>> THE GREEN THING

>> Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to
>> the older woman
>> that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic
>> bags weren't good
>> for the environment.

>> The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this
>> green thing back in
>> my earlier days."

>> The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your
>> generation did not care
>> enough to save our environment for future generations."

>> She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing
>> in its day or
>> didn't call it "green."

>> 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 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 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 wadded up old newspapers 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 prissy-tailed young person.

>> Remember: Don't make old people mad.
>> We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't
>> take much to tick
>> us off.

>   ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* Steve Mang <vm...@earthlink.net>
> *To:*
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:11 PM
> *Subject:* Fwd: The Green Thing

> >> THE GREEN THING

> >> Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to
> >> the older woman
> >> that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic
> >> bags weren't good
> >> for the environment.

> >> The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this
> >> green thing back in
> >> my earlier days."

> >> The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your
> >> generation did not care
> >> enough to save our environment for future generations."

> >> She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing
> >> in its day or
> >> didn't call it "green."

> >> 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 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 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 wadded up old newspapers 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 prissy-tailed young person.

> >> Remember: Don't make old people mad.
> >> We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't
> >> take much to tick
> >> us off.

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