The Continuing Deposit Saga
Hi again,
Another anecdote to add to my obsession about coin deposits in Sweden is that at any grocery store there is a little lock on all shopping carts and you have to put a 5 kronor ($.75) in to unlock and use the cart. Then when you are done you take it back to where all the shopping carts are and it latches into the lock of the last cart in the row and then the 5 kronor comes out. So, it alleviates any need for employees to go round up the carts in the parking lot. The deposit is for the little kid shopping carts too. Kind of trippy! Oh, and on that note. All grocery stores and convienence stores (most stores actually) charge for bags. They are about 2 kronor ($.25) per bag. They are much more durable than the bags at home and can be reused. What an environmental plus.
Another sidebar, I was watching "The Sopranos" last Sunday night. After it ended, I realized it had aired on one of the two public stations here. You know, the stations in which the TV tax are used. Well, I don't really see PBS buying the Sopranos for their general audience at home. So funny, and sooo different. What a chuckle.
Halloween, is just catching on here, or so I hear. Saniya is dressing up as a princess. There is a party, here, in our apartment complex which we will attend. I am unsure about this, but I think there is very limited to mostly no trick or treating. There are Halloween parties and that is kind of the whole shebang. We'll see this weekend!
Oh and another comment to add to this cornucopia of tangents. As Daylights Savings Time approaches this weekend, Rob and I were just discussing that is will be almost dark for us by 4:30. Can you believe it? At the end of October! We were saying that is what it would be in December, January at home. So, the darkness is closing in. I feel like a bear bedding down for the winter.
Happy Halloween and Booooooo!
Yasmiene
Another anecdote to add to my obsession about coin deposits in Sweden is that at any grocery store there is a little lock on all shopping carts and you have to put a 5 kronor ($.75) in to unlock and use the cart. Then when you are done you take it back to where all the shopping carts are and it latches into the lock of the last cart in the row and then the 5 kronor comes out. So, it alleviates any need for employees to go round up the carts in the parking lot. The deposit is for the little kid shopping carts too. Kind of trippy! Oh, and on that note. All grocery stores and convienence stores (most stores actually) charge for bags. They are about 2 kronor ($.25) per bag. They are much more durable than the bags at home and can be reused. What an environmental plus.
Another sidebar, I was watching "The Sopranos" last Sunday night. After it ended, I realized it had aired on one of the two public stations here. You know, the stations in which the TV tax are used. Well, I don't really see PBS buying the Sopranos for their general audience at home. So funny, and sooo different. What a chuckle.
Halloween, is just catching on here, or so I hear. Saniya is dressing up as a princess. There is a party, here, in our apartment complex which we will attend. I am unsure about this, but I think there is very limited to mostly no trick or treating. There are Halloween parties and that is kind of the whole shebang. We'll see this weekend!
Oh and another comment to add to this cornucopia of tangents. As Daylights Savings Time approaches this weekend, Rob and I were just discussing that is will be almost dark for us by 4:30. Can you believe it? At the end of October! We were saying that is what it would be in December, January at home. So, the darkness is closing in. I feel like a bear bedding down for the winter.
Happy Halloween and Booooooo!
Yasmiene
posted by Yaz and Rob at 3:47 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for writing again, I always like to see the splice of life in Sweden. (as only you can see it.) Cathy is having a halloween party and I will be taking pics to send Saniya of her friends (Maybe of the parents too, if they do anything interesting...hmmmm) We miss you guys!
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