WELL WORTH THE READ........Take a minute...
Close your eyes.....And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the MAC, Before semiautomatics
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.
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.
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds, Red Rover and Roly Poly, 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.
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 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
Running 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.
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 you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
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.
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 fear
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!
Close your eyes.....And go back in time....
Before the Internet or the MAC, Before semiautomatics
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.
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.
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds, Red Rover and Roly Poly, 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.
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 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
Running 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.
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 you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
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.
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 fear
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!