-----Original Message-----
From: Debi Thomas [mailto:dthomas@zeh.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:21 AM
To: Kay Callendar; Sandy Schmidt
Subject: A Trip Down Memory Lane


This may have been around before, but it makes you feel good when you read
it.


>> > > A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

> > > > 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.
> > > > The Good Humor man,
> > > > Red light, Green light.
> > > > Chocolate milk,
> > > > Lunch tickets,
> > > > Penny candy in a brown paper bag.
> > > >
> > > > Playin' Pinball in the corner store.
> > > > Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch
> > ; > Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
> > > > Mother May I?
> > > > Red Rover and Roly Poly
> > > > Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
> > > > Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits
> > > > Wax Lips and Mustaches
> > > > Running through the sprinkler
> > > > The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....
> > > >
> > > > Wait......
> > > > Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road Runner,
> > > > He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs,
> > > > Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio
> > > >
> > > > Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,
> > > > Playin sling shot.
> > > > When around the corner seemed far away,
> > > > And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
> > > >
>  > > Bedtime, Climbing trees,
> > > > An ice cream cone on a warm summer night
> > > > Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan
> > > > A lemon coke from the fountain at the corner drug store
> > > > 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
> > > > 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...
> > > > Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar
> > > >
> > > > 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 it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had
>one.
> > > >
> > > > 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
>miracle.
> > > > When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks?
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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!!!
> > > >
> > > > 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, then
>share it  with someone that missed out on them.
> > > >