I Must Be Getting Old

[tdiplc]

This was fowarded to me. What do you remember?

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, 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

> > > a screwball

> > >

> > > Wait......

> > > Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials,

> > > The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Zeebedee

> > > 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.

> > > 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

> > >

> > > I'm not finished just yet.....

> > > 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 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.

> > >

> > > 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 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 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!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 s*x 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 up"

> > > life...

> > >

> > > I DOUBLE-DARE YOU

[Admin]

ohhh yessss.... i remembered all that!

Still use the "Ip dip dog Sh*t" bit today!

[Monster-Mat]

that..........was bloody fantastic ,nearly brought a tear to my eye

where has my mispent youth gone.......dam that pesky growing up

[Rodders_UK]

Happy days (sigh)

I can remember being totally convinced that British Bulldog was a real sport - we used to play it a Cubs (over 30 years ago now - sob)

[Matthew_McNally]

why was I reading that waiting for the "young boys, jumpers for goalposts" line?

:D

[peter-flint]

Indian arrows. Potential lethal weapon.

Knock `n run. Pensioner harrassment.

Bird nesting. Banned.

Getting up early to collect mushrooms....... shortage of paper-delivery persons because the little swines won`t get out of bed.

Playing marbles. No clear spaces to play, too many cars.

Hide and seek. Potential for child abduction.

I think we older ones had the better times for growing up.

[Steve]

additional stuff

Nutty bars

cabana chocolate bars (why did they get rid of them... were very yummy)

The saint

The professionals

dempsey and makepeace

Tizwaz

Benny Hill

Bless This House

Steptoe and Son

Love Thy Neighbour

Till Death Do Us Part

Opportunity Knocks

On the Buses

Colditz

Morecambe and Wise

Dad's Army

The Sweeney

Man About the House

The Two Ronnies

Upstairs Downstairs

George and Mildred

Sale of the Century

Starsky and Hutch

Kojak

Charlie's Angels

The Muppet Show

Rising Damp

Are You Being Served

rubics cube

galaxy

space invaders

commodore 64

Raleigh chopper, Stiker, boxer

Having a racer with the handlebars upside down

Kerplunk

mousetrap

connect4

simon says

spending all your time at the fair ground with no money

telling ya mates that your dad is harder than theirs because he smokes number6

[Brian Berry]

Short trousers till becoming a teenager

School caps and detention if caught uncapped

Old single deckers where when fully loaded half the passengers got out at the bottom of the hill, walked up the hill and re- boarded the bus again because it could never make it fully loaded

Eagle and Champion comics

Tommy Steele

Johnny Ray and Frankie Laine

Hopalong Cassidy and Gene Autrey ( Cowboy films)

Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan

Amos and Andy ( American black and white TV)

Highway Patrol

Policemen who had a night duty helmet with a black badge rather than chrome. Police Whistles.

The day Traffic Wardens started in Southampton and on the TV news the centre of attention was, yes, a parking meter.

One of the nice things about age is that you can whistle whilst brushing your teeth

Your birthday cake gets bigger in order to accomodate all the candles

You know you are ageing when it takes longer to get over a good time than to have it.