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     Greenlantern |
This has probably been posted before but I still wanted to share this with those of you who remember the days before Technology enslaved us and we lost touch with the simpler things. Enjoy..... MEMORIES Close your eyes...And go back... ....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC... ....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari... ....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail... 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 Running through the sprinkler 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 Watchin' Saturday morning cartoons Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man, Schoolhouse Rock, Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar Christmas morning Your first day of school Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky Jumpin' down the steps Pillow fights Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt 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? 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 being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited you at home Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo" Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made better Didn't that feel good? To be able to say, "Yeah, I remember that!"  | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
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| New12r |
I aint even 30 and that was my life growing up......My things have changed. | ||
| Spiderman |
I closed my eyes, but I couldn't read it  | ||
| Danger_dave |
Pass. Gimme a Playstation, 50 channels of cable, digital cameras and an iPod any day. (Message edited by danger_dave on April 06, 2007) | ||
| Greenlantern |
I closed my eyes, but I couldn't read it Always with the snappy banter eh arachnid?  | ||
| Spiderman |
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| Firemanjim |
Sorry,the only cartoon that registered was Roadrunner--now Crusader Rabbit,(extra points if you can tell me Crusader Rabbits buddy-he liked jellybeans)Rocky and Bullwinkle,Bugs Bunny,Tennessee Tuxedo,Space Ghost,now yer talking. How about phone numbers that started with letters, party lines(and I'm not talking political),transistor radios were cool,TV got 3 channels,you bought tubes for repairing it at the 7-11 and they had a tube tester,25 cent matinee on saturday,a paperback book was 40 cents,. Good thing my eyesight is going or I might see how damn old I look---course I am still eighteen in my head. My new firefighter was not born when I was hired---- | ||
| Jerzydevil |
Um, Wonderwoman Under-Roos, I dont think we want to know any more.  | ||
| Dick8008 |
How about riding your bike through giant mud puddles? Wait, I'm willing to bet some of you Uly riders still do that one.... | ||
| Strato9r |
....Tooling up to the confectionary on a CCM Mustang, [Canuck version of a Schwinn Stingray], picking up a copy of Hot Rod Cartoons, an Orange Crush and a pack of baseball cards, [that included a Johnny Bench rookie card; where is it NOW?!]. Still having change from the buck I spent. Getting back home and hearing "Black Magic Woman" on that transistor radio...... Thanx for the reminder to look back once an a while, Randy, you too, 'Jim, much obliged. At the same time, though, I wouldn't trade an Ipod for all the 8-tracks in the world, Dave! {and I have most of those 8-tracks out in my garage, anyway!!!!!] | ||
| Terribletim |
Wow! This sounds like a Tim McGraw song. . .or my childhood in Texas, one of two. I miss lightning bugs. . .  Stupid rainy Washington. My wife has never seen a lightning bug. . . | ||
| Jimidan |
Pass. Gimme a Playstation, 50 channels of cable, digital cameras and an iPod any day. Then there was spin the bottle and other kissing games, and doctor, played after dark...how utterly exciting! Take that Playstation... | ||
| Gmc310 |
Great post , brought back fond memories, I didn't recall seeing street hockey on the list,which I still play to this day , only it's with my three kids , trying to keep them from hitting by bolt with slapshots , Gary | ||
| Strato9r |
Gawd....I just left a street hockey reference on the "$500 Autograph" thread!!! C'mon, grab yer sticks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Gjwinaus |
Does anyone else remember JET JACKSON and has he been seen lately, I would imagine it would be on cable if it was. | ||
| Swampy |
