we didn't have the green thing back then
I completely relate to this...
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 her 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.??
She 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 smartassed young person
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 her 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.??
She 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 smartassed young person
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You just made me feel a whole lot older, but at the same time, a whole lot smarter! 0 -
i remember at a basketball game we had a half time skit by the cheerleaders and they wheeled in a big box and announced (picked the right sucker from the audience)he had the winning ticket for a solar powered dryer ..he hops up and goes out and stands by the box and out pops two cheeleaders stringing out 50' of white rope covered with clothespins...he turned bright red...much fun 0 -
quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
i remember at a basketball game we had a half time skit by the cheerleaders and they wheeled in a big box and announced (picked the right sucker from the audience)he had the winning ticket for a solar powered dryer ..he hops up and goes out and stands by the box and out pops two cheeleaders stringing out 50' of white rope covered with clothespins...he turned bright red...much fun
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quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
i remember at a basketball game we had a half time skit by the cheerleaders and they wheeled in a big box and announced (picked the right sucker from the audience)he had the winning ticket for a solar powered dryer ..he hops up and goes out and stands by the box and out pops two cheeleaders stringing out 50' of white rope covered with clothespins...he turned bright red...much fun
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Saw a something similar at the Sema car show in Las Vegas many years
ago.
Bose stereos were just coming out in cars. So Bose set up a big display to show off their new systems.
There was a stage with big 5 foot speakers, amps, cables everywhere,
Techs in white coats running back and forth. A major audio show.
The music starts, loud, clear orchestral music.
Then the white coat techs start unplugging stuff and move the big audio towers off to the side of the stage.
All the time the music is getting louder and louder.
Finally left in the middle of the stage is a small folding card table
with the new small Bose radio on it.
Impressive to say the least.0 -
kool advertising display...AND...when i was a kid i rode a bicycle (Schwinn Green Phantom) EVERYWHERE even out to grandads way out in the country...SO NOW my knees are shot ...SCREW the green thing 0 -
quote:Originally posted by babun
quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
i remember at a basketball game we had a half time skit by the cheerleaders and they wheeled in a big box and announced (picked the right sucker from the audience)he had the winning ticket for a solar powered dryer ..he hops up and goes out and stands by the box and out pops two cheeleaders stringing out 50' of white rope covered with clothespins...he turned bright red...much fun
[:D][:D][:D]
Saw a something similar at the Sema car show in Las Vegas many years
ago.
Bose stereos were just coming out in cars. So Bose set up a big display to show off their new systems.
There was a stage with big 5 foot speakers, amps, cables everywhere,
Techs in white coats running back and forth. A major audio show.
The music starts, loud, clear orchestral music.
Then the white coat techs start unplugging stuff and move the big audio towers off to the side of the stage.
All the time the music is getting louder and louder.
Finally left in the middle of the stage is a small folding card table
with the new small Bose radio on it.
Impressive to say the least.
Bought my Son a Bose Home Stereo system in 2005'. It absolutely blows away my component Yamaha System.0
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