Do you remember? (part 2)- Long post

Tim S

New Member
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!
 

Jon

New Member
Tim,

How old are you????


Yes I remember all of that and yes it was the best of times then and should be now too, but for many there is no mom or dad at home.

It is against the law to spank you kid so how is he/she to learn, if you yell at them, even NO you go to jail if a neighbor calls the cops.

Oh you forgot one of my favorite games with the group, SPIN THE BOTTLE and the girl it pointed to had to kiss us, OH YES, what fun that was indeed.

How about going to the beach and riding the waves, what about the malt shop with real ice cream. the salt water taffy and watching it made ( if you live close to the beach or went often).

I remember our house was directly in the flight path of Douglas Aircraft Co. and during the Korean War fighter plans were taking off all day and night as they rolled off the production line.

Nickle phone calls, bus ride cost a nickle also. I had a paper route and on Sunday I had this Red wagon with the words Los Angeles Times on it and pulled it around the neighborhood selling Sunday Times for a quarter which I got a nickle a paper. Big money indeed.

If you know California it was not wall to wall cities and there were only a couple freeways, a ride in the country with my parents and Grandmothers was a whole day affair, stopping at the melon fields and bringing a water melon home, or strawberries and other goodies.

Not to bore all of you but I would love to find a small town like that and move there for my retirement, or now for that matter.

Never having to lock our doors and if a neighbor needed eggs or milk just come in and help yourself to it, pay back next week when it is delivered.

Oh do I long for the good old days. Yet they are gone forever except in movies and memories.
 

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