back in the day

[iturner@entergy.com]

Remember those good ol' days!!! I do. It is those days that makes these days 
worth living.
     
> Subject:      Blast from the Past! 
>
> 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.....
> To the Commodore 64, if you were rich... 
> I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk 
> Hot bread and butter
> The ice cream man (only after dinner) 
> The water ice truck
> Doin' steps
> Red light, Green light
> Pretzel Day at school
> Recess
> Chocolate milk
> Lunch tickets
> The first time you got on the big swings 
> Catch a girl get a girl - OOOOOH!
> Penny candy in a brown paper bag
> Playin' Ms. Pacman in the corner store 
> Hopscotch
> Butterscotch
> Double dutch
> A Chinese rope made from rubber bands 
> Jacks
> Kick ball
> Stick ball
> Dodge ball y'all!
> Mother may I?
> Rainbow ice cream
> Chinese apples
> Candy apples
> Apple Jacks
> Hoola hoops and sunflower seeds
> 10 packs of Kool-Aid for a dollar
> Jolly Ranchers
> Blow pops
> Ring pops
> What about grape and watermelon Now-Laters??
> The water plug (I can't get wet!  Alright well don't wet my hair...) 
> The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips.....
> Wait.....
> Watching Sat. morning cartoons at the foot of the bed while 
eating
> cereal
> Fat Albert
> Tom & Jerry
> Road Runner
> He-man
> Josie and the Pussy Cats
> The Three Stooges on Sunday morning 
> Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
> Playin' tops or sling shot
> When around the corner seemed far away
> And goin' on the avenue seemed like goin' somewhere 
> Block parties (get to stay out past dark)
> Bedtimes
> Climbing trees in the park
> Cornrows with beads and foil
> A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers 
> Cops and robbers
> Cowboys and Indians (we didn't know the real story back then)
> When you wanted a ten-speed Schwinn - but only had a three-speed 
> Huffy.....
> Remember Underoos (one time for Spiderman, Wonder Woman and the Hulk!) 
> And Easy Bake ovens?
> Pogo sticks??
> G. I. Joe with the Kung-Fu Grip
> The cabbage patch craze??!!
> Homemade skateboards
> Sittin' on the curb
> Jumpin' down the steps
> Jumpin' on the bed
> Pillow fights
> Being tickled to death
> Running 'til you were out of breath
> Laughing so hard your stomach really hurt 
> Being tired -- from playing
> Remember that?
     
> We ain't finished just yet.....
> Capn' Crunch and Fruit Loops came way befo' Apple Jacks!!
> What about going to the candy house (dill pickles with a peppermint 
> stick, hot sausages,  pigs feet, pickled eggs, mickey sticks, long 
boys.....)
> What about crowding in a circle around the "after school fight" 
and then running when the teacher came......truueeeee!!!
> What about the girl who had the big-bubbly handwriting??
> "Evil Kneivel" wind-up motorbikes that slid down the sewer 
> "Hot Wheels" race car sets
> "Big Wheels"  (or "green machines" for us po' folk)
> Chemistry Sets (trying to make explosives and getting purple 
stuff)
> Radio Shack (tm) AM/FM radio kits
> Burning ants with a magnifying glass
> Eating honeysuckle off the vine (for tha' country folk) 
> Graham Crackers & milk at noon
> Picking wild blackberries and putting lots sugar on 'em 
(chiggers,ouch!)
> Putting pennies on railroad tracks and watching them get smashed 
> Skipping rocks on a lake
> Catching baby crawdads in a jar
> Tackle football and grass stains
> Piano lessons (yuck!)
> Last, but not least, Saturday afternoon "Sooooooouuuuulllll 
Train!"
> Remember...
> Your moms made you pick out the switch that you was going to 
get whipped with
> You used to think that wrestling was real
> The kid who never wanted to play football with the fellas, but 
chose to jump rope with the girls
> If you acted up, your mother would whip you on the spot  -- no 
matter where you were
> Those people who got Jheri Curls (tm)
> Momma driving past McDonald's everytime 
> "Toughskins"
> When you got a hole in your pants, you didn't get new ones -- 
> you got a patch that didn't match
> Your momma would cook turkey for Thanksgiving and stretch it 
out for 2 weeks until it was gone
> Eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar
> Jumping people's fences to pick plums or oranges or 
pomegranites or...
> The brotha' that had the best break dancing suits --- but 
couldn't dance......
> Somebody getting into a fight every year at the family reunion 
> Having Family Reunions
> Throwing rocks at the neighbor's dog
> How moms burned up the toast, scraped off the black stuff,and 
> said, "A little burnt toast is good for you"
> Asking your father for something after moms already said, 
"No!"
     
> You can't forget...
> "I Ain't Gone Bump No Mo' With a Big Fat Woman?" Joe Tex 
> "Double Dutch Bus Coming Down the Street" Jimmy Smith
> Solid Gold (Dionne Warwick, Marilyn McCoo and ARSENIO HALL) 
> Blade Collars  (don't front)
> Going to bed at 9pm just when the CBS Monday night movie 
was coming on
> DISLIKING the opposite sex
> Stretch Armstrong (for the brotha's)
> Lyte Brite (so as not to neglect the sista's) 
> "Snoopy Come Home"  (who all cried?)
> Going to see any Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby movie AT the theatre 
> 78 speed records played on your sisters plastic Barbie player
> And the first 45 that I bought with my own money:
> "Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes, cuz I'm 
Kurtis Blow and I want you to know that these are the BREAKS..." 
> There's more, but I won't take it to the bridge........
> When you couldn't wait for the Muppets or Sesame Street to come on so 
you could sing along with the characters
> Hope you liked it
>
> (Author Unknown)
     
     
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