because that would be out of the way.
     
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    Mae West was 5'0" tall. ..

    "A pair of 'trick' platform shoes worn by Ms. West in films to make her look taller, which also contributed to her unique walk"


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    I like her saying............
    When I'm good, I'm bad.... and when I'm bad, I'm better....
     
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    Did you know what was invented in Canada ??????


    Peanut butter
    Although American agricultural pioneer George Washington Carver is often credited for inventing peanut butter, the first patent for the spreadable substance was actually given to Montreal's Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884. He came up with the process of milling roasted peanuts to create "a consistency like that of butter," which he promoted as a protein substitute for those who couldn't have solid food. Schoolchildren everywhere are forever grateful.
     
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    Another Canadian invention.....


    Goalie mask
    The hockey mask, which has helped keep many a goaltender's face intact, was first worn regularly by Montreal Canadiens player Jaques Plante in 1959. He was at first mocked for wearing the mask, and his coach didn't like it because he thought it would be a distraction. But once Plante donned the mask, the Canadiens went on to an 18-game winning streak, proving players could perform just as well—if not better—without the threat of a puck to the face. Plante's equipment innovation is now standard gear for professional and amateur hockey players.
     
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    Another Canadian invention..


    Garbage bag
    In the 1950s, Winnipeg's Harry Wasylyk used the flexible plastic polyethylene to create the first garbage bag, at the request of a local hospital looking for a sanitary way to dispose of waste. At the same time, a couple of other Canadians, Frank Plomp and Larry Hansen, were working on their own version of the plastic garbage bag. But it was Wasylyk's that came up on top when Union Carbide Company bought his product and manufactured it for home use under the name Glad in the 1960s. In 1971, University of Toronto chemist James Guillet created a more eco-friendly, biodegradable version.
     
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    I dislike plastic of any kind. But it does have its benefits in many areas. I do wish less was used- such as hard plactics that foods and other items come in. Why not use card board like we use to?Muffins, beads etc stuff like that in the hard see thru plastic is more of a nuisance for me.
    I do put cooked foods in plastic.
    I use glass- just a preference on my part.
    I never heat up food in any plastic:eek:
     
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    I like this thread :p
     
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    I suppose cardboard would cost many more trees to produce. Something has to be done about all the plastics, but I'm hoping for better recycling methods to be developed.
     
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    Speaking of plastics............
    Did you know that since the beginning of plastic invention, every piece of plastic ever made still exists......
     
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    ANOTHER CANADIAN INVENTION


    Egg carton

    This is one of those simple inventions that we can't imagine living without. As the story goes, newspaper publisher Joseph Coyle of British Columbia overheard an argument about a delivery of broken eggs that had literally all been put in one basket. Thinking there had to be a better way, Coyle came up with the humble beginning of a big idea. In 1911, he crafted a carton of individual slots so the eggs wouldn't jostle against each other and break in transit. Over a century later, his creation remains largely unchanged
     
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    ANOTHER CANADIAN INVENTION



    Insulin treatment for diabetes
    Insulin had been discovered in 1910, but a decade later in 1921, Canadian doctor Frederick Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, working in JJR Macleod's lab at the University of Toronto, developed a way to isolate insulin and inject the substance into animals to regulate their blood sugar. This paved the way for the treatment in humans. Banting and Macleod earned the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their innovation, which to this day allows people with diabetes to better manage the disease.
     
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