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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 234058" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-size: 18px">DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN</span><span style="font-size: 22px"> <span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>...?</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>It took five minutes for the TV warm up? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Nobody owned a purebred dog? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>When a quarter was a decent allowance? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . . and they did? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>No one ever asked where the car keys were </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>because they were always in the car, </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Lying on your back in the grass with your friends </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a "</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>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 today? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>When being sent to the principal's office was nothing </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>compared to the fate that awaited the student at home? </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="color: #880000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>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 survived because their love was greater than the threat. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 234058, member: 1246"] [FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=#880000][SIZE=5]DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN[/SIZE][SIZE=6] [COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]...?[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]It took five minutes for the TV warm up? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]Nobody owned a purebred dog? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]When a quarter was a decent allowance? 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And, you got trading stamps to boot?[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . . and they did? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]No one ever asked where the car keys were [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]because they were always in the car, [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]Lying on your back in the grass with your friends [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a "[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]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 today? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]When being sent to the principal's office was nothing [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]compared to the fate that awaited the student at home? [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#880000][COLOR=#880000][FONT=Arial][B]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 survived because their love was greater than the threat. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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