> > > > * EXCELLENT (Bet you will want to share this!!!)* > > > A Very Interesting Observation to Share.... > > 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 2000 watts - 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, 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? > > > . > > > __._,_.___ > > __,_ > > > > > > -- > *IF YOU WISH TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL, PLEASE DELETE THE FORWARDING HISTORY > WHICH INCLUDES MY EMAIL ADDRESS. IT IS A COURTESY TO ME AND OTHERS WHO MAY > NOT WISH TO HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS SENT ALL OVER THE WORLD. ERASING THE > HISTORY PREVENTS SPAMMERS FROM MINING ADDRESSES AND SPREADING VIRUSES. > > THANKS! > * > > > ** > * > * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* > நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் > நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் > जन सेवा इश्वर सेवा > cnu.pne > > > > >
