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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:24:00 AM EDT
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I live about 40 miles from the border, Canucks buy milk down here by the car load.
Always thought it was a price thing. Bags 
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:29:49 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys?
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:43:42 AM EDT
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Brazil sells milk in bags (or at least they did the last time I was there). Also sold irradiated milk in boxes, non-refrigerated. Aseptically packaged milk does not have to be irradiated. It is pasteurized better and then packaged in layers of plastic and metal. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:46:06 AM EDT
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Sam here, we call them sachets.
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:46:34 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:50:24 AM EDT
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Okay, when I went to elementary school in the mid-1950's, we got little glass bottles of milk with lunch. They had a foil top on the bottle, and one kid was picked each day to use a little "cap hole puncher" to put a hole in the cap so we could stick a straw in the bottle to drink the milk.
Anybody with a story older than that will have to tell one about milking their own milk cow. 
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:58:03 AM EDT
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I prefer these "bags"... http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/charlotte_church-glamour_women_of_the_year_awards_in_london-01_122_970lo.jpg  Thems be gigantinormous
In the photo to the right it looks like she's thinking, "yeah I know", not in a good way, in a 'I have to lug these around all day' way. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 12:03:54 PM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here 
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Posted: 6/6/2009 12:06:50 PM EDT
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My milk comes in a #10 can.
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Posted: 6/6/2009 12:09:17 PM EDT
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Not just Canadians. When I was in high school, (almost 20 years ago), we switched from half pint cartons of milk in the cafeteria, to half pint bags of milk. We referred to them as "breast implants." It came with a small, pointed straw to puncture it, like a juice box. I have no idea if they still serve milk in a bag. ETA: Beat by 2 minutes. 
Those things even had a name, Astro-Paks. The whole idea was to reduce the bulk from all of those half pint cartons of milk served in schools. Of course we defeated this by blowing them up and poking the straw out the other side. You could also squeeze them hard and shoot milk across the room. Leave it to kids to find a way to fuck things up. 
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Posted: 6/6/2009 9:01:54 PM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg I bought two gallons yesterday at $2 a jug.
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:17:30 PM EDT
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I prefer jugs The little bags they give kids in school cafeterias here look like breast implants. Like sirbordsalot311, I prefer real jugs, too. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:19:48 PM EDT
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I haven't seen milk in bags since I was a kid, I find it weirder to see them in juice type boxes I will stick to jugs and cartons thank you (And yes I am in Canuckastan right now When I was a kid, school cafeteria milk came in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers... until high school. Then it came in little cardboard cartons. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:21:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Milk in a bag doesn't make any sense. Sorta does, in public school we had tiny bags of milk we'd drink. I thought it was just a public school thing. Yup, same. I'd just bite the corner and squeeze. The chocolate kind was the shit. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:24:10 PM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg $5? WTF? Does your gov. tax the crap out of it? I thought the bag was exposed to make it cheaper. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:48:01 PM EDT
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Quoted: I live about 40 miles from the border, Canucks buy milk down here by the car load. Always thought it was a price thing. Bags Weirdddd.... I'd think it'd be cheaper up north. |
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Posted: 6/6/2009 11:48:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? Like $2.75ish for a gallon. Might be slightly less at Wal-Mart. |
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Posted: 6/7/2009 1:27:33 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? Like $2.75ish for a gallon. Might be slightly less at Wal-Mart. Bout the same here at Walmart. |
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Posted: 6/7/2009 5:13:08 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg $5? WTF? Does your gov. tax the crap out of it? I thought the bag was exposed to make it cheaper. no tax on milk |
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Posted: 6/8/2009 1:52:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg $5? WTF? Does your gov. tax the crap out of it? I thought the bag was exposed to make it cheaper. no tax on milk Yooous getting ripped off. |
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Posted: 6/8/2009 3:10:55 PM EDT
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$5 a gal? Wow! Milk is on sale this week at Aldis for $1.49 a gallon.
