A Walk Down Memory Lane.
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This is so neat!
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.
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, double Dutch
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
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' 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 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
************************************************** *************************
Stephen McCourt
Business Analyst
WAWA, Inc.
610-358-8116
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.
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, double Dutch
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
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' 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 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
************************************************** *************************
Stephen McCourt
Business Analyst
WAWA, Inc.
610-358-8116
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08-17-2000, 03:34 PM
Unfortunately for many who will read this here, they'll be unable to relate to any of the message. But that's okay it'll give those who can a good excuse to talk to them
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Yea I have been a little irritable lately, fortunately most of the text I do is more manipulated than typed. (My typing is that bad.)
It seems the learning curve of my new atving web site software has been getting to me. But it’s coming along click by click, and I do seem to be gaining ground on Macintosh desktop publishing. (Sheer processor power and simplicity)
It seems the learning curve of my new atving web site software has been getting to me. But it’s coming along click by click, and I do seem to be gaining ground on Macintosh desktop publishing. (Sheer processor power and simplicity)
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08-17-2000, 10:08 PM
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08-18-2000, 12:34 PM
Greetings,
Your post really did bring back some good memories of simple pleasures -- increasingly rare these days. One of the reasons I'm so adamant about taking my kids out to our farm is to reinforce the other side of life -- the one that doesn't take a ton of money or technology to enjoy. Kids will really get a kick out of fire flys, animal tracks, collecting leaves and the like if given a chance.
Last year I mowed a maze into an old hay field and the kids had a better time than they ever had at Six Flags.
Conversely, I just took them shopping for school supplies -- does it really take $75 a piece to get a kid ready for elementary school.
I especially liked the remberence of those candy lips and mustaches -- hadn't thought of those in years. The whole thing gave me a real quiet spot in the day, hard to get back to work.
Your post really did bring back some good memories of simple pleasures -- increasingly rare these days. One of the reasons I'm so adamant about taking my kids out to our farm is to reinforce the other side of life -- the one that doesn't take a ton of money or technology to enjoy. Kids will really get a kick out of fire flys, animal tracks, collecting leaves and the like if given a chance.
Last year I mowed a maze into an old hay field and the kids had a better time than they ever had at Six Flags.
Conversely, I just took them shopping for school supplies -- does it really take $75 a piece to get a kid ready for elementary school.
I especially liked the remberence of those candy lips and mustaches -- hadn't thought of those in years. The whole thing gave me a real quiet spot in the day, hard to get back to work.
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