Yesteryear Recycling Compared To Today's

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Keep it out of the dump in the 1st place!

Back in the days..* We used to flatten and tear off the labels on our cans for the can man (or 'Ball' jar our own home growns)

* Drink from water glasses (not plastic bottles)

* Since we had a cistern for FREE water, we didn't let the water run till it got cold. We had a bottle in the refrigerator.

* Repaired American Made long lasting metal small appliances, rather then throw plastic ones out every couple years.

* Meat came in wax paper, not Styrofoam & plastic

* Egg cartons (paper) went back to the egg lady to refill

* Reupholster the solid wood furniture that we'd keep a lifetime

* Cloth diapers (not paper)

* Refilled our milk, soda and beer bottles that had deposits on them.

* Fruit & vegetables came in reused wooden baskets and boxes (not plastic wrapped Styrofoam)

* Paper or cloth grocery bags

* We used our paper grocery bags for our trash. Which we later placed in a "Trash Can".

* Used Tupperware for lunchtime sandwiches.

* Baked in the Winter. It helped heat the house.

* Used a shoe maker or tailor for repairs

* Used actual cooking pots & pans instead of 3 layers of synthetic packaging to microwave & toss

* Cookies came from the oven, not from a package

* Waited from the bread man or the huckster rather then drive (saved fuel for America)

* Didn't need playground equipment. We had trees to climb or swing from

* Didn't have a pool in the backyard. All our friends were down at the pool anyway (& the girls)

* When the knees wore out in your jeans over the Winter.. you had a pair of shorts for the summer

* Yesterdays undershirts were tomorrow's cleaning/polishing cloths

* Dish towels were our paper towels

* Outdoor playtime snacks were wild strawberries, mulberries, and fruit trees around the hood

* Cigar boxes and coffee cans were storage containers

* We didn't throw our phones away every time the contract was up. ("Passing Notes" was "texting")

* "Fast Food" didn't come in Styrofoam, wrappers and a bag. It came in a can (Chef Boyardee)

* Coffee was served in a mug from the home percolator

* Board games lasted for years w/o the need for electric. Nor required buying the latest version for hundreds of $'s

Please feel free to add to the list

Things that are an improvement..* Pictures are now stored on harddrive rather then photo paper

* Sound files instead of vinyl records

* eMail rather then expensive postal snail mail hand delivered days later

* Internet news/magazine delivery rather then paper hard copy junk mail

* Computer stored documents and files

* Solid state instead of high energy consuming vacuum tubes

* Low energy consuming microwave and home heating devices, appliances & light bulbs

* Moved away from toxic coal heating furnaces

* Heavy reliance on internet instead of trip to library for all those costly paper produced reference books

* Water efficient washers, appliances and water heads

* Fuel efficient automobiles

Radio The Way It Use To Be

Once upon a time listening to radio was a fun uplifting experience. Unlike today's talking heads radio once brought fun, silliness and joy. They've been replaced by a bunch of sour pusses endlessly stuffing our heads with negativity they take all too seriously.

I for shall forever believe radio should be a fun place full of goofy entertainment where one can escape. Too bad all that's changed.



Radio Greats Weekend (2007)



Dick Biondi WJMK Radio Chicago 1987

Wolfman Jack WSM Radio Nashville 1990



The Day AM Radio Died: WABC Radio's last day of music
At noon on May 10, 1982 the "Musicradio" format ended and WABC became a news-talk station



AM Radio has never been the same since


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How To Fix The Economy

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A resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.

The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.

The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser.

The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.

The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.

The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.

At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.

No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.