anyone over 35 should read this,,,oh the memories

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