Message-ID: <8319783.1075858976481.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:15:04 -0800 (PST) From: michele.winckowski@enron.com Subject: Remember When Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Winckowski, Michele X-To: X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \TLOKEY (Non-Privileged)\Misc. X-Origin: Lokey-T X-FileName: TLOKEY (Non-Privileged).pst I do remember most of these things. Have a great day. MW > > -- > Nice thoughts ..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are old enough...take a stroll with me...close your > > > > > > > eyes...and go back...before the Internet...before > > > > > > > semiautomatics and crack...before SEGA or Super > > > > > > > Nintendo...way back... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm talking' bout hide and go seek at dusk. Sitting' on the > > > > > > > porch, Simon Says, Kick the Can, Red light, Green light. > > > > > > > Lunch boxes with a thermos...chocolate milk, going home for > > > > > > > lunch, penny candy from the store, hopscotch, butterscotch, > > > > > > > skates with keys, Jacks, Mother May I? Hula Hoops and > > > > > > > sunflower seeds, Whist and Old Maid and Crazy Eights, wax > > > > > > > lips and mustaches, Mary Janes, saddle shoes and Coke bottles > > > > > > > with the names of cities on the bottom, running through the > > > > > > > sprinkler, circle pins, bobby pins, Mickey Mouse Club, Rocky > > > > > > > & Bullwinkle, Fran & Ollie, Spin & Marty...all in black & > > > > > > > white. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When around the corner seemed far away, and going downtown > > > > > > > seemed like going somewhere. Bedtime, climbing trees, > > > > > > > making forts...backyard shows, lemonade stands, Cops and > > > > > > > Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, sittin' on the curb, staring > > > > > > > at clouds, jumping down the steps, jumping on the bed, > > > > > > > pillow fights, getting "company," ribbon candy, angel hair > > > > > > > on the Christmas tree, Jackie Gleason, white gloves, walking > > > > > > > to church, walking to the movie theater, being tickled to > > > > > > > death, running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard > > > > > > > that your stomach hurt, being tired from playin' ... > > > > > > > Remember that? Not steppin' on a crack or you'll break your > > > > > > > mother's back...paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes of > > > > > > > Lincoln and Washington...the smell of paste in school and > > > > > > > Evening in Paris. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What about the girl that had the big bubbly handwriting, who > > > > > > > dotted her "i's" with hearts?? The Stroll, popcorn balls, & > > > > > > > sock hops...Remember when...there were two types of > > > > > > > sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyer) and the only > > > > > > > time you wore them at school was for "gym." And the girls > > > > > > > had those ugly uniforms. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up. When > > > > > > > nearly everyone's 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 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 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. 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 the worst thing you > > > > > > > could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test > > > > > > > or chew gum. And the prom was in the auditorium and we > > > > > > > danced to an orchestra, and all the girls wore pastel gowns > > > > > > > and the boys wore suits for the first time and we stayed out > > > > > > > all night. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel > > > > > > > out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went > > > > > > > steady and girls wore a class ring with an inch of wrapped > > > > > > > dental floss or yarn coated with pastel frost nail polish so > > > > > > > it would fit her finger. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And no one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause 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..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the > > > > > > > rules of the game. Back then, 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 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a > > > > > > > perfect stranger. And...with all our progress...don't you > > > > > > > just wish...just once...you could slip back in time and > > > > > > > savor the slower pace...and share it with the children of > > > > > > > the 80's and 90's ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy > > > > > > > Drew, The Bobsy Twins, The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, > > > > > > > Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, > > > > > > > The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and > > > > > > > Buttermilk...as well as the sound of a reel mower on Saturday > > > > > > > morning, and summers filled with bike rides, playing in cowboy > > > > > > > land, baseball games, bowling and visits to the pool...and > > > > > > > eating Kool-aid powder with sugar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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! But > > > > > > > we all survived because their love was greater than the > threat. > > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/