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WASTEFUL OLD FOLKS
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Posted on 07/27/2011 7:01:13 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952

Sent with nostalgia...

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 smartass young person.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: environment; green
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To: trisham
" So “progressive”. "

Yes, then maybe not, more like repressive .

201 posted on 07/27/2011 10:01:11 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

The people that helped usher in a marxist society will be protected. The useful idiots that followed them will not. I don’t believe in class warfare because it’s part of the marxist plan. Separate people, make factions and they will fight one another and do the marxists job for them. Class warfare, whether based on sex, money or age, is what will divide this country and let socialism get in the door. Divide and conquer....from within.


202 posted on 07/27/2011 10:07:15 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: Logic n' Reason

“... I like my lunch way better than what I can buy”.

Chances are it is more nutritious for you, too. I cook large dinners so there is always plenty left for the next day’s lunch. Nothing wrong with reheated spaghetti, a meatloaf sandwich or stew IMHO.


203 posted on 07/27/2011 10:08:37 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree

Agreed!


204 posted on 07/27/2011 10:11:13 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TomGuy

We had a pretty large creek close to the house. My friend and I would grab a couple large bags and walk the whole creek which lead up to a safeway, where we turned in our cans and bottle treasure for cash. which we would then buy candy a mad magazine, record or spend it on the pinball machine in the pizza parlor. Cleaning up the creek along the way. much fun and adventures. best time was after a storm. Most people would toss their cans down the sewer so we had an endless supply.


205 posted on 07/27/2011 10:13:23 AM PDT by CJ Wolf (I like it that FR still spell checks "obama")
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To: DJ MacWoW
The people that helped usher in a marxist society will be protected. The useful idiots that followed them will not. I don’t believe in class warfare because it’s part of the marxist plan. Separate people, make factions and they will fight one another and do the marxists job for them. Class warfare, whether based on sex, money or age, is what will divide this country and let socialism get in the door. Divide and conquer....from within.

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Excellent post.

206 posted on 07/27/2011 10:15:50 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: raven92876

ping


207 posted on 07/27/2011 10:17:16 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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To: trisham

Thank you. There’s a real danger in looking at others as anything other than Americans. It’s a divider.


208 posted on 07/27/2011 10:19:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: DJ MacWoW

>>My Mom was nutz<<

I raised a niece and nephew. I used to tell the boy that if he wasn’t good, I would sell him to the gypsies.
We went to the county fair and saw a bunch of Romas. I told him that those are the gypsies. He burst into tears.

I never said it again.


209 posted on 07/27/2011 10:22:34 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: dalereed
" I did walk to school until I was 8 and bought a Wizzer for my bike. "

We made our own poor man Wizzers for our bikes by using old playing cards and cloths line drying cloths pins.
210 posted on 07/27/2011 10:25:02 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: dalereed
“And no one evev mentioned the special recycling of the Sears and Roebuck catalog.”

" What recycling, we threw them in the trash! "

Or with phone books, we made our own poor mans golden christmas trees by folding the pages and then painted it with gold paint.
211 posted on 07/27/2011 10:27:45 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Mom says “Di -Dee” not sure of the spelling, she did think that the trucks were blue and white though. Were you from Philly?


212 posted on 07/27/2011 10:29:58 AM PDT by NativeSon
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To: DJ MacWoW

“I didn’t see it bash SUV’s. Are you sensitive?

As for disposable razors, they are a waste and meant for lazy people. “

You didn’t see the 300hp comment? Are you stupid?

Disposable razors are not a waste or a lazy item. They were around 100 years ago, so they were invented long before you were born. Maybe you are just dumbounded by simple technology? Are you a Luddite?


213 posted on 07/27/2011 10:30:17 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: fredhead

We are thinking about selling our JETSKI for that reason.


214 posted on 07/27/2011 10:34:37 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (zero hates Texas and we hate him back. He ain't my president either.)
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To: Logic n' Reason
" It's way cheaper (in the neighborhood of 78% less depending); and sometimes, I even wash my hands before I make it!!!!! :) "
Who says washing hands before you make food ? it adds flavor to it... lol...
My dad went to a old New York restaurant one time and he told me that he stopped going there because he said he found extra protein in it, a roach in it.
If things get really bad here in the US, one good old recipe and staple is the tried and true old sock and shoe soup, the old sweat from the socks provide salt and nutrients once you get passed the stinky smell.
215 posted on 07/27/2011 10:35:53 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: netmilsmom

My Mom did that kind of thing all the time. You didn’t.


216 posted on 07/27/2011 10:37:08 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: momtothree

Beans are better the next day.


217 posted on 07/27/2011 10:39:08 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist
Beans are better the next day.

Which end???

218 posted on 07/27/2011 10:41:58 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
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To: CodeToad; trisham
You didn’t see the 300hp comment? Are you stupid?

Oh please! Now starts the insults because nobody else on the thread is paranoid.

Disposable razors are not a waste or a lazy item. They were around 100 years ago, so they were invented long before you were born. Maybe you are just dumbounded by simple technology? Are you a Luddite?

I don't waste simply for "convenience". That's a liberal trait.

219 posted on 07/27/2011 10:42:48 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: CodeToad

That was unacceptably rude.


220 posted on 07/27/2011 10:44:08 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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