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Those milk bags (actual bags of milk) never really took off in the UK. Sainsburys persisted with them for a while. Still a thing in Canada. Still plastic though.
Probably better we all have our own reusable containers that we fill up in the supermarket via a huge multi-teeted depiction of an udder. Yeah that would work.
#ThinkingOutloud #plastic #environment #milk #MilkBags
Show threadLizSep 24, 2023
@emsquared I'm old enough to remember reusable glass bottles, delivered by rechargeable battery powered milk floats. The empties would be collected, cleaned and reused, not smashed to bits and re-melted, because that would be a waste of energy. But hey, that's old-fashioned... #reduce #reuse #recycle
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKSep 24, 2023
@Shifty176 @emsquared these have returned to my area, with new EV's (but deliver a larger range of groceries, as demographic changes mean folk purchase less milk compared to the 1970s)
Show threadLizSep 24, 2023
@vfrmedia @emsquared Also, with the return of fixing stuff instead of throwing it away, there may be hope. Meanwhile, I'm still recycling stuff my late father saved "in case it came in handy." 
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@Shifty176 @vfrmedia Ha.When my Dad passed away his garage was full of unused parts for a car he had before I was born. At least they had a rarity value to them. I bought some of that stuff 400 miles with me to sort out (because i didn't want to just bin it)
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKSep 24, 2023

@emsquared @Shifty176

there's a lot of demand for such parts! - and also for electronic and AV equipment from the 1970s and 80s, even if it isn't working (as parts from defective equipment can be used to repair other stuff)

Show threadLizSep 24, 2023
@vfrmedia @emsquared I'm still using some of it. My lasting regrets are that some stuff just had to go because I had no room for it. My old Ferrograph Series 7, all the model railway stuff, lots of the amateur radio gear, the Acorn computers and many of the tools. Fortunately I worked with a bunch of technical people so it all went to good homes.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKSep 24, 2023

@Shifty176 @emsquared I still remember using a Ferrograph Super 7 at high school!

Broadcast engineers are often particularly good at keeping old stuff running (we have to do it a lot at the community radio station I volunteer at, and we are moving studios so there is going to be a big clearout (any interesting stuff they are selling or giving away I will toot on here)

Show threadLizSep 24, 2023
@vfrmedia @emsquared The ex-Beeb types are usually good because there was no money for new kit! I worked in Manchester and we always had cast-offs from TV Centre. Even our 'modern' Panasonic D3 VTRs were ex-Barcelona Olympics!
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@Shifty176 @emsquared

in the late 90s I worked at Pro-Bel (until they imploded and the remains got bought by their competitors) and fixed a lot of the BBC signal distribution kit, I noticed the regions had a lot of quite ancient stuff (and still managed to keep it going)

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@vfrmedia @Shifty176 Our local BBC radio station in the 80s sent reporters out with portable Nagra's until minidisc and DAT in the 90s (though I suspect the Nagra's were more repairable)
Show threadLizSep 24, 2023
@vfrmedia @emsquared crikey, it's a small world. I used to use Pro-Bel kit all the time, both at Oxford Road and later at Quay St. In fact, the PAL and SD-SDI studio matrices at Quay St were still in service when I left to go to Media City. #ImSoOld