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Posted: 6/8/2009 7:02:16 PM EDT
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I prefer jugs Jugs are ok in my book too. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 4:54:51 AM EDT
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As a child went on a fishing trip to canada in 1976 or 1977 and the milk was in bags back then.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 5:17:25 AM EDT
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Do you know WHY they come in bags in Canada? Think about this. They had AM milk deliveries when I live in Quebec City, Canada. They would deliver milk on your doorstep at 5AM. It used to be in Cartons. In the Winter (which is from November to May in Quebec), if you did not retrieve your milk before it froze in the subzero temperatures, the milk would freeze and expand, rupturing the carton. The bags do not rupture as they can leave enough room for expansion. It's a simple matter of practicality. I remember thinking it was weird when they switched, then the light bulb came on. No more gettting up at the crack of dawn to rescue your milk before certain death on the doorstep. Simple necessity drives many things. There is the basic difference between America and Canada. Americans see a busted milk carton and, "Fuck. Guess we need a mildly bigger carton." Edit: I am wondering just how many Engineers I know are in the closet about being Canadian now
Bigger cartons full of air are a transportation, storage and packaging compromise. Trucks carry less milk, they take more room to store, packaging costs more. The bags are more durable and withstand damage inducing events better than the fragile cartons in subzero weather, indeed in all weather. In all, it was a win-win decision to put milk in bags, despite how weird it may seem to some. Believe or not, you get used to it. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 8:39:50 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg $5? WTF? Does your gov. tax the crap out of it? I thought the bag was exposed to make it cheaper. no tax on milk Yooous getting ripped off.
No. The price of dairy products is set by a gremium called the Dairy Board. They dictate (and I choose these words intentionally) how much milk is to be produced by whom. Excess production is to be "disposed of" - basically it goes into the nearest ditch, or the farmer gets fined. Know someone on the board, you get to make more money. They set the prices the farmers get paid, and the price the milk has in wholesale. The result: 1/2 gallon of milk in the US is about $2.10. In Canada 2L (0.6 US Gal) of milk is something like $4.50. This is similar to the Wheat Board system. Yes, Canada has a lot of boards. There is little logic, and no due process. Kind of like the Canadian Human Rights Commission - it's basically a censorship body. ETA: I have seen milk sold in 1L in bags in Germany, Brazil, and Argentina. The cardboard/metal long-shelf-life milk is not irradiated, it's ultra-pasteurized and kept in an aseptic packaging material called by its "tetra-pak" trade name. It's also sold stateside, generally by the Italian food conglomerate Parmalat. Your kids' fruit juices claiming "now with 10% juice!" on the box come in this packaging in the USA also. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 9:38:54 AM EDT
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How much is a gallon of milk for you guys? ~$3.50 For real or is this the famous arfcom meme gimmeh tree fiddy? It goes for about 5$ here http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/forum%20pics/gimmehtreefiddy.jpg $5? WTF? Does your gov. tax the crap out of it? I thought the bag was exposed to make it cheaper. no tax on milk Yooous getting ripped off.
No. The price of dairy products is set by a gremium called the Dairy Board. They dictate (and I choose these words intentionally) how much milk is to be produced by whom. Excess production is to be "disposed of" - basically it goes into the nearest ditch, or the farmer gets fined. Know someone on the board, you get to make more money. They set the prices the farmers get paid, and the price the milk has in wholesale. The result: 1/2 gallon of milk in the US is about $2.10. In Canada 2L (0.6 US Gal) of milk is something like $4.50. This is similar to the Wheat Board system. Yes, Canada has a lot of boards. There is little logic, and no due process. Kind of like the Canadian Human Rights Commission - it's basically a censorship body. ETA: I have seen milk sold in 1L in bags in Germany, Brazil, and Argentina. The cardboard/metal long-shelf-life milk is not irradiated, it's ultra-pasteurized and kept in an aseptic packaging material called by its "tetra-pak" trade name. It's also sold stateside, generally by the Italian food conglomerate Parmalat. Your kids' fruit juices claiming "now with 10% juice!" on the box come in this packaging in the USA also. Pretty good explanation except that a 2L carton of milk is around 2.80$ or there about. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 9:40:45 AM EDT
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In Canada, they do not serve Root Beer floats at A&W's.
