>>>> A good read for any age >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should >>>>bring her own grocery bag 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. The former generation did >>>>not care enough to save our environment." >>>> >>>>He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing in its day. >>>> >>>>Back then, they returned their 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 they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day. >>>> >>>>In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator >>>>in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and >>>>didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two >>>>blocks. >>>> >>>>But she was right. They didn't have the green thing in her day. >>>> >>>>Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the >>>>throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling >>>>machine burning up 220 volts - wind and solar power really did dry the >>>>clothes. A paper towel? >>>>Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always >>>>brand-new clothing. >>>> >>>>But that old lady is right, they didn't have the green thing back in her >>>>day. >>>> >>>>Back then, they 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, not a >>>>screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they >>>>blended and stirred >>>>by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything for >>>>you. >>>> >>>>When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a wadded >>>>up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. >>>> >>>>Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the >>>>lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by >>>>working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills >>>>that operate on electricity. >>>> >>>>But she's right, they didn't have the green thing back then. >>>> >>>>They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a cup >>>>or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled >>>>their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced >>>>the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just >>>>because the blade got dull. >>>> >>>>But they 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 rode the school bus instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour >>>>taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank >>>>of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they 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 the old folks >>>>were just because they didn't have the green thing back then?
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