Lanny, thank you. Author unknown pretty well covered it, and for a few
minutes I was somewhere else, and it felt good. I'd like to add:
spin the bottle and building sand castles. How about knocking on
people's doors and running away? Or calling the neighbors and making up
something that made them run to take care of it. Or running errands for
people in the neighborhood for five cents. A ten cent bonus and one was
literally rich!
What about the penny candy store! I'm getting younger and healthier by
the minute!
E
May we all walk in the headdress of the sun.
At 09:16 PM 9/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
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Ready for a stroll down memory lane?
Author unknown
Let's go back.......
Close your eyes.....and go back........
Before the Internet or the MAC,
Before semi automatics and crack
Before chronic and India
Before SEA or Super Nintendo
Way back........
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Sittin' on the porch, hot 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, 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 & Bulwinkle,
Fran & Ollie, Spin & Marty.....all in black & white.
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, making forts...
coasters 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, angle 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...
paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes of Lincoln and Washington....
the smell of paste, buck bags, and Evening in Paris.......
Crowding around in a circle around 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, popcorn balls, sock hops & hay
rides.
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 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 and wore high heels.
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 being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
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 white 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 and
girls wore a class ring with an inch of wrapped dental floss coated
with
pastel frost nail polish so it would fit her finger.
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 a child 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, 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.........
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Lanny D. Weddel
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