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Plastic bags were convenient in the household: Many Austinites adapted to utilizing excess plastic bags in the household - those places where reusable bags just won't cut it. "“You obviously don't have to deal with poop,” argues Redditor austex_mike, “I need plastic bags for diapers.” User nuovo_donna is also struggling with life without free plastic bags: “I'm almost out of little liner bags for all of my wastebaskets, and I'll have to start buying plastic bags soon."
People are doing shopping outside city limits: People who live on the edges of Austin prefer not to deal with the inconvenience. Instead, suburb-dwellers find themselves making a large amount of purchases at stores beyond the city limits. Aforementioned user austex_mike concedes, “I'll be honest. Nothing beats the convenience of just using old grocery bags. I live in north Austin, so I just swing over to the Greenlawn HEB in Round Rock every now and then and do a big shopping trip.”
Some are calling for more measures: Those in favor of a full environmental makeover for the city of Austin think this is a step in the right direction. Redditor prophetjohn writes, “Pretty sure in the early stages, this is going to be a net negative. My hope is that it will promote a more reusable mindset that propagates beyond just plastic bags.”
Complaints to cashiers are off the charts: “Worst part is that they take it out on me,” former HEB employee and Reddit user Hyperdude reports. Current cashier Terramoura agrees: “In my opinion, if you are angry about the ban, you should complain to the city. I like the ban. Plastic is such a nuisance. I'm sorry it's inconvenient to you but change happens and if you can't adapt, then life will only be hard for you.”
At 269 comments as of this writing, the list goes much further. Leave a comment below and continue the conversation: how has Austin’s bag ban affected you?
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Some gun-show purists aren’t thrilled with the flea market atmosphere. The Tulsa Arms Show, one of the country’s biggest events, posted this warning recently to its vendors: “Absolutely No toys, no candy, no food items of any kind, no survival food, no snacks, no food storage or tupperware, no drinks, no nutritional items, no handbags, no makeup, no scentsy, no hair products or accessories, no candles, no wickless candles.”
The Nation’s Gun Show doesn’t have such restrictions. Last month, among the more than 1,000 tables at the show, Russell Guthrie had several tables of watches, rings, bracelets and copper coins, including a $3,000 Rolex and a $7,500 Cartier Santos pocket watch.
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“This is a family Sunday out,” she said. “It’s fun.”Steven Davison, an Arlington plastic surgeon, was looking at another table of jewelry with his daughter Sophia, 10. His wife had wanted him to take one of their kids with him.
“My son didn’t want to come,” Davison said. “My daughter did after I told her there would be jewelry.”Sophia said, “I also wanted to make him happy, and it sounded like fun.”
She had $25 in “walking-around money” burning up her pocket, but hadn’t figured out what to spend it on yet.Her dad bought a shotgun.
A few aisles away, Rick Audino, a North Carolina art dealer, had a corner booth where he was selling $2,000 paintings of Civil War scenes by John Paul Strain. He’d sold more than a dozen. Many of his buyers at shows in the Washington area — “the only place in the country left with money,” he said — are government contractors or federal law enforcement officials, or occasionally a CIA officer.
They come looking for new holsters or other gear, but often leave with a painting instead. Audino does not have a gallery. He has gun shows.
“If you have a gallery, you are waiting for people to come to you,” he said. “This way, we bring it to them. People say, ‘Oh, I didn’t expect that here.’ Then they go, ‘Oh, I like that.’ Then they buy it.”
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The beef jerky at gun shows — a staple like Auntie Anne’s pretzels at the mall food court — is often so delectable that people drop by just to pick up a pound.
“I’ll give you pepper first,” said Trish Holsinger, the co-proprietor of Holsinger’s Meats & Deli, which was across from a table of high-powered rifles and a not-so-small cache of ammunition. “It’s black pepper. It’s subtle. The red pepper is not subtle. It’s slap-your-face hot.”
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“It’s a real grin to leave a gun show with beef jerky,” he said. “My wife is very opposed to guns and she wasn’t thrilled with me coming to a gun show. But now I’m coming home with all these treats for everyone, so it’s a win-win.”
Trish and her husband, Bob Holsinger, are part of a multi-generation meat business operating near Hagerstown. They have been selling at gun shows for about two years. Trish and Bob’s father were not convinced there was a market at gun events, but now they do about 10 percent of their business at shows.
“When he first said ‘gun shows’ to me, I gave him a look like, ‘What?’?” Trish said.Now the Holsingers often sell more 200 pounds at a show, at $18 a pound. Their company does more than 100 shows a year.
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