'Checking out at the store,

[love_katz]

155. I am a boomer...

and what some of the younger folks may not realize was that we had very little choice about switching to the new disposable stuff. Stores quit carrying the old reusable things. For a while, recyclable bottles went away, and milk delivery ceased.

I can remember quite a bit of kvetching and complaining about plastic 'everything' and the crummy quality of throw-away products. No one asked us what our preferred choice would be on these things.

With that said, I also don't like the 'tone' of these kinds of postings/email forwards, etc. They do seem to have a whiff of generational war, whether intended or not.

I also object VERY strongly to all boomers being to blame for Ronnie Raygun/ Both Bushes/Republican hegemony in general!!!!!!!!!

I voted AGAINST all of them, and quit watching t.v. after Ronnie Raygun 'won' his re-election.

To this day, the only t.v. in my house is an old small portable, which I use only for watching video tapes. I highly recommend to all reading Jerry Mander's book, " Four Arguments For the Elimination of Television." It was relevant back when he wrote it (1977), and is even more relevant now.

Count me as another unrepentant hippie, Earth loving, green warrior.