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For anyone who might like to add a resuable bag to a present (and as really nice wrapping, there is a sale on envirosax right now - 6 bags for $28 with free shipping. Or, just by itself as a nice...
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Wrap your presents in garbage, they will never see it coming.
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:D I missed it :O
and I hope you know, I'm only messing around. I love outdoors and nature.
1. fixed/updated plumbing around the house to save water, and this is altruistic, as my HOA pays...
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But I still believe that in the aggregate, recycling paper is worse for the environment :dontknow:
and also, Dolphin meat is good :eat:
:harhar:
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Videotape that, will ya? I'd love to see a video of you hunting a dolphin.
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what can I say? I'm a nature lover. I hunt for food, not sport :dontknow:
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I think OP has me on ignore :sadwalk:
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Haha, did you miss my 3rd line up there?:hug:
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That is supposed to be very dangerous. Here is one brief article about it though there are many others online http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003358.html
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:iagree: go to a Groupon approved animal shelter, adopt a pet. skin it and use the skin as wrapping paper.
be sure to eat broil the carcas before consuming
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Nice!:bounce:
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100% recyclable is definitely better than not! I think most kinds aren't though.
another good article with alternatives.
A couple super easy ones that haven't been mentioned (though there...
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Watched someone wrap his gifts in regular newspaper and leftover wine brown paper bags yesterday and was actually surprised how good the regular newspaper looks (I usually use comics myself)....
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for disposing of evidence :whee:
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I love shiny wrapping paper! :whee:
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On a serious note, this thread actually made me pick up one of the newspapers at the brewery where we bought my father-in-law's gift of beer, this season.
I'm going to wrap his beer in it. He...
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Sounds perfect!
Thanks for posting! Glad to know the thread is makes a positive different to someone :hug:
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I actually order gift wrap online and always choose the gift option so it comes wrapped.
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rookie :nono2:
I use panda claws. on occasion, I'll throw spotted owls at them.
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Stuff everything into a closet so that it'll fall out when the door opens.
Then let someone open the door.
Should be fun. :)
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Let's hope no one asked for a TV, tools or kitchen appliances in that scenario. :lol:
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It was free! :whee:
I took two! :whee:
I'm wasteful! :whee:
(They were throwing them out. ;) )
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I like to use large styrofoam coolers, filled with styrofoam packing peanuts, as a more environmentally friendly way to package my presents.
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:thumbsup:
u know at first your freinds n family m ay think its weird. but they get used to it fast. next thing u know everyone is saving paper. :)
i TRY to only use re-usable bags now. at Toys...
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My dad absolutely loooooves to wrap presents in the Sunday comics...it's like his trademark...which I think is awesome!
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I saw something about owls the other day & I thought of you... be damned if I can remember what it was though... not that Owls of (Jeff) Gilooly movie, this was something else... :scratch:
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Give up, man. Anybody who doesn't agree with her is stupid and wrong, and possibly a child molester also. It's not worth the fight.
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It's not worth the small effort of just not using giftwrap to try not to destroy the planet and reduce the 4 million US yearly tons of holiday trash each year?
:rolleyes:
Well, you are the...
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Well hell, if using wrapping paper gets me part of the way there, then call the police! Because most of my holiday shopping is done online, and you know what that means - TONS of wasted cardboard...
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I'm very well aware - it's one of her best lines in the movie. And it's just that - a MOVIE. ;)
Insult? :lol: Oh yeah, as you sit there and insinuate I'm a bad person because I do things...
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We just burn all the wrapping paper after everyone opens their gifts in the fireplace! :whee:
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Couldn't you ask someone if there are old drawings you can use for wrapping? My architect family members would come home with tons of leftover old ones for wrapping... and they're constantly in the...
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I buy remnants of fabric and bandannas. I just gather them around the present and tie with reusable ribbon. Foil is good, because it's easy to recycle. I also grab stockings at after-Christmas sales...
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What kind of cheapskate gives paper as a gift? :rolleyes:
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Awesome! I too have architects in my family and we use the used plans in the past too. The best part is that everyone always thought it was 'soooo cool, to have it wrapped in 'real plans'. ':cool:
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I'm buying a ton of bags after Christmas on clearance this year because this wrapping is getting on my nerves.
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No, you can. You just have to check the box.
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You're taking away the trash-taking duties of hard-working Americans you liberal hippie! :soapbox:
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:thanks:
good ideas
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My family has always used newspaper, comics and reusable gift bags.
Just wanted to remind anyone thinking about it - reuse things in your house, don't buy wasteful wrapping paper
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