Back in the Day.....

* Close your eyes...And go back...
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* ....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
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* ....Before semi-automatics and crack....
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* ....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before
*Atari...
*
* ....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
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* ....way back.... ....way.....way.....way back.....
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* I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
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* Red light, Green light
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* Red Rover....Red Rover.....
* Playing kickball & dodgeball until the
*first...no...second...no...third
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* Streetlight came on
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* Ring around the Rosie
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* London Bridge
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* Hot potato
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* Hop Scotch
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* Jump rope
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* Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
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* YOU'RE IT!!
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* Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled) for
*you to come home - no pagers or cell phones
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* Mother May I?
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* Hula Hoops
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* Seeing shapes in the clouds
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* Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C) with the
*windows open
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* The sound of crickets
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* Running through the sprinkler
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* Happy Meals
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* Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
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* Cracker jacks with the same thing
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* Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend
* ...but wait.....there's more....
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* Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
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* Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force &
*He-Man, Schoolhouse Rock
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* Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello, Three
*Stooges)
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* Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
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* FONZIE.....AYYYYYYYY
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* Playing Dukes of Hazard
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* Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
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* Christmas morning
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* Your first day of school
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* Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
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* Climbing trees
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* Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
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* Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
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* A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
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* Jumpin' down the steps
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* Jumpin' on the bed
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* Pillow fights
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* Sleep-overs
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* A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
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* Runnin' till you were out of breath
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* Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
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* Being tired from PLAYING
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* WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
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* Your first crush
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* Your first kiss (I mean the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED
*and your eyes OPEN)
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* Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in
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* The classroom, Remember that?
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* Oh, I'm not finished yet....
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* Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
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* So was a swig from the hose
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* Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
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* Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
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* Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
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* When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
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* When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance;
* and another quarter a MIRACLE
*
* 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.
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* When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were COOL
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* When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared
*to the fate that awaited you at home.
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* 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! And some
*of us are still afraid of em!
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* Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, "Yeah, I
*remember that!"
*
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* Well, let's keep going!!
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* Let's go back to the time when...
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* Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
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* Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
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* "Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
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* Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
*"monopoly"
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* Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
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* It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
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* Being old, referred to anyone over 20. (CRAP! I'm officially
*old!)
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* The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
*cooties.
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* Nobody was prettier than Mom
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* Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made
*better
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* It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big
*people" rides at the amusement park.
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* Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
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* Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
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* Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for
*giggles.
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* The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
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* Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
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* Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your
*fiercest protector
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* If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
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* Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown
*up" life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!