We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees
and the PILL.
We were born before radar,credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens.
Before panty hose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electic blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes...
and before man walked on the moon.
We got married first and THEN lived together.
How quaint can we be?
Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagons.
Designer Jeans were scheming girls named Jean
and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins.
We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent and
Outer Space was the back of the Riviera Threatre.
We were before house husbands, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriage.
We were before day-care centers,
group therapy and nursing homes.
We never heard of FM raido, tape decks, electronic typewritiers, artificial hearts, word processors and yogurt.
For us, time-sharing meant togetherness...
not computers or condominiums.
A chip meant a piece of wood.
Hardware meant hardware and software wasn't even a word.
Back then,
"Made in Japan" meant toys and china and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam.
Pizza, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of.
We hit the scene when there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents.
Sanders or Wilsons sold ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime.
For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy coupe for $600...but who could afford one? A pity too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, GRASS was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and POT was something you cooked in and ROCK MUSIC was a Grandma's lullaby.
We were certainly NOT before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex change.
We made do with what we had!
No wonder there is a generation gap today.
But, WE SURVIVED!!!
I WANT TO BE A KID AGAIN~~~
I want to go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going
"eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by
simply exclaiming,
"do over!"
"Race issue
" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
"Monopoly."
Catching the fireflies
could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn't
odd
to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old
referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball
and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing
you could catch from the opposite sex
was cooties.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball
wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant
being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody
was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed
and made better.
It was a big deal
to finally be tall enough to ride
the "big people" rides
at the
amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow
was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered
because of a "double-dog-dare."
Saturday morning cartoons
weren't 30-minute ads
for action figures.
No shopping trip was complete
unless a new toy was brought home.
"Olly-olly-oxen-free"
made perfect sense.
Spinning around,
getting dizzy and falling down
was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment
was being picked last for a team.
War
was a card game.
Water balloons
were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes
transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs
meant
orange-flavored chewable aspirin
Ice cream
was considered a basic food group.
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