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This is something that was forwarded to me. Now more than ever, I wish I can go back to those times. Excuse all the arrows but it's just too tedious to take them all out.

>>> >Remember this?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > > Close your eyes ... And go back ...
>>> >
>>> > > > Before the Internet or the MAC
>>> >
>>> > > > Before semi automatics and crack
>>> >
>>> > > > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > Way back...
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
>>> >
>>> > > > Red light,Green light.
>>> >
>>> > > > Playing kickball & dodgeball until the street lights came
>>>on.
>>> >
>>> > > > Mother May I?
>>> >
>>> > > > Red Rover.
>>> >
>>> > > > Hula Hoops.
>>> >
>>> > > > Running through the sprinkler.
>>> >
>>> > > > Happy Meals.
>>> >
>>> > > > Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons.
>>> >
>>> > > > Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages,
>>> >
>>> > > > G-Force & He-Man.
>>> >
>>> > > > The kids from the show Saved By The Bell were your idols,
>>>and all the
>>> >
>>> > > > girls were in love with Zack
>>> >
>>> > > > Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos.
>>> >
>>> > > > Playing Dukes of Hazard.
>>> >
>>> > > > Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar.
>>> >
>>> > > > Christmas morning...
>>> >
>>> > > > Your first day of school.
>>> >
>>> > > > Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses.
>>> >
>>> > > > Climbing trees.
>>> >
>>> > > > Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck.
>>> >
>>> > > > A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers.
>>> >
>>> > > > Jumpin down the steps.
>>> >
>>> > > > Being tired from playin'...
>>> >
>>> > > > Your first crush...
>>> >
>>> > > > Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7Up" in
>>> >
>>> > > > the class room.
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > Remember that?
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > I'm not finished yet...
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > Kool-aid was the drink of summer.
>>> >
>>> > > > Riding your friends on your handle bars.
>>> >
>>> > > > Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
>>> >
>>> > > > Class Field Trips.
>>> >
>>> > > > 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 so
>>>cool.
>>> >
>>> > > > 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.
>>> >
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> > > > I want to go back to the time when...
>>> >
>>> > > > Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo",
>>> >
>>> > > > mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
>>> >
>>> > > > "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
>>> >
>>> > > > Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
>>>Monopoly.
>>> >
>>> > > > Catching the 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.
>>> >
>>> > > > The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
>>>cooties.
>>> >
>>> > > > Nobody was prettier than Mom.
>>> >
>>> > > > Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>>> >
>>> > > > It was no 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 weapon.
>>> >
>>> > > > Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the
>>>fiercest protectors.
>>> >
>>> > > > 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 DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!!!!!!

posted by j.why @ 1:30 AM