ETA: They looked at me like an idiot when I explained it. They had never heard of such a thing. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 9:52:37 AM EDT
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This isn't news to me.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 10:16:49 AM EDT
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Bet you could make a killing making a milk bag nipple adapter that looked like a wimminz nips. nom-nom.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 8:47:46 PM EDT
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Pretty good explanation except that a 2L carton of milk is around 2.80$ or there about. Then you have it good in Quebec - last time I was in BC I remember them being more, although I was getting wrapped around the axle with the "should I compare 2L cartons or 4L jugs here" thing. They (the dairy boards) certainly would rather close the border to Canadian shoppers rather than lower their prices to compete, though. |
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Posted: 6/9/2009 9:08:44 PM EDT
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dairy/wheat boards=bunch of commies
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Posted: 6/9/2009 9:50:12 PM EDT
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Back when we were still getting Carnation Milk delivered by the milkman, we got gallon bags. Came in a box, you replaced the "lid" with a spigot, turned the box on it's side and there you go. That was close to 40 years ago. Lots of institutions get milk in several gallon bags.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 10:55:11 PM EDT
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those crazy peoples in Americas Hat what will they think of next.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 11:00:58 PM EDT
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How long does that keep with the bag open just in the fridge? I can't believe those companies would choose to be so backwards.
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Posted: 6/10/2009 7:42:35 AM EDT
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How long does that keep with the bag open just in the fridge? I can't believe those companies would choose to be so backwards. Since I live alone, a couple days. When I was younger and living with my parents and brother one meal. It wouldn't even go back in the fridge. It's a third of a gallon per pouch. |
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Posted: 6/15/2009 6:35:32 PM EDT
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When I was a wee kid, we had a DAIRY BAR. No kidding, IN THE HOUSE! It was a crude refrigerator with TWO outlets for MILK that came in a box with a BAG stuffed in it...something like 4 gallons or so. The bags stayed in the box with these flexible 1/2" hoses that came out...the hose was sealed and would be threaded through the "valve" which was just a big weight on the end of a lever. This would pinch off the hose, stopping the flow. Anyhow, there was room for storage for another 4 boxes of milk in the "bar". And we would use it to store deer quarters during hunting season. We had home delivery of milk, it was GOOD STUFF. But with 5 kids, we went through the milk. We had one of those at the church camp I went to as a kid. 2 taps for white milk and one for chocolate. It was the coldest milk I have ever had. Good memories. 
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Posted: 6/16/2009 10:13:48 AM EDT
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Quoted: How long does that keep with the bag open just in the fridge? I can't believe those companies would choose to be so backwards. I wouldn't call it backwards. It's just different and kinda cool. Hell, I want bagged milk now. |
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Posted: 6/16/2009 10:15:05 AM EDT
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Quoted: In Canada, they do not serve Root Beer floats at A&W's. ETA: They looked at me like an idiot when I explained it. They had never heard of such a thing. |
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Posted: 6/16/2009 10:39:42 AM EDT
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The Swiss do it too.
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Posted: 6/16/2009 10:54:08 AM EDT
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When I first ended up in Canada, I commented about these bags. I'm no longer allowed to talk about it with the wife around as she tired of hearing about it. Oh and at the store here in Windsor a 4L bag runs about $3.97 Canadian. Back in Ohio I can get a gallon of milk for $1.79 on sale. Milk is always expensive up here and never goes on sale.
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Posted: 6/16/2009 10:57:01 AM EDT
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In Canada, they do not serve Root Beer floats at A&W's. ETA: They looked at me like an idiot when I explained it. They had never heard of such a thing.
That's what I fucking said! I tried two A&Ws in two different provinces. I thought the first ones HAD to be fucking with the tourist. |
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:03:26 AM EDT
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The other Canadian milk bags
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:04:11 AM EDT
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Wow those are the same pitchers from when I was a kid in the early 70's
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:18:03 AM EDT
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Sounds messy.
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:22:03 AM EDT
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Maybe it's because we're close to Canada, but the Kwik Trip line of convenience stores up here sells milk in bags. true that. I was like, wait, they sell bag milk in MN |
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:32:25 AM EDT
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The milk that is delivered to cafeterias is done so in a bag, here in the US.
–– I mean the milk that would be dispensed out of a machine of some sort. |
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Posted: 6/16/2009 11:51:20 AM EDT
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the grass?
In cows, milk comes in bags too. Therefore, if milk comes in bags in both Canada and cows, Canada must BE a cow. A giant, cold, lactating cow. A Holstein perhaps? If we're under the cow, what does that make us? Quoted:
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Mark my words, by 2012 Obama will have all Americans slurping milk out of a bag like some degenerate in a Québec City fag bar  
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