Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 WOW!!! <3 that. You are so right. Some people just think they have G-d's given right to be rude to others in the name of some " politicaly correct " action. Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDN A dietitian, not the food police. http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi " Life is not measured by the number of breath you take, but by the moments that take your breath away. " - Carlin " People don't forget the truth, they just become better in lying " (Revolutionary Road) > To: rd-usa > From: nrord1@... > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:49:10 -0400 > Subject: The Green Thing > > In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should > bring her own grocery bags 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. Your generation did not > care enough to save our environment. " * > > She was right — our generation didn't have the *green thing* in its day. > > Back then, we returned 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 we didn't have the *green thing* back in our day. > > We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and > office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a > 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. > > But she was right. We didn't have the *green thing* in our day. > > Back then, we washed the baby's diapers 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 > the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, > not always brand-new clothing. But that old 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?), > not a screen the size of the state of Montana. > > 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 a wadded up > old > newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. > > Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline 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 streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to > schoool or walked instead of turning their moms 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 computerized gadget to > receive a signal 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 we old folks > were just because *we didn't have the green thing back then?* > > > > -- > Ortiz, MS, RD > *The FRUGAL Dietitian* <http://www.thefrugaldietitian.com> > Check out my blog: mixture of deals and nutrition > Join me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/TheFrugalDietitian?ref=ts> > > EBates: $10 Gift card sign up bonus or $5 AND Shopathome.com > $5<http://thefrugaldietitian.com/?p=23976> > Dietitian vs Nutritionist< > > * " Nutrition is a Science, Not an Opinion Survey " * > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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