Thanks to the PA-Erie list for this. Wouldn't you know it- they're also discussing memories there :^) as we have been on a number of lists. Must be something about Labor Day that brings out the memories. Subject: Remember When.... Enjoy the memory... 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... ... 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." ... it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one. ... nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. ... nobody owned a purebred dog. ... a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a miracle. ... milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks? ... you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. ... girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then. ... your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces. ... all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done, everyday. ... 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! AND all for 26 cents per GALLON!!! ... laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box. ... 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. ... it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. ... they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ... and they did! ... 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. My additions would be ... remember when Lewiston first got MAIL delivered to the house??? (wow) Remember having to sweep the days' snow off the ice before you could practice figure 8s or play hockey on the ice in the field by the baseball fields near the bowling alley in Lewiston? Remember Hennepin Hall? Remember when a real ice cream parlour/soda fountain was built on center street near 4th? Remember a time before traffic lights on center street when there was not a MiceyD's in the Frontier House? Remember the BunJo motel & the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge? Go ahead & add your own!!! & share some of these with a friend who can relate, then share it with someone that missed out on them. Your fellow researcher, Susan Susan McMackin Reynolds Photo-Journal Specialist ~ helping ANYONE to turn memories, memorabilia & photos into a lasting legacy. Contact me for any help you need. Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer - http://raogk.rootsweb.com