Tracker Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Checking out at the supermarket, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because Plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The older woman apologised and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." The young cashier responded, "That's why we have the problem today - your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right of course - our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, lemonade bottles and beer bottles to the shop. The shop sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised 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. Grocery shops bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we re- used for numerous things, most memorable besides household bags for rubbish, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school), was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalise our books on the brown paper bags. Too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have a lift in every supermarket, shop and office building. We walked to the local shop and didn't climb into a 300 horsepower machine every time we had to go half a mile. But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's Terry Towel nappies because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy- gobbling machine burning up 3 kilowatts – wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids had 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 radio or TV in the house - not a TV in every room and the TV had a small screen the size of a big handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Scotland 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 petrol just to cut the lawn. We pushed the 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 tap or 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 in the family's £30,000 ‘People Carrier’ which cost the same as a whole house did before the "green thing." 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest Pub! But isn't it sad that 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 smart young person... We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to irritate us ...especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smart alec who can't work out the change without the cash register telling them how much it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Progress eh? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Nice one :-S :-S :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The green thing will one day surprise those who wish to be obeyed :D.................the tinternet will be and money is anaphora to us Oilkes.............so the statuesque will fear us ;-)........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm getting as bad as the BBC for repeats *-).............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 pelmetman - 2014-02-26 8:31 PM The green thing will one day surprise those who wish to be obeyed :D.................the tinternet will be surprised that power and money is anaphora to us Oilkes.............so the statuesque will fear us ;-)........... I don't know what you are on Dave - but I'll bet it came in bottles, was inexpensive and probably not green ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tracker - 2014-02-26 8:34 PM pelmetman - 2014-02-26 8:31 PM The green thing will one day surprise those who wish to be obeyed :D.................the tinternet will be surprised that power and money is anaphora to us Oilkes.............so the statuesque will fear us ;-)........... I don't know what you are on Dave - but I'll bet it came in bottles, was inexpensive and probably not green ? For someone who wears socks with their sandals Rich :D..................your very perceptive ;-)...............................we're currently on our third bottle 8-)..............red, white, and bubbles 8-).................we're going to feel like sh*te on the morrow *-).................but a wake calls for such sufferance :'(........... My old man has spent years knocking on deaths door..................last week they let him in 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 pelmetman - 2014-02-26 8:48 PM Tracker - 2014-02-26 8:34 PM pelmetman - 2014-02-26 8:31 PM The green thing will one day surprise those who wish to be obeyed :D.................the tinternet will be surprised that power and money is anaphora to us Oilkes.............so the statuesque will fear us ;-)........... I don't know what you are on Dave - but I'll bet it came in bottles, was inexpensive and probably not green ? For someone who wears socks with their sandals Rich :D..................your very perceptive ;-)...............................we're currently on our third bottle 8-)..............red, white, and bubbles 8-).................we're going to feel like sh*te on the morrow *-).................but a wake calls for such sufferance :'(........... The socks keep my feet warm and warmth allows the blood to circulate better and that makes me perceptivating. If you really do feel like sh*te come the morrow - there is plenty of it on here and probably more than enough to make you regret feeling like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tracker - 2014-02-26 9:04 PM If you really do feel like sh*te come the morrow - there is plenty of it on here and probably more than enough to make you regret feeling like it! I only come here for the abuse Rich :D................I'm up for a bit of Franky Panky >:-)..............are you? ;-)...........................although he only mentions me in the third person now days *-)................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 pelmetman - 2014-02-26 9:16 PM I only come here for the abuse Rich :D................I'm up for a bit of Franky Panky >:-)..............are you? ;-)...........................although he only mentions me in the third person now days *-)................ Are so, 'tis you you who art the 'third man' then? No - not really - I like it better when he is in absentia!! We could take a vote on it - to Frank or not to Frank - that is the question.......................? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tracker - 2014-02-26 9:22 PM We could take a vote on it - to Frank or not to Frank - that is the question.......................? To Fwank or not to Fwank.......................said the bloke with a lisp ;-).....................that's when the fight started :D............. Although HE does seem to ignore me and Clive now days Rich as he's seeks out fresh meat in MMM 8-)...............Roger and BG seem have inherited our cross to bear :->............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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