I Can’t Go Through This Again. I Just Can’t.
Stuff I hate, Windy April 22nd, 2011Length of time in tree: Six weeks
Approximate height in tree: 25 feet
Store of origin: PathMark
Yes, it’s in Windy’s tree.
No, I’m not happy about it.
Yes, I want to get it out.
No, I don’t know how.
Yes, it’s really twisted up on there.
No, you can’t knock it down with a rock.
Yes, I hate PathMark now.
No, you can’t name it.
Really, we’re not getting cozy with this thing. I might contact a guy in New York City who’s aware of the Windy saga.
He owns a company that makes and sells extension poles with a grappling hook on the end, made specifically to extract bags from trees.
Nevermind. I just checked the price of the poles and I can’t afford one.
I guess we’re getting cozy with this thing.
God help me.
Stumble it!
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:11 pm
It was very Wrong for PathMark to infringe on Windy’s tree. Especially in Windy’s weakened state, she cannot even defend her territory.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 5:31 pm
And I thought that I was off my rocker. Thanks for putting my insanity in perspective. 😉
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April 22nd, 2011 at 5:35 pm
This is upsetting on a lot of levels.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Ohhh Kathy, how can you turn your back now? New bags will replace old bags…It’s the circle of life. We call it, recycling! 🙂
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Wow….um….just wow. Maybe Windy needs someone to remind her what it was like to be young? BTW…has the doc upped your meds yet?
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April 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Look away
April 22nd, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Corr blimey missus! (in my best cockney accent)
That just isn’t right. Invading Windy’s space in her dotage is just laughing in her face!
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April 22nd, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Oh my. Maybe the new bag is a fan of Windy and just wanted an autograph. Or maybe it thought it could rescue Windy! The poor new PathMark bag just wanted to be a hero.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Windy has a boyfriend!? I dont like him. Maybe one of those limb trimmer things with the string you pull to saw high tree limbs would get Pathmark out of there. Could you fit one in your purse so you dont look like a freak going to work?
April 22nd, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Ooo, let’s name her Katy!
April 22nd, 2011 at 8:33 pm
why not think of this as “Windy, the sequel”?
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April 22nd, 2011 at 8:37 pm
You must be the Keeper of the Plastic Bags. You can’t run from what is meant to be. Much like the Monarchy. At least there will not be a Royal Wedding or paparazzi.
Will there?
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April 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Well clearly that’s an impostor and must be dealt with. I don’t suppose you could put a match to the tree since that would endanger Windy. Hmmm… maybe a very powerful fan? Or perhaps you should play some very loud and annoying music so it will vacate the premises.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:01 pm
O…. MAH… GAWD!!!
Deja vu!
So I guess we have to guess the exact day it will fall off by itself. Then the person with the last date wins. Then the thing doesn’t die. Then she gets a name. And a birthday party. And another! I’m living a Groundhog Day nightmare!
April 23rd, 2011 at 12:25 am
In the name of research, you have to watch “Bag It, The Movie”. It’s been airing on PBS stations in honor of Earth Day. Scary stuff, kids.
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April 23rd, 2011 at 5:22 am
Daisy the Curly Cat — I KNOW! It just ain’t right! But maybe I should give PathMark the benefit of the doubt. Windy’s so tiny now, perhaps he didn’t see her way up there. And he is low enough that at least there’s a chance I can get him out. Still thinking of ways to do it because I really mean it. I can’t go through this again.
unfinishedperson — Hey, at least I don’t need to be medicated. Yet.
Linda Medrano — It is. And is one of those levels that you think I’m going to get attached to this bag, too? Don’t worry. I have it out for this bag. It is not welcome. My brain is spinning for ways to get it out.
Tonya — That’s one way to look at it, but why, why, why must they get stuck in this one tree? Or at all? Stupid bag!
Lisa @ Boondocks — That’s a nice thought, isn’t it? About Windy, not about my meds.
V — I try, but every now and then, an urge pulls me to the window and I just stare in disbelief and anger. The good news is that I have a new office in another building and I’m only at the old building where the bag is about half the week now.
Babs Beetle — Say what?! No, it’s not right. And I’m afraid Windy may be upset that there’s a new kid in town. But she’ll always be our first, one and only.
Surfie — Aw, that’s a nice thought. But if PathMark really wanted to meet Windy, he would have crawled up a lot higher. As it is, I’m happy there is at least a chance I can get it out. If I do get someone to help, I’ll be sure to video the extraction procedure. Wouldn’t that be something?
Erin — I’m thinking that limb trimmer thing might be my best bet. But I don’t know anyone who has one. So disappointing! Oh, and I’m already a freak at work. You know. Windy.
Susan — Don’t name it! Oh, now you’ve done it.
Ann — Because the sequel is never as good as the original, that’s why!
Barb — Well, in a way, Windy and PathMark already have paparazzi. Me! It is freaky, though. Why bags are getting stuck in that one tree where I can see them. This isn’t the first time either. I remember a year ago (or more), three other bags made a brief appearance there, but either blew out or were taken down. FREAKY, I’m telling you!
feefifoto — It IS an imposter! An interloper! Not welcome! For an instant, I liked your idea about burning it out, but I’m guessing it’s not a good idea to burn down a tree, right? A fan wouldn’t work. The bag catches air really well. I have some other pictures where it’s bellowing out, just like Windy did when she was young.
Ferd — I’m living the nightmare, too! Because even though it seems low enough to get out, it’s still gonna take a miracle or a really long pole I can’t afford. Still debating whether to contact the Bagsnagger people. Maybe for a fee, they’d come down and take it out for me. Stay tuned!
