I remember quite a few, and fond memories; not truly wanting to go back all those years and have to relive life's trials and tribulations, but I can honestly say we had it better in the fifties and sixties than today's kids have it! my opinion. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Vitulla" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:40 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Looking Back
> > Hello Delma, another good one. I grew up then so I remember most of > these. It's to bad we can't go back. Maybe the world we live in > would be a better place. Thank you for the memories. Thanks for > sharing this. > Original message: > > >> Looking Back >> Yesterday is history. >> Tomorrow is a mystery. >> Today is a gift. >> block quote >> block quote >> 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 >> 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, Tom&Jerry, Heckle & Jeckle, Pink Panther, >> Richochet >> Rabbit, >> Schoolhouse Rock >> Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello, Three Stooges, Tarzan, >> Shirley Temple OR WONDERAMA!!) >> Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos >> Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar >> 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 (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 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. >> 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!!!!!! > > > >> > -- > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. 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