Good morning Clappy and all the porchies! A little reflection on the past. Thought this a good place to share this. Hope it hasn't been posted already.
I remember most of it. <g>
Good Ole Days...
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, doubledutch
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.
:0)
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