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"No internet either! How did swinging happen in the olden days? " Haha matchmaker magazine, the joys, pay to send a message, The principle would cull a lot of the fancy a fuck messages, | |||
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"We did have the green thing but it wasn't the money making machine it is today so the brainwashing especially in schools wasnt implemented," | |||
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"We put a house brick in the toilet cistern to save water. We cut around our feet on a cereal box to make insoles. We put oats in the mince to make the shepherds pie serve more people We grew our own veg. We only turned the telly on when a programme was on we wanted to watch. Telly didn't come on until Tea time and it went off before midnight. We shared bath water. We used low wattage bulbs. We made ommelettes so the eggs went further. we made our own fairy cakes for pennies and didn't call them CUP CAKES and sell them for stupid money each. We saved up for things we wanted. Left over food was made into next days meals We wouldn't have dreamed of buying sandwiches we made them for next to nothing. Who the FUCK would have been stupid enough to pay for water in my day ? NO ONE. We cout our own hair and each others. We stiched laddered tights. Christ this could go on for ever. " Until it sounds like a scene from Monty Python? | |||
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"We put a house brick in the toilet cistern to save water. " OMG that just took be down memory lane, my nan actually used to do that, in the outside loo with the cisten on the wall where you actually pulled the chain Thanks for the memories | |||
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"We put a house brick in the toilet cistern to save water. We cut around our feet on a cereal box to make insoles. We put oats in the mince to make the shepherds pie serve more people We grew our own veg. We only turned the telly on when a programme was on we wanted to watch. Telly didn't come on until Tea time and it went off before midnight. We shared bath water. We used low wattage bulbs. We made ommelettes so the eggs went further. we made our own fairy cakes for pennies and didn't call them CUP CAKES and sell them for stupid money each. We saved up for things we wanted. Left over food was made into next days meals We wouldn't have dreamed of buying sandwiches we made them for next to nothing. Who the FUCK would have been stupid enough to pay for water in my day ? NO ONE. We cout our own hair and each others. We stiched laddered tights. Christ this could go on for ever. " bet you wipe ya bum on old newspapers to | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person," All of this is kinda ruined by the fact your generation decided an AIR COOLED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT was a clever idea... Also coal. | |||
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"BUT (And here's the kicker) Who was in charge when all these changes happened? It certainly wasn't the young girl fighting an automated checkout for her job.... Mr ddc" This. The OP is just a long list of crap changes that the older generation have overseen. | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person, All of this is kinda ruined by the fact your generation decided an AIR COOLED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT was a clever idea... Also coal." Solar panel technology was the equivalent of £1000 per square foot, and wind turbines at todays values would have cost £7-10 million-- each. you got these technologies because of the older generation working towards changing what was, to what is. You can call the oldies as much as you want, but it was a case of what as used was the only available technology that could be used. | |||
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"We put a house brick in the toilet cistern to save water. We cut around our feet on a cereal box to make insoles. We put oats in the mince to make the shepherds pie serve more people We grew our own veg. We only turned the telly on when a programme was on we wanted to watch. Telly didn't come on until Tea time and it went off before midnight. We shared bath water. We used low wattage bulbs. We made ommelettes so the eggs went further. we made our own fairy cakes for pennies and didn't call them CUP CAKES and sell them for stupid money each. We saved up for things we wanted. Left over food was made into next days meals We wouldn't have dreamed of buying sandwiches we made them for next to nothing. Who the FUCK would have been stupid enough to pay for water in my day ? NO ONE. We cout our own hair and each others. We stiched laddered tights. Christ this could go on for ever. " You're a scouser, that was only last week lol | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person, All of this is kinda ruined by the fact your generation decided an AIR COOLED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT was a clever idea... Also coal. Solar panel technology was the equivalent of £1000 per square foot, and wind turbines at todays values would have cost £7-10 million-- each. you got these technologies because of the older generation working towards changing what was, to what is. You can call the oldies as much as you want, but it was a case of what as used was the only available technology that could be used. " No it wasn't lol it was an experiment for making nuclear weapons quockly and cheaply it was literally a reactor in a wind tunnel with a chimney lol. It had no real descendants in nuclear technology beyond a few hundred deaths and the permanent note that attempting to super heat a reactor to anneal your graphite because you're too cheap to replace it is not a sensible course of action :p | |||
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"We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator or lift in every store and office building. Personally I think it should be mandatory for the overweight to take the stairs " would never make it!!!! | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person," Well said that person up there!.. S..x | |||
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"You missed one important thing from your list, we actually kept the same appliances for years because in the "Dark ages" everything was made with the idea that should it break down it should be repaired not thrown away." More like it was built to last,not like now built to last till the warrenty runs out. | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person," | |||
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"You missed one important thing from your list, we actually kept the same appliances for years because in the "Dark ages" everything was made with the idea that should it break down it should be repaired not thrown away." where possible I still do this today tho surface mount stuff is a bit of a stretch for my eyes now lol | |||
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"And we had green shield stamps!" Ma dad used to drive miles out of his way so that he could get quad green shield stamps My first job was as a petrol pump attendant in 1977 | |||
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"No internet either! How did swinging happen in the olden days? " car keys; no immobilisers though; post sex, car is missing | |||
