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Remember!!!!!!!!!!!! A nickel to run an errand??????? Nobody but me is that old Bob A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith S. Love" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:12 AM Subject: Re: NOT PD Do you remember? 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: >>>> > 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......... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lanny D. 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