Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A "Green" Generation...


(saw this post on another blog and thought it was worth sharing!) 
Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. I apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days“.
The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations“.
She was right about one thing–our generation didn’t have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then? After some reflection and soul-searching on “Our” day, here’s what I remembered we did have….
Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop 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 repeatedly. 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 nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 240 volts — wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young 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 Wales. In the kitchen, we blended & 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 wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol 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 water 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 bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mums 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 post this on your Facebook profile so another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smarty-pants young person can add to thi

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jan 12, 2012

Chiropractic changes lives!!! 


If you are already visiting a chiropractor, that’s great! You have no doubt already experienced tons of health benefits.


 If you have, why not tell an associate, a friend, or a family member about chiropractic? Please don’t let someone you care about become a victim to the type of misinformation relating to chiropractic care that can keep them from living their daily life more actively. 


Tell someone in pain about Dr. Combs, and call our office @ 217-345-1010.


If you haven't, then you owe it to yourself to do the same and call to make an appointment to talk to Dr. Combs.


The greatest wealth is health.  ~Virgil

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

January 2012


Did you know that when your spine is aligned properly, your body is able to function better AND heal itself

Dr. Combs uses specific spinal adjustments and/or joint mobilization of extremities to:
  • restore alignment
  • improve mobility
  • relieve your pain
  • reduce stiffness and enhance performance 
Correct spinal and/or joint alignment enables the nervous system to function more efficiently and helps improve muscle balance.

Call 217-345-1010 and schedule an appointment to talk to Dr Combs about your health! 

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