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From: Debi Thomas [mailto:dthomas@zeh.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:21 AM To: Kay Callendar; Sandy Schmidt Subject: A Trip Down Memory Lane This may have been around before, but it makes you feel good when you read it. << < < A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE < < < < 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. < < < < < < < < Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, then <share it with someone that missed out on them. < < < <
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