So it's the older generations fault?
Received this in my email. I'm going to use these remarks next time a save the earth because we are smarter then you were, gets in my face again.
The "Green" Thing In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment." He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda 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 over and over. 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 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 the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old 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 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 a wadded up old newspaper 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 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 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 young person. The Green Thing |
Had read this before in an email someone sent me and it is SO TRUE!!!! I'm one of those old people who didn't have the green thing so it's all my fault!
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I've seen this one also. I too, am of the non-green generation who lived like my grandkids do now when their priviledges are taken away...no computer, no T.V. no phone, no video games, no soda pop, no candy, no gum. It is amazing that any of us survived such a "deprived" up-bringing. We made do with what we had and fixed things up and passed them on, we just didn't know we were recycling.
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Love it! When I think of all the work my poor Mom did just to get the laundry done......
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I am also 1 of those old people.How did we survive?How did my kids make it,they played outside,made mud pies ate some of it.rode in car with no seat belt or safety seat,1 tv when we finally got it,then someone had to go outside and turn the antenna till someone inside said okay.Bought groceries once a week.Of course I remember as a child we lived in the country and my Mama bought them once a month.My GM drawed water from the well on the back porch.I don`t know how I got to be an older person since I was so deprived.
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Love this. We were definitely green back then.
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Originally Posted by It'sJustMe
(Post 4773677)
Love this. We were definitely green back then.
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Originally Posted by quilter1942
(Post 4773000)
I am also 1 of those old people.How did we survive?How did my kids make it,they played outside,made mud pies ate some of it.rode in car with no seat belt or safety seat,1 tv when we finally got it,then someone had to go outside and turn the antenna till someone inside said okay.Bought groceries once a week.Of course I remember as a child we lived in the country and my Mama bought them once a month.My GM drawed water from the well on the back porch.I don`t know how I got to be an older person since I was so deprived.
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I have never seen this email before & I love it. Please let's not forget the paper boy that walked or rode a bicycle from house to house, not someone driving a car throwing your paper out. Also the sweet mail carriers that walked all day in all kinds of weather, never a mail truck back then. Thank you so much for sharing. Now I have a few people to send this to. :D
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Well back in my day, the cashier had to know how to count money back, there were no credit cards, no debit cards, etc. Most people paid in cash, and got change. My Mom did not have an automatic clothes washer, she had one of those wringer washers, I guess that is what they were called. And the clothes hung on the line to dry. I have no idea how we survived all this we were certainly not green and from the perspective of others we were certainly deprived! But...back in those days, our children played in the streets and had fun with others. They did not stay inside playing some game on the television all day. I am not so sure we are better off in this "green world" ....
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