mftoms59
04-07-2012, 06:25 PM
This is from an e-mail I received and thought I'd share it with young and old alike;
An Older Woman was checking out at the Grocery Store and the young cashier suggested she should bring her own bags, since plastic bags were bad for the environment. The older woman was apologetic and explained, "We didn't have this 'Green Thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your Generation didn't care enough to save our environment for future Generations."
She was right, Our generation didn't have 'The Green Thing'. Back then, We returned Milk, Soda & Beer glass bottles to the store. The store sent them to the Plant to be sterilized & refilled, so we could use the same bottles over & over. So they really were recycled, but we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
We walked up stairs because we didn't have an elevator or escalator in every building, we walked to the Grocery Store and didn't climb into our vehicles every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
We drank from a Fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water, we refilled writing pens, replaced Razor Blades instead of throwing out pens or plastic razors, but we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have 'The Green Thing' back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish Old Person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart*ss Young person.
REMEMBER: Don't make Old People mad, we don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to P*SS us Off!
I hope you all enjoyed and learned a little and take it in the Spirit it was intended.
An Older Woman was checking out at the Grocery Store and the young cashier suggested she should bring her own bags, since plastic bags were bad for the environment. The older woman was apologetic and explained, "We didn't have this 'Green Thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your Generation didn't care enough to save our environment for future Generations."
She was right, Our generation didn't have 'The Green Thing'. Back then, We returned Milk, Soda & Beer glass bottles to the store. The store sent them to the Plant to be sterilized & refilled, so we could use the same bottles over & over. So they really were recycled, but we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
We walked up stairs because we didn't have an elevator or escalator in every building, we walked to the Grocery Store and didn't climb into our vehicles every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right, we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
We drank from a Fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water, we refilled writing pens, replaced Razor Blades instead of throwing out pens or plastic razors, but we didn't have 'The Green Thing' in our day.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have 'The Green Thing' back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish Old Person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart*ss Young person.
REMEMBER: Don't make Old People mad, we don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to P*SS us Off!
I hope you all enjoyed and learned a little and take it in the Spirit it was intended.