last post contest
or the boys
04-19-2007, 10:32 AM
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Re: last post contest
here's something most of you will apprieciate:
OK - some one will remember everything on this list,
some will only remember part of the list. Just try to
remember what it was like...
Close your eyes...And go back...
....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
....Before semi-automatics and crack....
....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
....way back....
....way......way.....way back.....
I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red Rover.....
Playing kickball & dodgeball until the
first...no...second...no...third streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot Potato
Hop Scotch
Jump Rope
Duck...Duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Half Ball (pimple *****), Stick Ball & Wiffle Ball
Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled)
for you to come home - no pagers or cell phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the clouds
Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C)
with the windows open
The sound of crickets
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker Jacks with the same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend?
...but wait.....there's more....
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Underdog, The Wacky Races, The Flinstones, The Jetsons,
Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man
Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello,
Three Stooges)
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
Captain Kangaroo, Rex Trailer, Major Mudd and Community Auditions
Ultraman, Kimba the White Lion, The Bob Glover Show, Batman & Dark Shadows
Family Affair with Uncle Bill, Mr. French, Buffy, Jody, Cindy & Mrs. Beasley
My Mother the Car, Adam 12 and Nanny and the Professor
FONZIE.....AYYYYYYYY
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catching lightning bugs in a jar
Christmas Morning
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumping down the steps
Jumping on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday
Visting your Grandparents
A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
Running till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (I mean the one that you kept your
mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or
"Hangman" in the classroom
Remember that? Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
So was a swig from the hose
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
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.
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were COOL
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited you 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!"
Well, let's keep going!!
Let's go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20. (CRAP! I'm officially old!)
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma 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.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
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, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
If you can remember most or all of these,
then you have LIVED!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their
"grown up" life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!
OK - some one will remember everything on this list,
some will only remember part of the list. Just try to
remember what it was like...
Close your eyes...And go back...
....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
....Before semi-automatics and crack....
....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
....way back....
....way......way.....way back.....
I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red Rover.....
Playing kickball & dodgeball until the
first...no...second...no...third streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot Potato
Hop Scotch
Jump Rope
Duck...Duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Half Ball (pimple *****), Stick Ball & Wiffle Ball
Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled)
for you to come home - no pagers or cell phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the clouds
Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C)
with the windows open
The sound of crickets
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker Jacks with the same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend?
...but wait.....there's more....
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Underdog, The Wacky Races, The Flinstones, The Jetsons,
Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man
Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello,
Three Stooges)
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
Captain Kangaroo, Rex Trailer, Major Mudd and Community Auditions
Ultraman, Kimba the White Lion, The Bob Glover Show, Batman & Dark Shadows
Family Affair with Uncle Bill, Mr. French, Buffy, Jody, Cindy & Mrs. Beasley
My Mother the Car, Adam 12 and Nanny and the Professor
FONZIE.....AYYYYYYYY
Playing Dukes of Hazard
Catching lightning bugs in a jar
Christmas Morning
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumping down the steps
Jumping on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday
Visting your Grandparents
A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
Running till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (I mean the one that you kept your
mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or
"Hangman" in the classroom
Remember that? Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
So was a swig from the hose
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
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.
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were COOL
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited you 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!"
Well, let's keep going!!
Let's go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20. (CRAP! I'm officially old!)
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma 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.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
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, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
If you can remember most or all of these,
then you have LIVED!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their
"grown up" life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!
04-19-2007, 10:35 AM
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Re: last post contest
hahah! This is so true. Even till this day!!!!
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
(and younger!!!)
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
(and younger!!!)
04-19-2007, 10:38 AM
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Re: last post contest
Damn...those were the days....playing outside all day. Riding our bikes around the neighborhood like we owned it...man...to go back to that now would be awesome!!!
Yep...and had to be home when the streetlights came on...lol
Yep...and had to be home when the streetlights came on...lol
04-19-2007, 10:40 AM
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Re: last post contest
DITTO! and not a second after....
Last edited by Poptart1478; 04-19-2007 at 10:47 AM.
04-19-2007, 10:58 AM
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Re: last post contest
wanna hear a funny story...........wtf is wrong with people?? I know I have issues but seriously do people think they can do what they want without any consequences??
don't quote this....I'm gonna delete it in a minute
don't quote this....I'm gonna delete it in a minute
Last edited by skillz954; 04-19-2007 at 11:08 AM.
04-19-2007, 10:59 AM
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Re: last post contest
everyday after work seemed like a nice sunny day. i remember rushing home and grabbing my bike and just riding that **** everywhere. riding to my friends house a mile away and never getting tired. him and i riding 2 up down the wicked hills with him standing on the back pegs holding on to my shoulder. ****** a man. i'm seriously depressed now. 
04-19-2007, 11:00 AM
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Re: last post contest
everyday after work seemed like a nice sunny day. i remember rushing home and grabbing my bike and just riding that **** everywhere. riding to my friends house a mile away and never getting tired. him and i riding 2 up down the wicked hills with him standing on the back pegs holding on to my shoulder. ****** a man. i'm seriously depressed now.
04-19-2007, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: last post contest
everyday after work seemed like a nice sunny day. i remember rushing home and grabbing my bike and just riding that **** everywhere. riding to my friends house a mile away and never getting tired. him and i riding 2 up down the wicked hills with him standing on the back pegs holding on to my shoulder. ****** a man. i'm seriously depressed now.
But I think I will be falling asleep at my desk at work.....
Skillz - you need some downtime sweetie!!!!
