"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:07 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> On 7/7/2014 5:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > I don't think they had plastic water bottles back in 1973.
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>> Pepsi started using the4 2 liter bottle in 1970. Bottled water came
>> sometime later IIRC.
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> Just saw an idea for growing carrots in a 2 liter bottle that would be
> a nice window garden project for someone with kids. Of course, I'd
> have to buy a 2 liter bottle of something or other first if I wanted
> to do it myself. Oh, well.
>
Angela needed a 2 liter bottle for a science project. The teacher told them
not to go out and buy one but we don't buy them nor do we know anyone else
who does. So I went out and bought one only to find out that it was the
wrong shape! Needed to have straight sides and bottom. So we had to go buy
something else. Can't remember what it was but it was on sale for 99 cents.

And then? One person in her group didn't bring a bottle. They were making
ecosystems. They had one of two things they could do. One was to use the
bottles but since the one kid didn't bring one and there were no extras, the
other three wasted money on buying bottles. Grrr...

I really wish when teachers are going to assign something like this be it a
baby food jar, egg carton or whatever, they could ask around and bring in a
few extras, even if it means having a student bring some in.

When she was in Pre-K, the kids all had to bring in a baby food jar. Who
has those unless they have a baby? At the time, we didn't know of any
babies. So I had to go buy a jar and throw out the food. And what happened
to it? It was filled with a mix of cinnamon and sugar and gifted to me for
Mother's Day. Oh hey! Nice thing to give to a diabetic! The idea was that
the kid would make mom some cinnamon toast.