freddydog1
05-03-2011, 01:43 AM
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that
plastic bags
>weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and
explained
>that on this occasion she had forgotten to pick up sufficient bags
when she left home,
>then she added "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."
>
>That's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day.
>
>Back then, they returned their milk bottles to the milk man. Coke
bottles and
>beer bottles went back to the store, and the store sent them back to
the plant
>to be washed, sterilized and refilled, using the same bottles over and
over again.
>So they really were recycled.
>
>But they didn't have the green thing back her day.
>
>In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an
escalator in
>every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and
didn't
>climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two
blocks.
>
>But she's right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
>
>Back then, they washed the baby's nappies because they didn't have
the
>throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy
gobbling
>machine burning up 220 volts - wind and solar power really did dry
the
>clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or
sisters, not
>always brand-new clothing.
>
>But that old lady was right, they didn't have the green thing back in
her day.
>
>Back then, they 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 pizza dish, not a screen
the
>size of a city. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand
because
>they didn't have electric machines to do everything for them. When
they packed
>a fragile item to send in the post, they used wadded up newspaper to
cushion it, not
>styro foam or plastic bubble wrap.
>
>Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut
the
>lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by
>working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that
>operate on electricity.
>
>But she's right, they didn't have the green thing back then.
>
>They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a
cup or
>a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled
pens
>with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the blades in
a razor
>instead of throwing away the entire razor just because the blade was
blunt.
>
>But they didn't have the green thing back then.
>
>Back then, people took the bus or tram. Kids walked or rode their
bikes
>to school or to meet their friends, instead of turning their Mums into
a 24-hour
>taxi service. They had one electrical socket in a room, not an
entire bank of
>sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they 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 that they didn't have the green thing back then?
plastic bags
>weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and
explained
>that on this occasion she had forgotten to pick up sufficient bags
when she left home,
>then she added "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."
>
>That's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day.
>
>Back then, they returned their milk bottles to the milk man. Coke
bottles and
>beer bottles went back to the store, and the store sent them back to
the plant
>to be washed, sterilized and refilled, using the same bottles over and
over again.
>So they really were recycled.
>
>But they didn't have the green thing back her day.
>
>In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an
escalator in
>every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and
didn't
>climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two
blocks.
>
>But she's right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
>
>Back then, they washed the baby's nappies because they didn't have
the
>throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy
gobbling
>machine burning up 220 volts - wind and solar power really did dry
the
>clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or
sisters, not
>always brand-new clothing.
>
>But that old lady was right, they didn't have the green thing back in
her day.
>
>Back then, they 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 pizza dish, not a screen
the
>size of a city. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand
because
>they didn't have electric machines to do everything for them. When
they packed
>a fragile item to send in the post, they used wadded up newspaper to
cushion it, not
>styro foam or plastic bubble wrap.
>
>Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut
the
>lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by
>working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that
>operate on electricity.
>
>But she's right, they didn't have the green thing back then.
>
>They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a
cup or
>a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled
pens
>with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the blades in
a razor
>instead of throwing away the entire razor just because the blade was
blunt.
>
>But they didn't have the green thing back then.
>
>Back then, people took the bus or tram. Kids walked or rode their
bikes
>to school or to meet their friends, instead of turning their Mums into
a 24-hour
>taxi service. They had one electrical socket in a room, not an
entire bank of
>sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they 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 that they didn't have the green thing back then?