Exercise

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 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, 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.

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 the clothes.  Kids got hand-me-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  Montana.

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 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 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 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?

Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart ass young person.

The  Green Thing

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Have the best day!

How the Easter Bunny Stays in Shape

Get Fit ~ Get a Dog

Spring is in the air and many people figure it’s time to keep those new year’s resolutions about improving fitness. Instead of the latest fitness equipment consider a dog!

Recent Studies have concluded that a dog might be a better get-fit motivator than a treadmill will ever be.

It’s obvious that dog owners are more likely to take regular walks than those of us who live canine-free. But these studies are stating that dog-walkers are typically more active in general than those of us without pets.

Of the regular dog-walkers they studied, 60 per cent of them met the federal (U.S.) criterion for moderate or vigorous exercise (30 minutes a day, five days a week). Only about a third of the dog-free study participants got that much regular exercise. And, yes, some of those dog-free individuals have gym memberships.

Slow walk or fast?

For more info (humor) on the Importance of Walking, please check out the link below:

http://www.e-forwards.com/2010/08/the-importance-of-walking/

2012 New Years Resolution – Dieting and Exercise

2007: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2008: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2009: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight.
2010: I will work out 3 days a week.
2011: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.

2012: Repeat 2007′s resolution….

Sounds like a plan!

Good Exercise Program for the Golden Years

You know how important exercise is, as we grow older. Here are a few suggestions. I start by standing outside behind the house and, with a five pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms straight out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can. After a few weeks I moved up to 10 pound potato sacks, then 20 pound potato sacks and finally I got to where I could lift a 50 pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight out for more than a full minute! Next, I started putting a few potatoes in the sacks, but I would caution you not to overdo it at this level.

Diet, Women and Cookies

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out.   But I can usually shut her up with cookies.

~ Unknown~

Sounds like someone I know!

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Reasons to Smile – YaYa Sisters – Wisdom

A few Neck Exercises for you while working at the Computer

The Importance of Walking

The Importance of Walking

Especially with the high cost of GAS these days!

Walking can add minutes to your life.
This enables you at 85 years old
to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
home at $7000 per month.

With rumors that Apple will be

selling an New iTV

reportedly that will be a

voice as well as 

gesture enabled TV set,

I won’t have to even reach

for the remote anymore!

I like long walks,
especially when they are taken
by people who annoy me.

The only reason I would take up walking
is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I have to walk early in the morning,
before my brain figures out what I’m doing.. 

I joined a health club last year,
spent about 400 bucks.
Haven’t lost a pound.
Apparently you have to go there.

Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’,
I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

The advantage of exercising every day
is so when you die, they’ll say,
‘Well, she looks good doesn’t she.’

If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
start with a small country.

I know I got a lot of exercise
the last few years,……
just getting over the hill.

We all get heavier as we get older,
because there’s a lot more information in our heads.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

AND

Every time I start thinking too much
about how I look,
I just find a Happy Hour
and by the time I leave,
I look just fine.

You could run this over to your friends
But just e-mail it to them

If you don’t forward
this to 1 of your friends within
the next 5 minutes your belly
button will unscrew and your
butt will fall off.
Really…. It’s true

 

 

My husband and I went shopping in the Mall for Christmas gifts,

and got a little exercise by walking around.

However, I got lost. Guess how he tried to find me?

click here: THE HELPFUL OLD BUGGER!

Proud Canadian Joke

A recent study found

the average Canadian walks

about 900 miles a year.

Another study found

Canadians drink,

on average,

22 gallons of beer a year.    That means,

on average,

Canadians get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind Of Makes You Proud To Be Canadian,

doesn’t it??!!

Note: Measurements are Imperial Measures
(because the the studies were done by Americans!)

900 miles (statute) is equal to 1,448.41 kilometers.

• 22 gallons (US) is equal to 83.28 litres

41 miles (statute) is equal to 65.98 kilometers.

17.5 km/litres