Golden Fin Society - http://clubs.hemmings.com/goldenfin/ --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kinda...almost.. makes you wish we were living in the 30's - 50's again. This has been thru cyberspace a few times but fun to read once more. > Subject: Memories > > 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, > > Way back... > > 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.... > > Wait...... > 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? > I ain't finished just yet... > What about the girl that had the big bubbly hand writing? > Licking the beaters when your mother made a cake. > > 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! > > 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!!!!! > > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to GoldenFin-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |
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