"Molesworth" wrote in message
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Good (semi-amusing) article from the Daily Telegraph:

Very amusing...

And how galling it must be for my parents' generation to be told not to
waste things when they have lived through rationing and know all about
the benefits of frugality. If there is one thing the British hate more
than having their environment needlessly destroyed, overheated or
squandered, it is being preached at by busybodies, puritans and snobs.

Actually, my parents were very conscious about not wasting things, even
being one of the first couples in the area where they lived to attempt
recycling. My father was less enthusiastic than my mom. And, he used to idle
his huge gas-guzzler for 1/2 hour or so before he would drive it 10 minutes
to the store... even drove the dog crazy who was I think bothered by the
idling and would wildly bark at the garage until my father would either
leave or my mom would tell him to shut it off or leave.

The eco-snobs are the worst. It is not enough they get to feel better
about themselves for doing the right thing environmentally; they have to
make someone else feel worse. Make them feel small, vulgar, immoral. I
caught myself doing it in that queue the other day. And shame on me for
that.

You mean other people are not small, vulgar, and immoral?? Wow. Ok. LOL

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