Subject: Remember When.... > > 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 > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, then > > > > share it with someone that missed out on them. > > > > > >