This is great news!!! I'm so happy for you. I still have your SSJJ gift hanging at my front door & whisper a prayer each time I pass through. But, I'm a little slow. Just the other day I saw the tree that you had created in it!!! It's been there all this time. Goofy me! Vickie

It is just the grocery bags they are banning isn't it? I buy a box of cheap waste paper basket bags for cat litter and I use the newspaper bags my sister in law gives me to pick up after Loki outside. I rarely ever use plastic bags from the grocery store and you would be hard pressed to find one if you look where I keep my bags. Even when I go to the mall I rarely will take a plastic bag from a vendor for my purchases. I have fancy tote bags for other than grocery shopping and the vinyl bags and insulated cold/warm bags for my groceries. Anne

I live in Toronto. The current age for the SDM discount is 65. I am now 61. When I was 55, apparently the discount did apply to people age 55 and over - no ID required - something I would not have minded providing. I was in line at SDM behind another woman who was 55 and we were told we were wrong. She left her purchases, but I bought mine. I finally asked at my regular SDM and was told the age was 55 - at this point I was 57. I was at another SDM one day - it was not a "Seniors' Day" and after I paid and was arranging my bags, the couple behind me - also not regular patrons of this particular SDM, were offered free coupons at Swiss Chalet since they were "seniors" as perceived by the clerk. They were delighted. As they walked away I heard them happily mentioning how nice it was of SDM to offer the seniors' special to 50 year olds. So, I asked the clerk why I had not been offered the Swiss Chalet coupons(thankfully I hate the food there anyway) and she told me that I was obviously too young. So I decided to take that as a compliment. Recently I checked again and apparently the age is now 65 - and as another poster said, the Thursday discount does not apply to items on sale. A friend of mine whose mother is 66 gets very annoyed. She checks prices out on Wed. and then goes to SDM on Thursdays, only to find that the prices have been reduced, sometimes by only .01 - so that the discount can't be applied. Re the bagged milk - I hate it with a passion. Recently, in desperation I had to buy it - along with several other people at Loblaws due to date issues on the 2 litre cartons. I don't have the special pitcher and I don't want one. I want the milk to close. So I decided to lightly snip the edge of the plastic bag and pour it into my glass containers. Of course it spilled and splashed everywhere - all over me, the counter, the sink and the WHITE DOG. It is generally cheaper to buy milk in bags, but I won't do it.

I went to Home Depot in Santa Clarita today and saw RMV on the Iceberg roses they were selling. I asked the manager about it and he said the grower assured him they were treated. I let him know that heat treatment is the only way and the grower is not going to do that for Iceberg roses. He claims that Lowe's uses the same grower, but I don't know if that's true. So, I'll probably see RMV popping up all over my city. Iceberg is the most planted rose in this area.