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Bagged milk hits UK, continues world domination
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TOM f'N CRUISE
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milk bag threads are a dime a dozen
Visualante
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Scared and confused. I don't like change.
I want to be more environmentally sound. But I just see this making a huge mess or bursting on the way home. I don't think the glass bottle milk is a viable market anymore. The prices aren't competitive.
I want to be more environmentally sound. But I just see this making a huge mess or bursting on the way home. I don't think the glass bottle milk is a viable market anymore. The prices aren't competitive.
Napoleonthechimp
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To be fair plastic milk cartons/bottles tend to split when dropped too.
Roi said:
Because we're USA neighbors, so everything we have that they consider weird, we're the only people that matters.
I'm still surprised how this is such a big deal to GAF. It's milk in a different container. Big. Fucking. Deal.
There's a a lot of much weirder stuff in the world, and somehow... it's not talk as much here.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Now imagine if you were picking up a BAG. Sloshing all around in ya hands. Unruly as fuck. Your own milk, REBELLING against your own hands. It's ANARCHIST! And as long as America stands, MILK BAGS WILL NOT STAND!Facism said:
woodsey1982
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Facism said:
Just think - in 20 years time, kids will be reminiscing about taking a fresh bag of milk out of the fridge! That just sounds SO wrong.
Kids these days don't know they're born. :lol
Dr Zhivago
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Label said:
That's exactly the same jug Waitrose were selling some months back, and gave up because no-one was buying it.
killer_clank
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How much does the jug/milk cost in Sainsbury's? Fuck supposedly saving money if the first time I use it I have to buy a freaking jug when I could just get it in a normal bottle.
Megadragon15
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If bagged milk is so popular, how come most countries don't sell it?canova said:
SecretBonusPoint
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Fuck this milk bag shit. I carry all my shopping home on the bus, and the idea of even one trip resulting in MILK OVER EVERYTHING is ghastly, let alone all this JUGIT shit.
Whats next, fucking Dolmeo bags, pepsi bags, beer bags? Whiskey bags? I'll fucking kill you!
Whats next, fucking Dolmeo bags, pepsi bags, beer bags? Whiskey bags? I'll fucking kill you!
So we have a few brits who think it sounds neat, a few brits that think it sounds dumb, and an overwhelming number of americans saying that "It would never work in the US". Gotta love how these threads always turn out. No one asked! :lol
BTW bagged milk only stays open for what, a day? A day and a half? It's not a gallon that sits there for a week to get all "tainted". Seeing the "Jug-It" up there pretty much invalidates most worries about any tainting anyways. These bags are tough too, I used to be terrified of them but you really have to hold one to see just how tough they are.
BTW bagged milk only stays open for what, a day? A day and a half? It's not a gallon that sits there for a week to get all "tainted". Seeing the "Jug-It" up there pretty much invalidates most worries about any tainting anyways. These bags are tough too, I used to be terrified of them but you really have to hold one to see just how tough they are.
Cerebral Assassin
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"I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government-every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation.
The British Empire and the United States, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their right to Bottled milk, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Canadians and all the odious apparatus of Bagged Milk, we shall not flag or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government-every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation.
The British Empire and the United States, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their right to Bottled milk, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Canadians and all the odious apparatus of Bagged Milk, we shall not flag or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
killer_clank
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Label said:£1.50 for two bags, I think the jug was £1.89. Some how it all came to £2.89 including a packet of biscuits, I should have kept the receipt
Yeah, that's only like 30p cheaper than buying that amount of milk in bottles. Not worth the effort IMO, and it would take like 6 weeks to even offset buying the jug.
I think this whole debate is a reflecting of why the Americans STILL haven't adopted the metric system or degrees in Celsius, despite their obvious advantages (divisible by ten and volume -> weight relationships, and temperature being related to the state of water, which is really useful).
Half reactionary traditionalism, half 'if we didn't invent it then we don't want it' ego protection childishness.
It's constantly surprising how people just don't seem to get the milk in bags thing. I understand it's mostly trolling, but I think a lot of people honestly don't understand. It costs less than cartons, it takes all of five seconds to go from bag to glass, and no, they don't break, they aren't unwieldy, it doesn't taste different, they are recyclable, and there have been and will continue to be other options for milk containers (there are cartons and glass containers in most grocery stores I go to).
To be honest, it's a little embarrassing to read some of the responses here. It's like watching a slide show of people that hold human civilization back.
Half reactionary traditionalism, half 'if we didn't invent it then we don't want it' ego protection childishness.
It's constantly surprising how people just don't seem to get the milk in bags thing. I understand it's mostly trolling, but I think a lot of people honestly don't understand. It costs less than cartons, it takes all of five seconds to go from bag to glass, and no, they don't break, they aren't unwieldy, it doesn't taste different, they are recyclable, and there have been and will continue to be other options for milk containers (there are cartons and glass containers in most grocery stores I go to).
To be honest, it's a little embarrassing to read some of the responses here. It's like watching a slide show of people that hold human civilization back.
SecretBonusPoint
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I don't fucking care if these bags are made of triple grade sementanium and it's fucking MILK A.T FIELD can only be pierced by the lance of longinus, I am not adding some tedious routine of jug bagging clipping and rinsing just because I am the environments worst milk drinking enemy.
I WILL FIGHT YOU WITH MY FISTS.
I WILL FIGHT YOU WITH MY FISTS.
flipping_heck
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Label said:
Mattlikewhoa
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G-Bus said:
What? It's all over the place man...I live in the GTA and you can get bagged milk at ANY grocery or corner store...
dreamcastmaster
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Things like this are not good for the consumer but good for the companies profit line. Save the enviroment at your inconvieniance while we make more money. Yay captitalism.
The things I remember hating about bagged milk was that you had to remember to hang on to the bag otherwise it would slide out of the pitcher making a huge mess. Also, for whatever reason we didn't have enough pitchers for number of bags of milk we would have open at any given time. We would balance the loose/open bag in the fridge and hope that it didn't topple over. Also getting a consistant pour was unheard of. Screw bagged milk.
Barberetti
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Label said:Woo yeah just got back from my local Sainsburys.
Now if only they sold whole milk in the bags.
No whole milk? Fuck that.
Was the £1.50 a special deal for the 2 bags, or are they actually 75p a bag?
Israel's been doing this for decades, as far as I know.
It was a bit of a departure when I first experienced it (grew up in America with regular cartons, gallon containers, etc.), but honestly, once you get used to it, it's pretty handy.
They also sell individually-sized (smaller) bags of chocolate milk, strawberry milk, banana milk, etc. that are just so convenient to drink.
It was a bit of a departure when I first experienced it (grew up in America with regular cartons, gallon containers, etc.), but honestly, once you get used to it, it's pretty handy.
They also sell individually-sized (smaller) bags of chocolate milk, strawberry milk, banana milk, etc. that are just so convenient to drink.
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