These Kids are preaching to us
Take a look at the following, copied from my home page on facebook.
It’s hilarious, all these school kids preaching to us oldies that we messed up the planet! Back in the 60’s and 70’s not a plastic bottle to be seen it was all glass that were reused, pop bottles taken back to the shop. No plastic bags, loose food was brown paper bags, all sweets were bought in 1/4lb put in a paper bag. Mothers used Babies trolleys to carry heavy stuff or used a linen bag. You walked to school from 5yo to 16yo not jumping into mummy’s 4+4. No McDonald’s or Burger King plastic toys, no polystyrene food boxes for you to litter the streets with, we had used newspapers to wrap our hot food in. Our milk was delivered at 5 am 6 days a week by a milkman who drove an electric vehicle! Holidays were in a caravan in Britain not an aeroplane to far off destinations. So I think these youngsters need to take a look in a recycled mirror and it is your wasteful generation who are damaging the planet.
It’s hilarious, all these school kids preaching to us oldies that we messed up the planet! Back in the 60’s and 70’s not a plastic bottle to be seen it was all glass that were reused, pop bottles taken back to the shop. No plastic bags, loose food was brown paper bags, all sweets were bought in 1/4lb put in a paper bag. Mothers used Babies trolleys to carry heavy stuff or used a linen bag. You walked to school from 5yo to 16yo not jumping into mummy’s 4+4. No McDonald’s or Burger King plastic toys, no polystyrene food boxes for you to litter the streets with, we had used newspapers to wrap our hot food in. Our milk was delivered at 5 am 6 days a week by a milkman who drove an electric vehicle! Holidays were in a caravan in Britain not an aeroplane to far off destinations. So I think these youngsters need to take a look in a recycled mirror and it is your wasteful generation who are damaging the planet.
This is so true Bob. When I was a youngster our milk was dished out from large metal churns on the back of a horse-drawn cart !!
Originally Posted by Rosemary (Kim) Dimond
Rosemary, when I came out of the RN, I worked for 3 years as the boilerman for the coop dairy in Sharston Manchester . everything was glass bottled, milk / orange juice / and even fresh cream, how things have changed
Of course this new era know everything. Just look at the MP's now in Parliament, they jump on any bandwagon that is fashionable for the moment. Few of them have any REAL experience of life let alone making decisions which could affect millions. It is no wonder the younger generation think they can do anything now. As to climate change....a lot of people and organisations making a lot of money out of it. I am not saying it should not be taken seriously but do they need these expensive meetings around the world and to all those people marching...why are you not a work???? Do you really believe marches do any good......somebody has to clear up after them, extra police needed...all at Tax payers expense. The world has gone mad
Looks like most things have been covered. On the subject of MPs, I would say that VERY FEW of them have held down a proper job, they all have their own individual agendas and they wouldn't know democracy if it was standing before them. Good job Elizabeth the !st didn't have people like this around her, they'd not have got out of harbour let alone around the world.
Sad to say Bill, I fear you are absolutely right. The last 20-30 years has seen the arrival of a 'political class.' School, College, University (studying politics, economics & philosophy.) Employment by political parties, perhaps as 'researchers' or 'gofors' for MPs to become 'known,' or to get feet under the table. Parliamentary Candidate, for a couple of hopeless seats, before emergence as a fully fledged MP. Totally aware of every facet of skulduggery available, or two faced machination needed to pursue a career of mediocrity...Knowledge of life beyond the Westminster bubble? Nil! Integrity? We must be pragmatic? Bah! Humbug! Syd.
I can remember going to the local shop and buying my first bar of chocolate without having to produce a ration card, Bliss. Later in life I learned to drive at 4 A.M. in the mornig driving my best friends dad's Morris Oxford van delivering milk in glass bottles, i soon learnt the round. Oh Happy days. Young ones of today have everything given them on a spoon, jealous ? not at all, best times of my life.
Would like to see replies from the MPs about some of the above comments,would they agree?