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    Back then....

    In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags
    weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained,
    “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.”

    That’s right, they didn’t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they
    returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The
    store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled,
    using the same bottles over and over. So they really were
    recycled.

    But they didn’t have the green thing back in her 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’s 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. 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 pizza dish, 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 wadded up newspaper to cushion it, not
    styro foam 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 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 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 that they didn't have the green thing back then?
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    THE PROBLEM with these threads, with these stories, or whatever you want to call it.

    Is that the people who NEED to see it, are the ones who THINK it's stupid.

    The ones who already KNOW it, are already DOING their best.

    That's what I think.

    You can lead a horse to water....

    Moths still flock to the flame.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PainandGain View Post

    Is that the people who NEED to see it, are the ones who THINK it's stupid.

    The ones who already KNOW it, are already DOING their best.



    My grandmother worked on a farm Ate Lard daily fried chicken and fresh vegtables and dessert. she weighed about 90 -100 pounds her adult life At autopsy the coroner said she had the cleanest arteries he had ever seen. never heard the word Diet and never weas fat.
    and drank kentucky bourbon too!

    never ate processed foods she didn't can herself. Our "american" diet is nutritionally worthless. Except for those of us who try!

    She taught me how to make real homemade biscuits and gravy. Now I am famous for her biscuits and gravy. I don't eat that very often but DAYM is that good.

    The world is getting soft in many ways
    RIP granny.
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    Way back when Ford and George Washington Carver made a car with a soy plastic body and wanted to use Diesel's original Peanut Oil Diesel Engine (bio-plastics and bio-fuel, plus a car that weighed 30% less than steel versions) because they envisioned us running out of fossil fuels one day, but then more and more oil drills were being tapped one right next to the other....
    Coarse edged youth, the irish pendants string from their smiles
    not yet plucked as to slacken the seams
    and drag down the features of age,
    no folds or creases from unkempt wear
    eyes of tranquilty, crystalline-beads
    no sign of despair in their hair, nor their hearts
    but oh they have yet to be experienced and that makes aging so very worth it...ML circa2012

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