They even bring silverware to a nearby coffeehouse to avoid using the shop's plastic utensils.

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But when we met there last week, he confessed not only to having had breakfast there on occasion, but to bringing his own stainless steel utensils, because he doesn't like the dinky plastic knives and forks Irv's provides.

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The room is jammed with their possessions: plastic bags filled with clothes, an electric fan, Amy's stuffed animals, cooking utensils.

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