Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 03, 2014

Not with a pick-up truck in my perspective, but with donations at a Salvation Army shed at which I work.

WOW! Where’d he get paper sacks? I haven’t seen those forever. I miss paper sacks! I hate how they only put one or two things into a plastic bag. A good bagger could fill it up properly full without breaking anything.

I also live in Lancaster, PA and we’re “traditionalists” around here. Paper Bags can be used in MORE than one way, and We KNOW it, and APPRECIATE it!

(In most of the Stores around here you CAN ask for Plastic, if you want ’em.)

Then you need the trick to keep the bags upright in transit. I use plastic underbed storage boxes in my trunk.

i made a couple wooden crates out of 1×4s for grocery day. each hold two bags so they aren’t all over the bed when i get home.

The tailgate on the Plugger-truck doesn’t open??

Here in FL a particular store hires the handicapped for baggers. I wanted paper bags. The kid stuck 23 items in 14 paper bags. I went to my truck, repacked the bags and took seven bags back. Bagging is my basic job description since I waz sixteen. Now I haul groceries in a couple of 30-gallon plastic tubs in the truck bed. (sigh)

Wow, I haven’t seen an Econoline van pickup in a while. And this paper or plastic thing they always ask at checkout, that’s easy, I always pay with plastic.

At another grocery I went to, the girl said “strip down, facing me !!” I did so, right down to my undies.. “Put your clothes back on sir, I was telling you how your debit card should slide thru the machine !”

Embarrassing.

People who have to use dumbbells for a workout obviously aren’t married. I must haul the equivalent weight of a workout two or three times a day just to keep the household going.

Hated that! If I took off a little too fast from a traffic light, I had potatoes and eggs all over the truck bed. I ended up piling everything in the passenger seat and on the floor.

I use the lightweight canvas bags from the store, but I put them in two storage containers in have in my van. Keeps them from rolling all over the place. If I could afford it, I would make my own canvas bags, but with heavier weight canvas. Those light ones are starting to show their wear.

Second Chances, who occasionally appear with Tank McNamarra, had a great week’s arc on the correct way to put groceries in a paper bag. Works great with the canvas ones too, but I have taught more of the current sackers than the grocers have.

Just bringing groceries in from the car – putting everything away – some goes upstairs – some goes downstairs – my core is fine, thank you!! :)