REMEMBER WHEN..........

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.
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch,
Hot bread and butter.
Eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich (Dagwood),
Red light, Green light.
Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets,
Penny candy in a brown paper bag.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch,
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
Mother, May I?

Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
Jaw breakers, blowpops, Mary Janes.
Running through the sprinkler (I can't get wet!
All right, well don't wet my hair....)
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....

Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,
Playin sling shot and Red Rover.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
Bedtime, Climbing trees,
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,
Being tickled to death,
Runnin till you were out of breath,
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?
What about the girl that had the big bubbly hand writing??
Licking the beaters when your mother made a cake.
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.

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 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 huge bonus.
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.

Disapproval of our parents and grandparents was a much
bigger threat!
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