AHHHHHHHHHH 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" ride=
s 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 protect=
or
> If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!