Before the Internet or the MAC,
Way back........
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Running through the sprinkler (I can't get wet! All right, well don't
wet
my hair....)
Wait......
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons,
Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,
Bedtime,
I ain't finished just yet...
Crowding around in a circle around the 'after school fight',
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
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.
One can't be serious ALL the time, eh?
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 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. Our parents and grandparents were a
much bigger threat!
Let's reminisce a while... Close your eyes..... And go back....
Before semi automatics and crack
Before chronic and ind
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
Sittin' on the porch,
Hot bread and butter.
The ice cream man,
Eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich',
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,
Jolly Ranchers, blowpops, Mary Janes,
Grape and Watermelon Now-Laters
(what about "Alexander the grape,"lemonheads")
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....
Mighty Mouse, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
Playin sling shot.
When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
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?
then running when the teacher came