> 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.
> 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.
>
> Remember ,,,,.
> 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!
