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remember when - Posted on 2006-08-07 16:01:20

daisyduke
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Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............... Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joyriders 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. Fingerbob. 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 screwball. Wait...... Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks. Children's Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang, Tomorrow People, Tiswas 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. Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Making 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 on roundabouts, 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. Vimto and Jubbly lollies Remember when... There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash The only time you wore them at School was for P.E. And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsoles 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 Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo's. Top Trumps. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. 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 being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving pupil 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 t" "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 come true. 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 life... I DOUBLE-DARE YOU

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	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-07 16:30:09
dub 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, September 16, 2005 Posts: 603 Location: . United Kingdom	So true, skiting down the side of a grass embankment on a piece of cardboard not thinking about the fact theres bugger all stopping you from falling in the ditch at the bottom was far more exciting compared to the new sled game on x box !!

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-08 09:13:03
gfisher 1300cc Superstar Joined: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 Posts: 2725 Location: Glasgow United Kingdom	was doing ok remembering all these till it got to pocket money mine was in shillings(if I was lucky) or more usually pennies. a sixpence was enough to get a pile of sweeties. a coke was a real treat and only from a proper shaped glass bottle.

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-08 09:24:44
The_Drifter 1300cc Superstar Joined: Monday, January 24, 2005 Posts: 967 Location: Harare Zimbabwe	AH, those were the days!!!!!!! Kinda makes me sad that the young ones of today will miss all that!

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-08 13:49:09
bear 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, October 29, 2004 Posts: 5790 Location: cumbria United Kingdom	sod em they wouldnt thank you for it anyway.....

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-08 19:52:25
daisyduke 1300cc Superstar Joined: Saturday, February 04, 2006 Posts: 4574 Location: Bolton United Kingdom	that is true bear, they would rather just kick rugby balls at big hairy bikers, and then hide behind their dads lol

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-09 08:32:46
suzuki_goddess 1300cc Superstar Joined: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Posts: 2318 Location: Jersey United Kingdom	those were the days indeed!

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-09 08:39:13
welshlamb 1300cc Superstar Joined: Monday, April 24, 2006 Posts: 699 Location: wales United Kingdom	happy days they were!!!!

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-09 08:41:00
darcey 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, October 29, 2004 Posts: 3114 Location: Lincolnshire United Kingdom	have tried to give all that to bertie even though times have changed...when you think about it ..it didnt cost money so it must be time we are short of now. We didnt have any money at all for a long time and t was frowned onto spend a lot on toys so where does all this come from now.

	remember when - Posted on 2006-08-09 08:44:45
darcey 1300cc Superstar Joined: Friday, October 29, 2004 Posts: 3114 Location: Lincolnshire United Kingdom	wooden toys and home made things were frowned on...but now they are the most expensive...crazy world!

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