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Something i thought i would like to share with you.
I received this from a friend of mine.
Thought some of you might appreciate this one.........
Close your eyes...And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the MAC, before semi
automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back...
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch, Hot bread and butter.
Red light, Green light.
Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets, Penny candy in a
brown paper bag.
Playin' Pinball in the corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch Jacks,
kickball, dodgeball.
Mother May I?
Red Rover and Roly Poly Hula Hoops and Sunflower
Seeds, Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits Wax Lips and
Mustaches
Running through the sprinkler
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....
Wait...
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road
Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs, Or back
further, listening to Superman on the radio, Catchin'
lightening bugs in a jar, Playin sling shot.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
Bedtime, Climbing trees, An ice cream cone on a warm
summer night Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or
maybe butter pecan. A lemon coke from the fountain at
the corner drug store
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers,
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians,
Sittin on the curb, Jumpin down the steps,
Jumpin on the bed.
Pillow fights
Runnin till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?
I ain't finished just yet...
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
Remember when...
When there were two types of sneakers for girls and
boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore
them at school, and that was for "gym"
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if
you even had one.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids
got there.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another
quarter a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about
it for weeks?
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high
school, if then.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and
female teachers had their hair done, everyday.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked,
and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every
time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got
trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or
towels hidden inside the box.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not
even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken
out to dinner at a real restaurant with your
parents.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if
they failed ..and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was
nothing compared to the fate that awaited a
misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it
wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs,
etc Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger
threat! and some of us are still afraid of em!!!
Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days! They were
good then, and they're good now when we think about
them.
Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can
relate, then share it with someone that missed out
on them.
I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do
over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the
fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker
in "Monopoly."
catching the fireflies could happily occupy an
entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to
play volleyball and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite
sex was cooties.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic
event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a
slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride
the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a
"double-dog-dare."
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for
action figures.
No shopping trip was complete, unless a new toy was
brought home.
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was
cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a
team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also
the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you
have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from
their grown up" life...
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!
I received this from a friend of mine.
Thought some of you might appreciate this one.........
Close your eyes...And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the MAC, before semi
automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back...
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch, Hot bread and butter.
Red light, Green light.
Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets, Penny candy in a
brown paper bag.
Playin' Pinball in the corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch Jacks,
kickball, dodgeball.
Mother May I?
Red Rover and Roly Poly Hula Hoops and Sunflower
Seeds, Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits Wax Lips and
Mustaches
Running through the sprinkler
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....
Wait...
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road
Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs, Or back
further, listening to Superman on the radio, Catchin'
lightening bugs in a jar, Playin sling shot.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
Bedtime, Climbing trees, An ice cream cone on a warm
summer night Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or
maybe butter pecan. A lemon coke from the fountain at
the corner drug store
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers,
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians,
Sittin on the curb, Jumpin down the steps,
Jumpin on the bed.
Pillow fights
Runnin till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?
I ain't finished just yet...
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
Remember when...
When there were two types of sneakers for girls and
boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore
them at school, and that was for "gym"
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if
you even had one.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids
got there.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another
quarter a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about
it for weeks?
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high
school, if then.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and
female teachers had their hair done, everyday.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked,
and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every
time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got
trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or
towels hidden inside the box.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not
even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken
out to dinner at a real restaurant with your
parents.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if
they failed ..and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was
nothing compared to the fate that awaited a
misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it
wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs,
etc Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger
threat! and some of us are still afraid of em!!!
Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say,
Yeah, I remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days! They were
good then, and they're good now when we think about
them.
Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can
relate, then share it with someone that missed out
on them.
I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do
over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the
fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker
in "Monopoly."
catching the fireflies could happily occupy an
entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to
play volleyball and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite
sex was cooties.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic
event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a
slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride
the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a
"double-dog-dare."
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for
action figures.
No shopping trip was complete, unless a new toy was
brought home.
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was
cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a
team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also
the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you
have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from
their grown up" life...
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!
