----- Original Message -----
From: Robert T Crook <ccsct@erols.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: A different time
> Do these things sound like something you did?
>
> Close your eyes.....And go back........
> Before the Internet or the MAC,
> Before gun control and crack
>
> Before chronic and indo
> Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
>
> Way back........
>
> I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek (and kick the
can!) 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, double-dutch, Jacks,
kickball,
> dodge-ball, 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 & PF
> 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, if then.
> 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.
> Shooting marbles out of a circle drawn in the
dirt! You actually got to
keep
> them when you did!
> 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!
>
> Thank God I can still remember!!
>
>
From: Robert T Crook <ccsct@erols.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: A different time
> Do these things sound like something you did?
>
> Close your eyes.....And go back........
> Before the Internet or the MAC,
> Before gun control and crack
>
> Before chronic and indo
> Before SEGA or Super Nintendo
>
> Way back........
>
> I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek (and kick the
can!) 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, double-dutch, Jacks,
kickball,
> dodge-ball, 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 & PF
> 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, if then.
> 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.
> Shooting marbles out of a circle drawn in the
dirt! You actually got to
keep
> them when you did!
> 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!
>
> Thank God I can still remember!!
>
>