Kim, Rambling Family Manager — I think I saw that on YouTube, or another movie like it. Yes, scary stuff. I think it’s about time we enact a ban on these things, don’t you? We’ll all survive without them, I’m sure of it.
April 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 am
You could hold a bag naming contest. How ’bout P. Marky the blowhard?
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April 23rd, 2011 at 8:36 am
How much is the tree trimmer? We could do a fundraiser! The lawn care groups have to be working on gutters soon…couldn’t they get the unnamed from the tree? This just won’t do.
April 23rd, 2011 at 8:48 am
Do I need to translate Corr blimey missus? In proper English it basically means ‘Good heavens Mrs (woman)’
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April 23rd, 2011 at 8:58 am
Kathy,
My daughter and I were visiting Lehigh this week and think we saw Windy. She was very excited to know such a famous old bag! The new kid has nothing on Windy.
April 23rd, 2011 at 10:39 am
Have you asked Windy her feelings on the subject? Perhaps she enjoys having company, especially such a fine young specimen…Maybe she even invited Mark to hang out with her.
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April 23rd, 2011 at 10:41 am
He could be trying to horn in on Windy’s fame, or maybe he is just there to look after Windy in golden years.
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April 23rd, 2011 at 11:13 am
PathMark? Dead to me.
April 23rd, 2011 at 11:15 am
Oh no! It’s Voldesak and Harry Bagger!
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April 23rd, 2011 at 11:50 am
Maybe Windy was aware of its iminent destruction and sent out feelers to other sad bags looking for a home. You must have a reputation. I used to be that way with cats. At least, Windy Jr. won’t mess up your carpet!
🙂
Traci
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April 23rd, 2011 at 12:21 pm
No ‘other’ bag could ever replace our Windy!
April 23rd, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Windall!
April 23rd, 2011 at 8:11 pm
I have a pole at home you can use. Let me know.
April 24th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Is that the bag from American Beauty?
April 24th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
You know what? You can totally go through this again.
April 25th, 2011 at 6:13 am
I think it’s time to give this tree the chop!
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April 25th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Obviously the tree is a bag saver, adopting and trying to care for all of those lost bags, or perhaps concerned about the environment and he dolphins or endangered turtles mistaking the bags for food. I think this tree’s a hero!
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April 25th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Lauren — No naming! (But I like your suggestion, if I were to hold a contest, but we’re not, you hear me!)
daughterbonnie — It’s like 400 bucks! Occasionally they put up tents for events in Windy’s courtyard. If I catch them on the day they’re doing it, I’ll ask a guy to take a pole over and pick out the interloper.
Babs — Thank you for the translation. I love your language!
TriciaKP — Oh, I wish I’d known you were coming. I would have taken you both out on the roof to get a good look! The roof is the best viewing location. You’re not afraid of heights, are you?
Brenda — Mark? Mark who? Stop using a name! I don’t know how Windy feels. For all I know she wishes he’d landed further up the tree so at least they could have talked. As it is, he might as well be a mile away.
Linda — I prefer to think it’s the latter.
Nicky — Thank you for your support! The thing is, I don’t even know where there’s a PathMark around here. Must have flown up from Philadelphia.
Pricilla — Hee! Funny! I was thinking Voldamort myself. I just cannot have a name for this thing.
Star Traci — That’s a very nice way of looking at it. I’m glad so many of you are considering Windy such a gracious hostess.
meleah rebeccah — Don’t I know it!
MAFW — Love it! But stop it!
Linda — But how would you get it to work? Is it retractable?
Ben — Windy’s the beauty. This other guy? Total slob.
the muskrat — You can’t make me.
Peter — If only. I think they’d miss it and besides all the Windy wannabees would just latch onto another one and I’d still have to go through this.
barbara — I love that y’all are putting such a positive spin on this whole mess. There’s looking at it as a glass half full. I could take a lesson.
April 25th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
ha ha ha… sometime back i was also annouyed by a tree coming in my balcony.
April 25th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Kathy, I made it! I had to put on my VPN to do it, which makes me look as though I’m in the USA. When websites here are blocked, we get a fancy little notification that tells us why (“We have determined that IMDB.com contains porn”) or whatever. The 403 error was odd. It could be coming from your server – but whether you would want to bother asking your ISP when it just one person in a remote third-world country having problems, and trying to fix it might block the 900 other people who check daily and have no problems. Meh. I’ll just log into my VPN tunnel. Just so’s you know, it’s a $10k fine for using this VPN. But sometimes… sometimes you just gotta. When I go before the judge I can say, “I wasn’t skyping, honest! It was the junk drawer blog!”
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April 26th, 2011 at 10:39 am
Ask PathMark to come collect their bag. It’s on on teh internets, making their name bad!
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April 26th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Why, that’s nothing that a flamethrower can’t cure.
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April 26th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Oh I love that the new one is there… this is a partner/friend/soulmate for Windy!!!
April 26th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Don’t want another Wilson? Cut down the tree.
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April 27th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I don’t trust this new bag. Ever see the movie All About Eve?
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April 28th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
See, what I think you should do is tell the bag-removal-thingy-guy that he should DONATE one for your use and just THINK of all the free publicity he would get through your enthusiastic blog following?!!!
It’s win-win!
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May 8th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
How about throwing a frisbee at it. Maybe a one with some sharp edges!
August 2nd, 2011 at 10:52 pm
I followed your comment from my new blog over here 🙂 All I can say is, wow. I think I love Windy. I read every single post. I also think you should name the new bag and continue on the saga. It came to you. You are like the bag whisperer.
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