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I recieved this in an email off my cousin..... just knew you would all love it!
Just for a minute, forget everything stressful
> and read this...............
>
> Close your eyes and go back in time...
>
> Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
>
> Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....
>
> Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>
> Way back........
>
> I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>
> The corner shop.
>
> Hopscotch.
>
> Butterscotch.
>
> Skipping.
>
> Handstands.
>
> Football with an old can.
>
> Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the menace.
>
> Roly Poly.
>
> Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
>
> The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
>
> Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
>
>
> An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune
>-
>
> Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a
> screwball
>
> Wait......
>
> Watching Saturday morning cartoons at the Pictures ABC....short
>commercials,
>
>
> The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, ZeebedeeTiswas or Swapshop?,
>and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for Doctor Who.
>
>
> When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
> going somewhere.
>
>
> Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.
>
> Sticky fingers.
>
>
> Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>
>
> Climbing trees.
>
> Building igloos out of snow banks.
>
> Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
>
>
> Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach
> hurt.
>
> Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
>
>
> Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
>
> Being tired from playing....remember that?
>
>
> The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
>
> Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>
>
> Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>
> Choppers and Grifters
>
>
> Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
>
> Remember when...
>
>
> There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and
>
> Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore
> them was at school was for P.E.
>
> You knew everyone in your street - and so did
> your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
>
> You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
>
>
> When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>
> When 25p was decent pocket money
>
>
> When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
>
> When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the
> kids got there from school.
>
>
> It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
>
> When it was considered a great privilege to be
> taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
>
>
> When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
> them or use them to carry groceries and do errands yet nobody, not even the
> kid, thought a thing of it.
>
> When being sent to the head'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. parents and
> grandparents were a much bigger threat! - and some of us are still afraid of
> them!!
>
> Didn't that feel good?
>
>
> Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>
> Remember when....
>
>
> Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Sh** "
>
> "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the
> fastest.
>
>
> Money issues were handled by whoever was the
> banker in "Monopoly".
>
> The worst thing you could catch from the opposite
> sex was germs.
>
> And the worst thing in your day was having to sit
> next to one.
>
> It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123'
> wasn't an Olympic event.
>
> Having a weapon in school, meant being caught
> with a catapult.
>
>
> Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>
> Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>
>
> Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable
> aspirin.
>
> Ice cream was considered a basic food group
>
>
> Getting a foot of snow was a dream.
>
> 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...
Just for a minute, forget everything stressful
> and read this...............
>
> Close your eyes and go back in time...
>
> Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
>
> Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....
>
> Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>
> Way back........
>
> I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>
> The corner shop.
>
> Hopscotch.
>
> Butterscotch.
>
> Skipping.
>
> Handstands.
>
> Football with an old can.
>
> Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the menace.
>
> Roly Poly.
>
> Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
>
> The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
>
> Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
>
>
> An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune
>-
>
> Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a
> screwball
>
> Wait......
>
> Watching Saturday morning cartoons at the Pictures ABC....short
>commercials,
>
>
> The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, ZeebedeeTiswas or Swapshop?,
>and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for Doctor Who.
>
>
> When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
> going somewhere.
>
>
> Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.
>
> Sticky fingers.
>
>
> Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>
>
> Climbing trees.
>
> Building igloos out of snow banks.
>
> Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
>
>
> Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach
> hurt.
>
> Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
>
>
> Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
>
> Being tired from playing....remember that?
>
>
> The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
>
> Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>
>
> Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>
> Choppers and Grifters
>
>
> Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
>
> Remember when...
>
>
> There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and
>
> Dunlop Green Flash - and the only time you wore
> them was at school was for P.E.
>
> You knew everyone in your street - and so did
> your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
>
> You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
>
>
> When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>
> When 25p was decent pocket money
>
>
> When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
>
> When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the
> kids got there from school.
>
>
> It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
>
> When it was considered a great privilege to be
> taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
>
>
> When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
> them or use them to carry groceries and do errands yet nobody, not even the
> kid, thought a thing of it.
>
> When being sent to the head'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. parents and
> grandparents were a much bigger threat! - and some of us are still afraid of
> them!!
>
> Didn't that feel good?
>
>
> Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>
> Remember when....
>
>
> Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Sh** "
>
> "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the
> fastest.
>
>
> Money issues were handled by whoever was the
> banker in "Monopoly".
>
> The worst thing you could catch from the opposite
> sex was germs.
>
> And the worst thing in your day was having to sit
> next to one.
>
> It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123'
> wasn't an Olympic event.
>
> Having a weapon in school, meant being caught
> with a catapult.
>
>
> Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>
> Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>
>
> Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable
> aspirin.
>
> Ice cream was considered a basic food group
>
>
> Getting a foot of snow was a dream.
>
> 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...
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