45s, 78s, Reel to reel tape decks... Ipods! Holy Crap they are doing alot with a Whole lotta nuthin' All you have to do is think it..... | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Swimming all day every day every summer until you were so dark you disappeared at night. Leaving after your Froot Loops and not coming back in until lunch. Leaving after lunch and not coming in until dinner. Leaving after dinner and not coming in until the street lights came on. M80s. Not the fake ones. The REAL M80s. Little League for the fun of the game. You played, and win or lose you got a snow cone (grape or cherry). Not travel teams. No competitive parents. Just fun. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
SLUG BUG!!  | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
Camping in the backyard. Going fishing with nightcrawlers you'd caught out of the garden. Contest to see who can spit watermelon seeds the farthest. Daisy Duke, Ginger, MaryAnne, Genie, the real Charlie's Angels, etc... Harry Cary on WGN making a drunkin' spectacle of himself. Being able to go 'Trick of Treating' and the only monsters walking the streets were other kids. | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
Swimming all day every day every summer until you were so dark you disappeared at night In my case it was swimming all day every day until I was so red I glowed at night. "Skin cancer? What's that?" Here's another: Looking forward to my birthday. Ha! (Message edited by mortarmanmike120 on April 07, 2007) | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>Then there was spin the bottle and other kissing games, and doctor, << And then there was internet porn. ;-P (Message edited by danger_dave on April 07, 2007) | ||
| Danger_dave |
Sentimental old softies! Richard Clapton is 'The Godfather of Australian Rock.' he kinda sings songs about Australia like Springsteen sings about the US. This song my mantra: ------------------ Oh! Michael, all the lines are down, it's Australia Day again, Everytime the wheel slows down, I think of all my friends, Whatever happened to the days way back (when) the Bondi Lifesaver was always raging, I'm standing here in Oxford Street, and the ghosts are howlin' and geez it's raining -- CHORUS; I said: "don't waste time. these are the best years of our lives," I said: "don't waste time, these are the best years of our lives." I wish I had been around when the Bondi Icebergs reigned Sometimes I sit and think of it, and I dream of better days, Whatever happened to the days way back, in the nineteen thirties All those endless parties, I'm still too young to understand, how it was back then When the party ends CHORUS; I said: "don't waste time. these are the best years of our lives," I said: "don't waste time, these are the best years of our lives." They say the circle turns around, there'll be better days, And I don't mind waiting I wish time had stopped ten years ago, But I'm learning slowly, life is always changing. CHORUS; I said: "don't waste time. these are the best years of our lives," I said: "don't waste time, these are the best years of our lives." I got a letter from Doctor Pepper, ten thousand words to the page, He was talking about Gurdjieff, and I dozed off about half way, Whatever happened to the days way back, when the world was safe And it seemed worth saving, We search for leaders on our hands and knees But don't ask David, 'cos he's still crazy! CHORUS; I said: "don't waste time. these are the best years of our lives," I said: "don't waste time, these are the best years of our lives." ------------------ mmmmmm Ginger and maryanne mmmmmmmmm | ||
| Brumbear |
Oh the thoughts of afternoon world series games, transister radios, CBers, click clacks, The six million dollar man (today wouldn't get him 3 fingers and a hand puppet), Amazingly enough gouchos are back and those yoko ono glasses also those jive hats you know the ones, Well I here my mom calling gotta go HEY ANTONY ITS PRINCE SPEGETTI DAY and time to catch welcome back kotter | ||
| Slaughter |
...hearing a song on the radio that you just HAD TO HAVE and then stopping at the record store to grab it when it came out - and being surprised at what was on the "flip side." | ||
| Buellshyter |
Drive-In movie theatres | ||
| Brumbear |
my first motorcycle a 1970 honda ct70 automatic and THE OTHER DAY MY MOTHER SAYS I STILL GET THAT LITTLE BOY GRIN WHEN I RIDE 32 years later. THANKS FOR LETTING ME GET THAT 1ST ONE MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>and being surprised at what was on the "flip side."<< Name one - without digging it out. I just downloaded mp3s of 2 double albums that I lost the vinyl to - and have been trying to replace - since 1974 - with 3 clicks. 3 day Playlists. The ability to filter out almost all invasive advertising. Video clips. | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>welcome back kotter<< Pulp fiction. | ||
| Slaughter |
Sunshine of your love and SWLABR (Classic Cream - early Clapton) - dull to hear now Paperback Writer and Rain (classic Beatles) - bought it for Paperback Writer but Rain caught me by surprise |
