Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
by cgriswald on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:45PM
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> we still have my 5 year olds car seat in our garage because no place will take them (I have to make a trip to the dump, or get a junk hauler to come by with a big load for them and a few hundred bucks).
Our garbage system allows us two "bulky item" pickups per year with our regular garbage if we call in advance where they'll take anything in a 3x3x6 volume.
For everything else, I just destroy it with old power tools.
Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:01PM
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Our's doesn't, and there doesn't seem to be a clearly defined bulk item charge for car seats since, before COVID, they could be recycled in our area.
Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:33PM
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> I was a kid during the 80s when gas was (comparatively) cheap.
The 1980s are funny, because, the early 1980s were one of the periods of highest sustained gas prices in history, while the late 1980s and 1990s are the lowest ever.
Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:02PM
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Ya, I should mention that I came of age in the late 18s, and started driving at 15 in 1990.
Throwing things away is so difficult these days that I try to make purchases that avoid it. But like...we still have my 5 year olds car seat in our garage because no place will take them (I have to make a trip to the dump, or get a junk hauler to come by with a big load for them and a few hundred bucks).