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"We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator or lift in every store and office building. Personally I think it should be mandatory for the overweight to take the stairs " I'd be fucked then. Might as well just sit on my sofa and eat doughnuts | |||
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"Remember when we used to sell our piss to cure hides? And horses were for pulling carts not for backing in the 2.30 at Doncaster. Mud was much better than carpet for flooring,you just swept out the old and dug up some new. God,I miss those days. " Thank f**k I don't remember those days xxx | |||
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"Did you know you can recycle sex toys too? " I hope these do not 'reincarnate' into toothbrushes | |||
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"Hello Thx118, not quite sure what you are referring to, but you don't anneal graphite nor do you need to replace it in nuclear reactors? Are you thinking of Chernobyl by any chance, that accident was caused by absolute stupidity, incompetence and the fact that the Russians saved money by not building a containment around the reactor. Alec" Windscale. And yes you do have to anneal (although not in the tradition sense) graphite when it's structure is damaged by high energy neutrons or else it can result on spontaneous and massive heat release when the higher energy state dislocations return to their lower energy state positions. This accident though like Chernobyl was caused too by stupidity and the decision to attempt to fix the graphite one too many times. An atmospheric air cooled reactor how it ever got built I'll never know. | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person," Copy and Pasted on my Facebook profile. Well said OP | |||
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"I hate posts about how things were better in the past..they fucking werent..now move with the times... we might have more electronic gadgetry etc...but advancements have been made 10fold(a tumble dryer back in the dark ages is vastly energy inefficient to one made now ffs)..and they continue to do so it IS big money going green..but when you are forecasting for the next 50-100years..thats when it pays to start implementing now." What tumble dryer in the so called dark ages? We had a washing line and if it was raining a wooden "maiden" that stood either in the kitchen or bathroom until the sun came out. I can honestly say that when I was a kid I didn't know anyone with a tumble dryer. | |||
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"I hate posts about how things were better in the past..they fucking werent..now move with the times... we might have more electronic gadgetry etc...but advancements have been made 10fold(a tumble dryer back in the dark ages is vastly energy inefficient to one made now ffs)..and they continue to do so it IS big money going green..but when you are forecasting for the next 50-100years..thats when it pays to start implementing now. What tumble dryer in the so called dark ages? We had a washing line and if it was raining a wooden "maiden" that stood either in the kitchen or bathroom until the sun came out. I can honestly say that when I was a kid I didn't know anyone with a tumble dryer." The tumble dryer was really just an example...lets say a tumble dryer 10 years ago...compared to some made now. Perhaps a washing machine would have been a better example lol | |||
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"BUT (And here's the kicker) Who was in charge when all these changes happened? It certainly wasn't the young girl fighting an automated checkout for her job.... Mr ddc" ....Kicker!! Since when did you turn white... | |||
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"I hate posts about how things were better in the past..they fucking werent..now move with the times... we might have more electronic gadgetry etc...but advancements have been made 10fold(a tumble dryer back in the dark ages is vastly energy inefficient to one made now ffs)..and they continue to do so it IS big money going green..but when you are forecasting for the next 50-100years..thats when it pays to start implementing now. What tumble dryer in the so called dark ages? We had a washing line and if it was raining a wooden "maiden" that stood either in the kitchen or bathroom until the sun came out. I can honestly say that when I was a kid I didn't know anyone with a tumble dryer. The tumble dryer was really just an example...lets say a tumble dryer 10 years ago...compared to some made now. Perhaps a washing machine would have been a better example lol" Even washing machines were rare in my day. Us kids were sent with a big sack of clothes to the Launderette on a Saturday morning. The bonus was that there was always a big pile of Beano back issues for us to read. | |||
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"Anyone over the age of 32 should read this, as I copied this from a friend... Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own carrier bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy pop bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. 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 or lift in every store and office building. We walked to the supermarket and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two minutes up the road. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's nappies 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?), n ot a screen the size of England. 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 screwed 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 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000miles 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person," | |||
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"Spot on. The "green thing" is a multi million pound business masquerading as environmentally friendly. " It seems we are finally waking up to this. No more subsidies, grants and approvals for wind farms to produce "free energy" with no "damage or deterioration of the environment". Unless of course you count the power stations that we need to keep running due to the lack of energy generated when there's no wind, the £1 million a mega watt cost of production and the asthetic harm a wind farm does. Environmental blackmail and nothing more than a money making scam. Remember how bottled water was supposed to be so much better for us than tap water? Scam. Clever marketing, nothing more. Top 5 bottled water brand; Evian. Now read Evian spelt backwards.... | |||
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"What about cars? They're heavier now, so the actual performance (mpg) has gone down. Not to mention petrol going from less than 40 p a litre to today's stupid price, So your car uses more petrol per mile, and you pay more for each litre. " seriously? most modern cars are capable of 40+ mpg depending on how they're driven, back then 30 was only on a downhill and flapping your arms to assist As for weight I'm not so sure as more composites are used these days, new cars just look bulkier. The thing I don't agree with tho is this whole notion that us drivers of older cars must go buy new ones cuz they're more eco friendly. Let's just forget the carbon footprint to create that older car plus then again to recycle it, then add the eco cost to create the new one. A couple more mpg ain't gonna recoup that and of course a couple years down the road it'll be the same argument to replace your old new car so increasing your carbon footprint further... | |||
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