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Offline Tonya

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Remember when.....
« on: July 30, 2005, 21:42:26 PM »
Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this....



Go back in time...



Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.



Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....



Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...







Way back........







I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.



The corner shop.



Hopscotch.



Butterscotch.



Skipping.



Handstands.



Football with an old can.



Fingerbobs.



Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the menace.



Roly Poly. Hula Hoops,



The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.



Bazooka Joe bubble gum.





An ice cream cone on a warm summer's night from the van that plays a
tune - Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or
perhaps a screwball, Mivi or Cider lolly or Oyster ice cream!



Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double
Deckers, Banana Splits, Road Runner, He-Man, magic Roundabout, Tiswas
or Swapshop?, and 'Why Don't You'? - Or staying up for Doctor Who and
being terrified of the daleks



When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like

going somewhere.



Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers.
Melted Gas Tar. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.



Climbing trees.



Walking to school, no matter what the weather.



Running till you were out of breath and getting a stitch, laughing so
hard that your stomach hurt.



Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.



Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.



Being tired from playing....remember that?



The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.



Water balloons were the ultimate weapon & playing cards & pegs in the
spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.


Choppers and Grifters





I'm not finished just yet.....





Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Fresh oranges with a sugar
cube stuck in the top.





Remember when...



The only types of trainers were - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash
and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.



You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.



It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.



You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.



When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.



When 25p was decent pocket money



When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.




When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a
real restaurant with your parents.



When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to
carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought anything bad of
it.



When being sent to the head'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. Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! - And some
of us are still afraid of them!!


Remember when ...


Decisions were made by going " One potato, two potato, three potato, four "


Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly".



The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.



And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to 'The One'.


It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't An Olympic
event.



Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a catapult.



Nobody was prettier than Mum.



Srubbishes and bruises were kissed and made better.



Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin!



Ice cream was considered a basic food group



Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true


Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
protectors







If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.




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