Thank you so much. It stinks. But we had her for 18+ years and thinking through all the litter types/environments we had throughout the years was strangely helpful. You realize all the crazy things you try for your furry family members and how you love them. She was a great cat. Throughout all the different litters she never complained once. She just adapted. Adaptable, brave, and loud--she was just a Jersey cat.

I used to use the litter genie but sometimes I'd wind up with not enough plastic to tie at the end of the roll, so I thought that was a bit wasteful. So, I switched to compostable bags (green):
Compostable Trash Bags, 2.6 Gallon Food Scrap Yard Waste Bags, 100 Count, Extra Thick 0.71 Mil.

The one drawback to these is that they're kind of flimsy so they don't stay open for you. But you can invert them and cover your hand and pick up stuff with them (quickly).
Once a week I'd empty out the litter box. I also used newspaper-based litter but my favorite was the grass seed type. I used to use sWheatscoop but it had bugs in it once and that turned me off. I think my cat was allergic to grass seed so that's why I switched to newsprint (Purina discontinued my favorite type of that so I had to make do with another). I don't like clay litters (how they smell and how they track all over).

My cat died yesterday so any cat talk is making me feel a bit better right now.

Are you still circling the terminal? Or was the pickup successful?

There was so much local coverage! We had the SL the DJ and then there were local city/town papers too.

I remember my grandmother's big thing to do in the 70s/80s was to sit at the kitchen table (when she finally took a break from cooking and cleaning for all her children and husband) and read the obituaries. And she'd make lots of comments and read some of them out loud (the people she knew). Keeping up on who died was a big thing for her. And searching the honor roll for my name :-) RIP Grandma.

I'm always surprised when I see them for sale. They're not a common snack item. I see Funnyuns more often then I see the hot fries.

It's not so crazy since it's not like we had the internet way back when. Once thrown out you'd never see them again (unless the comic got published later in a book). I used to cut out and keep my favorite comics. I also had a bunch of Peanuts paperback books. I can't believe how much I had loved Snoopy.

This person's actually selling the Sunday comics from the Star Ledger:

http://www.oldsundaycomics.com/wds120.htm

I know what snooker is because of Andy Capp. Those hot fries snacks weren't too bad either.

Peanuts was my favorite until Calvin and Hobbes came along. I'm almost positive it was on the left-hand page. I also loved For Better For Worse, Bloom County and FoxTrot.
I think The Far Side was printed near the games (crossword, cryptogram).

Now who around here is old enough (GenX-ish) to remember the MiniPage in The Daily Journal? My mom didn't get the paper every day but she bought the The Daily Journal when the Minipage was in it for me (I think it was Thursdays). Definitely calling my mom tomorrow morning.