Between this and the Eight O'Clock coffee talk, I'm reliving some memories
I received the following in an e-mail, the scary thing is, I remember most of these.
This caused me to smile/laugh and even giggle with memories!!!
> Close your eyes...And go back...
>
> ....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
>
> ....Before semi-automatics and crack....
>
> ....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
>
> ....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
>
> ....way back....
>
> ....way.....way.....way back.....
>
> I'm talkin' bout
>
> Hide and seek at dusk
>
> Red light, Green light
>
> Red Rover....Red Rover.....
>
> Playing kickball & dodgeball until the first, no second, no third
> streetlight came on
>
> Ring around the Rosie
>
> London Bridge
>
> Hot potato
>
> Hop Scotch
>
> Jump rope
>
> Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
>
> YOU'RE IT!!
>
> Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled) for you to come
> home - no pagers or cell phones
>
> Mother May I?
>
> Hula Hoops
>
> Seeing shapes in the clouds
>
> Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C) with the windows open
>
> The sound of crickets
>
> Running through the sprinkler
>
> Happy Meals
>
> Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
>
> Cracker jacks with the same thing
>
> Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend
>
> ...but wait.....there's more....
>
> Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
>
> Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man,
> Schoolhouse Rock
>
> Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello, Three Stooges)
>
> Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
>
> FONZIE.....AYYYYYYYY
>
> Playing Dukes of Hazard
>
> Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
>
> Christmas morning
>
> Your first day of school
>
> Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
>
> Climbing trees
>
> Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
>
> Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
>
> A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
>
> Jumpin' down the steps
>
> Jumpin' on the bed
>
> Pillow fights
>
> Sleep-overs
>
> A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were
> RICH
>
> Runnin' till you were out of breath
>
> Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
>
> Being tired from PLAYING
>
> WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
>
> Your first crush
>
> Your first kiss (I mean the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your
> eyes OPEN
>
> Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in the
> classroom, Remember that?
>
> Oh, I'm not finished yet....
>
> Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
>
> So was a swig from the hose
>
> Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
>
> Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
>
> Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
>
> When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
>
> When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance; and another quarter a MIRACLE
>
> 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 your parents took you to McDonalds and you were COOL
>
> When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate
> that awaited you 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!"
>
> Well, let's keep going!!
>
> Let's go back to the time when...
>
> Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
>
> Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
>
> "Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
>
> Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
>
> Catching 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. (CRAP! I'm officially old!)
>
> The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
>
> Nobody was prettier than Mom
>
> Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made better
>
> It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides
> at the amusement park.
>
> Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
>
> Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
>
> Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
>
> The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
>
> Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
>
> Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest
> protector.
>
> If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
>
> Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
> life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!
Of course there was lots of chatter in between keeping me from coming home when picking up/dropping off various kids...
