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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

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 woman apologised and explained, "We didn't have this 'green

thing' back in my earlier days."

The young cashier 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.

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.

But 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 £50,000 ‘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 arse young person...

We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much

to piss us off...especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartarse

who can't work out the change without the cash register telling them

how much it is!

Here endeth the bloody lesson!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent and so true

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well sed!!!! so true, can remember all of the above

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By *latharerMan
over a year ago

Glasgow CC

Perfect !!

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By *ir laugh a lotMan
over a year ago

glasgow


"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 woman apologised and explained, "We didn't have this 'green

thing' back in my earlier days."

The young cashier 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.

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.

But 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 £50,000 ‘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 arse young person...

We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much

to piss us off...especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartarse

who can't work out the change without the cash register telling them

how much it is!

Here endeth the bloody lesson!"

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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

Love it

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

when i was a lad those were the greatest days of all.

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By *ustcutieWoman
over a year ago

edinburgh

Brilliant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely brilliant! So true!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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 woman apologised and explained, "We didn't have this 'green

thing' back in my earlier days."

The young cashier 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.

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.

But 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 £50,000 ‘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 arse young person...

We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much

to piss us off...especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartarse

who can't work out the change without the cash register telling them

how much it is!

Here endeth the bloody lesson!"

Ha ha love it !!! check this lesson out, I cant add link I dont think but google this

Some People Call It 'The Best Anti-Smoking Ad Ever.' After Watching, I Might Be One Of Them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have been saying this for years but not so eloquently. Top post.

Ps dont get.me.started on the.plastic bag myth!!

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Lol brilliant i'm stealing that 1 lol

do people really need to quote the whole op when answering though

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By *akedninjaMan
over a year ago

edinburgh

great post! thanks for sharing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"great post! thanks for sharing "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lol brilliant i'm stealing that 1 lol

do people really need to quote the whole op when answering though "

And do people always have to find something to whinge about unnecessarily in the forums?

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

Amen JimGlasgow.

And what happened to mental arithmetic?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lol brilliant i'm stealing that 1 lol

do people really need to quote the whole op when answering though "

Yea my thumbs sore from scrolling....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hehe love it

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Thanks for the comments folks, it just needed saying. Jim

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