That Green Thing!!!

[Spacecadet]

Plenty of British old bangers still going in Malta of all places.

Well they were part of the British empire and drive on the correct side of the road

[gingerjedi]

I wouldn't say there are plenty of them about... can't remember the last time I saw a Morris Minor and most old Beetles and Mini's still on the roads are being run by enthusiasts.
Modern cars (if well maintained) will last longer and use a lot less fuel and can be recycled at end of life

You don't live in the West country do you.

Plenty of British old bangers still going in Malta of all places.

[Spacecadet]

But they were designed to be repaired in those days, plenty of Minis, Beetles and Morris Minors still about.

I'm sure it's greener to re-use an old car than have a new one created.

I wouldn't say there are plenty of them about... can't remember the last time I saw a Morris Minor and most old Beetles and Mini's still on the roads are being run by enthusiasts.
Modern cars (if well maintained) will last longer and use a lot less fuel and can be recycled at end of life

[gingerjedi]

And things like washing machines and Hoovers were designed to last and were repaired rather than replaced. Cars are greener in that regard than they were though, it used to be the case a car would be an oily pile of rust after about 5 or 10 years.

But they were designed to be repaired in those days, plenty of Minis, Beetles and Morris Minors still about.

I'm sure it's greener to re-use an old car than have a new one created.

[shaunbhoy]

Will posting it on another 10 forums cheer you up (and grant me a wish)?

No

HTH

[Old Greg]

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 apologised 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."
He 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 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.
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 he 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 was 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 Wales. 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 he'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 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space just to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we older 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 ass young person.


Harrumph!!!!

Mr Angry from Surbiton (Daily Mail Reader and proud of it!)

But you did hunt the sabre toothed tiger to extinction.

[xoggoth]

Brill and so true. Cheese was a big barrel shaped thing in a corner, the grocer cut a bit off and put it on a small paper bag. Same with screws, light bulbs or whatever, we just picked them out of the tray. Now you need to be an expert safe cracker to get 5 wood screws out of the packaging.

PS AND counter staff at Woolies used to test each light bulb before they sold them.
PPS This obviously all happened in the 90s as I am only 32.

[Pondlife]

Come on SC. Stop being so pedantic. Principles man, a Daily Mail reader will use anything that allows him a good old fashioned rant, you know that.

In that case you're going to have to find and replace 'grocery store' with 'waitrose'

[Platypus]

A quick Google reveals that this is a chain email which seems to have been posted to just about every forum imaginable.

But then again, SB didn't claim original authorship.

[Spacecadet]

Come on SC. Stop being so pedantic. Principles man, a Daily Mail reader will use anything that allows him a good old fashioned rant, you know that.

Will posting it on another 10 forums cheer you up (and grant me a wish)?

[shaunbhoy]

Since when would a daily mail reader use the word "gasoline"?

Come on SC. Stop being so pedantic. Principles man, a Daily Mail reader will use anything that allows him a good old fashioned rant, you know that.

[Sysman]

Since when would a daily mail reader use the word "gasoline"?

"moms", "diapers" and "pizza joint" also feature.

[TimberWolf]

And things like washing machines and Hoovers were designed to last and were repaired rather than replaced. Cars are greener in that regard than they were though, it used to be the case a car would be an oily pile of rust after about 5 or 10 years.

[Spacecadet]

Since when would a daily mail reader use the word "gasoline"?

[shaunbhoy]

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 apologised 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."
He 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 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.
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 he 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 was 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 Wales. 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 he'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 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 computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space just to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we older 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 ass young person.


Harrumph!!!!

Mr Angry from Surbiton (Daily Mail Reader and proud of it!)