Close your eyes.....And go back....
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...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, 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, everyday.
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" 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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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...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, 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, everyday.
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" 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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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