Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > > > REMEMBER.... > > > > > > When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in the > > >bathrooms, flunk a test or chew gum. And the banquets were in the > cafeteria > > >and we danced to a juke box later, and all the girls wore fluffy pastel > > >gowns and the boys wore suits for the first time and we were allowed to > > >stay out till 12 p.m. > > > > > > When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car. . . to cruise, > peel > > >out, lay rubber and watch drag races, and people went steady and girls > wore > > >a class ring with an inch of wrapped dental floss or yarn coated with > > >pastel frost nail polish so it would fit her finger. > > > > > > And no one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause they > were > > >always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked. And > > >you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the doors at home, > since > > >no one ever had a key. > > > > > > Remember lying on your back on the grass with your friends > and > > >saying things like " That cloud looks like a... " > > > > > > And playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the > > >rules of the game. Back then, baseball was not a psychological group > > >learning experience-it was a game. > > > > > > Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps > > >and hermetic seals 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a perfect > > >stranger. > > > > > > And...with all our progress...don't you just wish...just > > >once...you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace...and share > it > > >with the children of the 80's and 90's ...... > > > > > > So send this on to someone who can still remember > Drew, > > >The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The > > >Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and > > >Buttermilk as well as the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, and > > >summers filled with bike rides, playing in cowboy land, baseball games, > > >bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But > > >we all survived because their love was greater than the threat. > > > > > > Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I > > >remember that! > > > > > > And was it really that long ago? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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