-Caveat Lector- Got this in my email, goes well with Bill Richer's email "100 years ago." Tenorlove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > Remember... > > Before the Internet or the MAC > Before semi automatics 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? > 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' lightning 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 and 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, every day. > 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. > > 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 your nose" with 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!!!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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