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- From: P* H*
- Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 11:59:49 -0400
>
>Close your eyes.....And go back....
> Before the Internet or the MAC,
> Before semi automatics and crack
>
> Before chronic and indo
> 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.
>
> The Good Humor man,
> 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, y'all!
>
> 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, 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.
>
>
>
>
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