MEUNIER LEE on sat 19 mar 11
It's All About the Green Thing =3D
=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AIt's All About the G=
reen=3DA0Thing=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3D
=3DA0=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AIn the line at the store, the cashier told the older wo=
man =3D0At=3D
hat plastic bags=3DA0weren't good for the environment.=3D0AThe woman apolog=
ized=3D
to her and explained,=3D0A"We didn't have the green thing back in my day."=
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=3D0AThat's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day.=3D0A=3D0ABa=
ck the=3D
n, they=3DA0returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to =
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the store.=3D0AThe=3DA0store sent them back to the plant to be washed and s=
teri=3D
lized and=3DA0refilled,=3D0Ausing the same bottles over and over.=3D0ASo th=
ey rea=3D
lly were recycled.=3D0ABut they didn't have the green thing back in her day=
.=3D
=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AIn her day, they walked up stairs, =3D0Abecause they didn't =
have an =3D
escalator in=3DA0every store and office building.=3D0AThey walked to the gr=
ocer=3D
y store and didn't=3DA0climb into a 300-horsepower machine =3D0Aevery time =
they=3D
had to go two blocks.=3D0ABut she's right.=3D0AThey didn't have the green =
thin=3D
g in her day.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0ABack then, they washed the baby's diapers becau=
se the=3D
y didn't have =3D0Athe=3DA0throw-away kind.=3D0AThey dried clothes on a lin=
e, not=3D
in an energy gobbling=3DA0machine burning up 220 =3D0Avolts -=3D0Awind and=
solar=3D
power really did dry the=3DA0clothes.=3D0AKids got hand-me-down clothes fr=
om t=3D
heir brothers or sisters, not=3DA0always =3D0Abrand-new clothing.=3D0ABut t=
hat ol=3D
d lady is right, they didn't have the=3DA0green thing back in her day.=3D0A=
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=3DA0=3D0ABack then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house - not a TV in =
ever=3D
y room.=3D0AAnd the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a s=
cr=3D
een the=3DA0size of =3D0Athe state of Montana .=3D0AIn the kitchen, they bl=
ended =3D
and stirred by=3DA0hand=3D0Abecause they didn't have electric machines to d=
o ev=3D
erything for you.=3D0AWhen they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail=
,=3D
=3D0Athey used wadded up=3DA0newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plas=
tic =3D
bubble =3D0Awrap.=3D0ABack then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gas=
olin=3D
e just to cut the=3DA0lawn.=3D0AThey used a push mower that ran on human po=
wer.=3D
=3D0AThey exercised by=3DA0working so they didn't need to go to a health cl=
ub=3D
=3D0Ato run on treadmills that=3DA0operate on electricity.=3D0ABut she's ri=
ght, t=3D
hey didn't have the green thing=3DA0back then.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThey drank fro=
m a foun=3D
tain when they were thirsty,=3D0Ainstead of using a cup or=3DA0a plastic bo=
ttle=3D
every time they had a drink of water.=3D0AThey refilled pens=3DA0with ink,=
ins=3D
tead of buying a new pen,=3D0Aand they replaced the razor blades in=3DA0a r=
azor=3D
instead of throwing away the whole =3D0Arazor=3D0Ajust because the blade g=
ot=3D
=3DA0dull.=3D0ABut they didn't have the green thing back then.=3DA0=3D0A=3D=
0ABack the=3D
n, people took the streetcar and kids rode their bikes to school=3D0Aor rod=
e =3D
the school bus, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour =3D0Ataxi=3DA0=
serv=3D
ice.=3D0AThey had one electrical outlet in a room,=3D0Anot an entire bank o=
f=3DA0=3D
sockets to power a dozen appliances.=3D0AAnd they didn't need a computerize=
d=3D
=3DA0gadget to receive a signal beamed from =3D0Asatellites=3D0A2,000 miles=
out i=3D
n space=3DA0in order to find the nearest pizza joint.=3D0ABut that old lady=
is =3D
right.=3D0AThey didn't have the green thing back in her day.
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