JUST REALLY......REMEMBER......!!!


Enjoy The Trip!

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-seek
at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch.
Hot Home Made bread and butter.
The ice cream man,
Simon Says.
Kick the Can.!!
Red light, Green light.
Lunch Boxes with a Thermos . . .
that broke.
Chocolate milk.
Lunch tickets.
Penny candy from the corner store.

Hopscotch, butterscotch,
skates with keys.
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball,
Dixie peach and
Bonnie Doon socks,
Mother May I?

Hula Hoops and
Sunflower Seeds,
Whist and Old Maid and
Crazy Eights.
Wax lips and mustaches,
Mary Janes,
saddle shoes and
Coke bottles
with the names of cities
on the bottom.

Running through the sprinkler,
circle pins, bobby pins,
Mickey Mouse Club,
Crusader Rabbit,
Rocky & Bullwinkle,
Fran & Ollie,
Spin & Marty ...
all in black & white.
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar.
And Putting Them In
"Our Room"
to light up the room at night

Playing slingshot.

When around the corner
seemed far away.
And going downtown
seemed like going Somewhere.

Seeing a Juke box for the first time

Bedtime,
climbing trees,
making forts ...
When I was little
I used to use
an old cardboard box
to slide down a hill
in the winter
instead of the "sleds"
they use now,
if that is what you call them!!!

Coaster made from orange crates
and an old skate.
Backyard Shows.
Lemonade stands.
Cops and Robbers,
Cowboys and Indians,
Sittin' on the curb,
Staring at clouds,
Jumpin' down the steps,
Jumping on the bed.
Pillow fights, "company",

Ribbon candy,
angel hair on the
Christmas tree,
Mary Martin as "Peter Pan",
Jackie Gleason as
"the poor soul",
White gloves,
walking to church,
walking to the library.
Being tickled to death.
Running till you were out of breath.
Laughing so hard that
your stomach hurt.

Being tired from Playin' . . .
Remember that?
Not steppin' on a crack . . .
or you'll break your mother's back . .

A circle for the
'after school fight',
then running when
the teacher came.

What about the girl
that had the big
bubbly handwriting ...
who dotted her "i's" with hearts??
Bob parties,
slam books, The Stroll.

Remember when . . .
When there were
two types of sneakers
for girls and boys
(Keds & PF Flyer)
and the only time
you wore them at school,
was for "gym"!!!
... with those
great blue and white
gym uniforms!!

When it took five minutes
for the TV to warm up.
When nearly everyone's Mom
was at home
when the kids
got home from school.


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
and wore high heels.

Do You Remember The Pepsi Girl???

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 pizza wasn't delivered . . .
and chicken was . . .

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 the worst thing
you could do at school
was smoke in the bathrooms!!!


flunk a test,
or chew gum.

And the prom was in the gym
and you danced to an orchestra,
and all the girls
wore pastel gowns
and the boys
wore dinner jackets and
paid for dinner.

When a '57 Chevy was
everyone's dream car . . .


to cruise the strip,
peel-out,
lay rubber,
or watch submarine races,
and people went steady,

girls wore a class ring
with an inch of wrapped dental floss
(or tape) coated with
pastel frost nail polish
so it would fit her finger.

And no one ever asked
where the car keys were
'cause they were always in the car,
in the ignition,
and the doors were
never locked and
you got in big trouble
if you accidentally
locked the doors at home.
No one ever had a key...

And lying on your back
on the grass
with your friends
and saying things like,
"That cloud looks like a . . ."

And playing baseball
on the empty corner lot
with no adults to
help kid with
the rules of the game.
Then . . .
baseball was not a
psychological group learning experience,
it was a game...

Sonny and Cher!!!
On Sunday Nights



WHAT ABOUT THE BEATLES!!!



Remember when


stuff from the market came
without safety caps
and hermetic seals '
cause no one had yet tried to
poison a perfect stranger.

Remember when

OUT--HOUSE'S!!...WHHOOOOOO
The Smell-The Spiders!!
Old Newspapers??(haha)
(ouch)


"I have been saying I would
love to go back
to the old
out door toilets
and running water
only if you
had it in a bucket
and was running with
it (ha ha) I think we were all
a lot happier back then."

Thanks~Adelle
For Reminding Me
To Put In the
Outhouse!!!



And . . .
With All Our Progress . . .
Don't You Just Wish . . .
Just Once...

You could slip back in time
and savor the slower pace . . .

and share it
with The Children of the 80's and 90's . . .


So send this on to someone
who can still remember
Nancy Drew,
The Hardy Boys,
Trixie Belden,
Laurel & Hardy,
Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery;
The Lone Ranger,
The Shadow knows . . .,
Nellie Belle,

Roy and Dale, Trigger and
Buttermilk . . .

As well as the sound of a rotary mower
on Saturday morning,
and summers filled with bike rides,
treasure hunts,
baseball games, bowling,
and visits to the local public pool ..
And be safe from sickness!!!

Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
off the end of your licked finger.

DECISIONS WERE MADE BY GOING
"One potato, two potato.."
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 FAIR.
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-OX-IN-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.
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA
TO SEND THIS ON TO "OLE" FRIENDS
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!

But we all survived
because their
LOVE
was greater than the threat.


Didn't That Feel Great...

Just To Go Back and Say,

"Yeah, I REMEMBER That!!!"?????


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