Let's go back....... 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 ice cream man, Eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich',
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, Jolly Ranchers, Blowpops, Mary Janes,
Grape and Watermelon Now & Laters (what about "Alexander the grape," "lemonheads").
Running through the sprinkler...
The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips...
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man,
The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
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, 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?
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 hand writing??
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar, 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.
One can't be serious ALL the time, eh?
    

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 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.
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!

I want to 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 the 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.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball
and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was magic when Dad would "remove" his thumb.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed 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.
Grampa said pull his finger.
Grandma would hide cookies for you.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare".
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group. (You mean it isn't???!!!?)
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
    

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!!