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Been posting so much forwarded stuff lately. But I couldn’t resist. This is too amazing not to share.
Subject: Bird engineers
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A friend forwarded this email to me. I think it makes so much sense.
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing in my earlier days."
The clerk 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, 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.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, which we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. 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 personalize our books. But, too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
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 our clothes back in our early days. Kids got 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 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
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 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 computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger 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?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart ass young person...
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to tick us off!
But next time (say in the next transit of Venus which is not until another hundred or so years, LOL), I want to make sure that I witness it.
Oh did I tell you, I went to the Griffith Observatory 3 weekends ago and had my geek fix by looking at the solar flares through a telescope. So yeah, I have been geeking it lately..and I guess it's a good thing. The website I frequent also offersonline coupons and discount promo codes which is a great way for a wonder wifey, errrr, geek wonder wifey like me to save money. If you're curious, check out SciTechDaily.com and snag some deals with Vistaprint coupons . Saving money to support geek pursuits. Can't go wrong!!! Maybe next time I won't have to deal with homemade telescopes.
The hubs thinks that aside from an automatic self-driving car that is hooked to a GPS where I practically have to do nothing but get in the car, I also need the Best Radar Detector in town because I forget to regulate my speed at times (when my mind speeds, so does the gas pedal)... Anyhoozens, he already has one in his car (he's my opposite, he's very attentive on the road, but yes, purposely speeds away in his handsome BMer at times) but he wants to install one in the car that I use and so is now in a big hunt for the Best Radar Detector 2012 . I think the beeping sound not only will remind me of sticking to the speed limit, or cop cars hiding in the bushes for the next "unconscious" prey, but it will also keep my mind from running away.
Which reminds me of a friend's suggestion to keep a pocket hanging by the door for keys and phone etc that says"Don't forget". You see, it still might not work with me. Maybe if you electrify the door knob. Then, maybe.
Saving berries from Molding
The key to preventing moldy berries...
Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the market. There's nothing more tragic than paying pounds for a pint of local raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides.
Well, with fresh berries just starting to hit farmers markets, we can tell you that how to keep them fresh! Here's a tip I'm sharing on how to prevent them from getting there in the first place: Wash them with vinegar.
When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider probably work best) and ten parts water. Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around. Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and pop in the fridge. The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit, and voila! Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft. So go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them.
You're so berry Welcome!