Surgeries in Scunthorpe and Brigg will show you how to save energy and money

“englander61 - A brilliant post and very entertaining too!”

“englander61

Spot on.”

“In the queue at the supermarket, the cashier told an older woman that she
should bring her own 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."

He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy drink bottles and beer bottles to
the shop. They were sent 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 escalators in every
department store and office building. We walked to the shops and didn't
climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two streets.

But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the
disposable 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 handed-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 Holderness.

In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have
electric machines to do everything for us.

When we packed a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded
up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol 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 bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their parents into a 24-hour taxi service..

We had one electrical socket 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 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?”

“Energy Saving lamp last for Ten Years if used 2.7 Hours Per Day , small print on side of packet . ??”

“Only new thing in picture is GLS bulb with halogen bulb inside it instead of tungsten element, I believe I have read these use about 70w and give out about 90w so not a massive saving when you look at the cost, I have found CFL bulbs not lasting as long as claimed.”

“I wonder how the council will manage when taking back the re cycling centres now that scrap prices are leveling out . Probably they will get another schmuck to rescue it for them when they faill to run it at a profit.”

“whoohooo more council money spent on telling everybody what they already know”