----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Carol <c.keasler@sbcglobal.net> To: obwanob@sbcglobal.net; Joan Rachowicz <libertyjar@yahoo.com>; ednawakeham@yahoo.com; auntesuzie@comcast.net; Janet Drobick <docpin@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Sat, September 29, 2012 8:35:47 AM Subject: Fwd: This is exactly how I remember it all, it was our house Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > >Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:25 PM >Subject: FW: This is exactly how I remember it all, it was our house > >  >  > > > > >> >> >>  >> >>>>              HEY, WASN'T THIS US ? >>>>> >>>>>>>A little house with three bedrooms, >>>>>>>one bathroom and one car on the street. >>>>>>>A mower that you had to push >>>>>>>to make the grass look neat. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>In the kitchen on the wall >>>>>>>we only had one phone, >>>>>>>And noneed for recording things, >>>>>>>someone was always home. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We only had a living room >>>>>>>where we would congregate, >>>>>>>unless it was at mealtime >>>>>>>in the kitchen where we ate. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We had no need for family rooms >>>>>>>or extra rooms to dine. >>>>>>>When meeting as a family >>>>>>>those two rooms would workout fine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We only had one TV set >>>>>>>and channels maybe two, >>>>>>>Butalways there was one of them >>>>>>>with something worththe view. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>For snacks we had potato chips >>>>>>>that tasted like a chip. >>>>>>>And if you wanted flavor >>>>>>>there was Lipton's onion dip. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Store-bought snacks were rare because >>>>>>>my mother likedto cook >>>>>>>and nothing can compare to snacks >>>>>>>in BettyCrocker's book. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Weekends were for family trips >>>>>>>or staying home to play. >>>>>>>We all did things together -- >>>>>>>even go to church to pray. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>When we did our weekend trips >>>>>>>depending on the weather, >>>>>>>no one stayed at home because >>>>>>>we liked to be together. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Sometimes we would separate >>>>>>>to do things on our own, >>>>>>>but we knew where the others were >>>>>>>without our owncell phone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Then there were the movies >>>>>>>with your favorite movie star, >>>>>>>and nothing can compare >>>>>>>to watching movies in your car. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Then there were the picnics >>>>>>>at the peak of summer season, >>>>>>>pack a lunch and find some trees >>>>>>>and never need a reason. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Get a baseball game together >>>>>>>with all the friends you know, >>>>>>>have real action playing ball -- >>>>>>>and no game video. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Remember when the doctor >>>>>>>used to be the family friend, >>>>>>>and didn't need insurance >>>>>>>or a lawyer to defend? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The way that he took care of you >>>>>>>or what he had to do, >>>>>>>because he took an oath and strived >>>>>>>to do the best foryou. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Remember going to the store >>>>>>>and shopping casually, >>>>>>>andwhen you went to pay for it >>>>>>>you used your own money? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Nothing that you had to swipe >>>>>>>or punch in some amount, >>>>>>>and remember when the cashier person >>>>>>>had to really count? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The milkman used to go >>>>>>>from door to door, >>>>>>>And it was justa few cents more >>>>>>>than going to the store. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>There was a time when mailed letters >>>>>>>came right to yourdoor, >>>>>>>without a lot of junk mail ads >>>>>>>sent out by everystore. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The mailman knew each house by name >>>>>>>and knew where itwas sent; >>>>>>>there were not loads of mail addressed >>>>>>>to"present occupant." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>There was a time when just one glance >>>>>>>was all that itwould take, >>>>>>>and you would know the kind of car, >>>>>>>themodel and the make. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>They didn't look like turtles >>>>>>>trying to squeeze out everymile; >>>>>>>they were streamlined, white walls, fins >>>>>>>andreally had some style. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>One time the music that you played >>>>>>>whenever you wouldjive, >>>>>>>was from a vinyl, big-holed record >>>>>>>called a forty-five. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The record player had a post >>>>>>>to keep them all in line >>>>>>>andthen the records would drop down >>>>>>>and play one at a time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Oh sure, we had our problems then, >>>>>>>just like we do today >>>>>>>and always we were striving, >>>>>>>trying for a better way. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Oh, the simple life we lived >>>>>>>still seems like so much fun, >>>>>>>how can you explain a game, >>>>>>>just kick the can and run? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>And why would boys put baseball cards >>>>>>>between bicyclespokes >>>>>>>and for a nickel, red machines >>>>>>>had little bottledCokes? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>This life seemed so much easier >>>>>>>and slower in some ways. >>>>>>>I love the new technology >>>>>>>but I sure do miss those days. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>So time moves on and so do we >>>>>>>and nothing stays the same, >>>>>>>but I sure love to reminisce >>>>>>>and walk down memory lane. >>>>>>>  >>>>>>>With all today's technology >>>>>>>we grant that it's a plus! >>>>>>>But it's fun to look way back and say, >>>>>>>"Hey look, guys, THAT WAS US!"     >>