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From: D.J.J.< >
Subject: Re: REMEMBER WHEN
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:25:45 -0400 (EDT)


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.
                                              Eatin'
a 'super dooper sandwich',
                       Red
light, Green light.
                                              Chocolate
milk, Lunch tickets,
                       Penny
candy in a brown paper bag.
                                              Hopscotch,
butterscotch, doubledutch
                       Jacks,
kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
                                              Mother,
May I?
                                              Hula
Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
                       Jaw
breakers, blowpops, Mary Janes,
                                              Running
through the sprinkler
                                              (I
can't get wet! all right, well don't wet my
                                                hair....)
                       The
smell of the sun and lickin' salty
lips....
                                              Wait......
                                              Catchin'
lightening bugs in a jar,
                       Playin
sling shot and Red Rover.
                                                When
around the corner seemed far away,
                       And
going downtown seemed like going
                                                somewhere.
                                              Bedtime,
Climbing trees,
                                              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
                                              Being
tickled to death
                                              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...
                                              What
about the girl that had the big bubbly                
      hand writing??
                                              Licking
the beaters when your mother made a                  
    cake.
                                              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.
                                              One
can't be serious ALL the time, eh?
                                          Remember
when...
                                          When
there were two types of sneakers for girls              
        and boys,
                                          Keds
& Flyers, and the only time you wore them              
    at school, was for "gym."
                                            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 huge bonus.
                                            When
you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a
penny.
                      When
girls neither dated nor kissed until late
high
                     school
                                            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.
                                        Disapproval
of our parents and grandparents                   was
a much bigger threat!!

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