Your thoughts?

[mallosa]

Just came across this on another web site.....

"Anyone age approx 35 or over should read this - copied from a friend ... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days". the cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations". She was right about one thing--our generation didn't have the green thing in "Our" day. So what did we have back then? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine 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 nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 240 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 back 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 Wales. In the kitchen, we blended & 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 petrol 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 back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 older folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?Please post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person can read this!!!"

[Antie Em]

How true Mally -

Was impressed though when Christmas shopping in Primark - they use paper carrier bags, like the ones we used when I was a kid.

[Margarett]

So true!

[MarkCDodd]

I used to have a t-shirt that read....."Feed a tree. Kill and bury a greenie!"

The Greenies have now turned into Climate Change bullies who fly around the world producing huge amounts of carbon whilst they nag you to return to the life of a caveman to save your pultry contribution.

[BC Wench]

Typical of some of the younger generation. They're not old enough to say "been there, done that, worn the t-shirt"

[snoopysue]

Too true!

Here in Denmark we still pay money for our bottles (and drinks cans), and when we've drunk the contents we take them back to the shop to get our money back - it's all automated these days. A lot of people who live in towns ride their bike to work, although that may be due to approx 200% duty on cars. We have to pay for all shopping bags at the supermarket (by law), but strangly not in other shops!

We do have to seperate our waste, but how good the collecting of this waste is depends on the area in which you live. My old council collected not only household refuse and paper seperately but also glas, batteries, lightbulbs and garden waste etc. Thay'd even come once a month and take your old sofa away! My new council collects household refuse and paper, but you have to go down to the tip (sorry - recycling center) with everthing else which can be tricky if you don't have a car and/ or trailer. I'd always chose to give my sofa to charity, as long as it isn't too knackered (there aren't the rules on used furniture as there are in the UK). Once you get to the tip there are loads of different containers to throw the stuff in, luckily there are people to help, as you need a degree in recycling to get everything in the right one!

Our local power station doesn't have a cooling tower - the hot water is reused in district heating. Refuse that can be safely burned is incinerated to produce electricity and heat. All with the correct partical filters on the chimney!

[peterd]

post that on another site san got this in return


A self important young man was walking along a beach and took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen resting on some steps why it was impossible for the older generationto understand his generation;
"You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one" the young man said loud enough for those around to hear. " The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel and men walking on the moon, we have nuclear energy driven ships, cell phones, computers which work at the speed of light and much more"

After a brief silence the senior citizen replied;

"You're right son we had none of those things when we were young so what did we do? we got off our backsides and invented them"
Now you arrogant little s**t what are you doing for the next generation?"
The applause was amazing!

[MarkCDodd]

I have a Rob version of that joke.

A self important young man was walking along a beach and took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen resting on some steps why it was impossible for the older generationto understand his generation;
"You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one" the young man said loud enough for those around to hear. " The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel and men walking on the moon, we have nuclear energy driven ships, cell phones, computers which work at the speed of light and much more"

After a brief silence Rob replied;

Can you speak up sonny? My hearing ain't what is used to be!

[Jimmy]

I don't remember having plastic bags back in our days, we had paper bags.

[BC Wench]

Nice one peterd.