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   So many good things to remember :)   
      
   Thanks for sharing.   
      
      
   "cafba"  wrote in message   
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   > My apologies if you have seen this before but I thought it was worth   
   > repeating!   
   >   
   > When Mom was at home when the kids got home from school; when nobody   
   > owned a purebred dog; when a quarter was a decent allowance, and   
   > another quarter a huge bonus?   
   >   
   > When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had   
   > their hair done and wore high heels; when you got your windshield   
   > cleaned, oil checked and gas pumped without asking, all for free, every   
   > time and you didn't pay for air?   
   >   
   > Remember when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to   
   > dinner at a real restaurant with your parents; when the worst thing you   
   > could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test or chew   
   > gum; when a '72 Camaro was everyone's dream car or watching the   
   > submarine races?   
   >   
   > And no one ever asked where the car keys were because 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 ......... "   
   >   
   > Remember jumping waves at the lake for hours in that cold water; and   
   > playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the   
   > game, because 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, because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect   
   > stranger.   
   >   
   > And with all our progress, don't you wish, just once, you could slip   
   > back in time and savor the slower pace and share it with the children   
   > of today.   
   >   
   > Remember when being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared   
   > to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home?   
   >   
   >   
   > Go back with me for a minute....   
   >   
   > Before the Internet...   
   >   
   > Before semi automatics and crack...   
   >   
   > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...   
   >   
   > Way back....   
   >   
   > I'm talking about hide and go seek at dusk, red light, green light,   
   > kick the can, playing kickball & dodge ball until your porch light came   
   > on...and mother may I, red rover, hula hoops, running through the   
   > sprinkler...   
   >   
   > And... Christmas morning; your first day of school; goodnight kisses;   
   > climbing trees; getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck; a million   
   > mosquito bites and sticky fingers; jumping on the bed; pillow fights;   
   > running till you were out of breath laughing so hard your stomach hurt;   
   > being tired from playing; ...remember that?   
   >   
   > I'm not finished yet....   
   >   
   > Kool-Aid was the drink of summer; doubling your friends on your handle   
   > bars; wearing your new shoes on the first day of school and class field   
   > trips.   
   >   
   > Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!   
   >   
   > I want to go back to the time when decisions were made by going   
   > "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"...and mistakes were corrected by simply   
   > exclaiming, "do it over!"   
   >   
   > "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest; money issues were   
   > handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly.   
   >   
   > Being old referred to anyone over 20 and the worst thing you could   
   > catch from the opposite sex was cooties. Scrapes and bruises were   
   > kissed and made better; it was a big deal to finally be tall enough to   
   > ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park; getting a foot of   
   > snow was a dream come true!   
   >   
   > Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles;   
   > the worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team; water   
   > balloons were the ultimate weapon...and older siblings were the worst   
   > tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.   
   >   
   > If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!   
   >   
   >   
   > author unknown!   
   >   
      
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