Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this.....
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>Go back in time...
>Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
>Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack....
>Before X Box or Super Nintendo....
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>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.
>Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
>Crisps with a blue salt twist bag.
>Tizer in a bottle with black twist top.
>The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
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>An ice cream cone on a warm summer's night from the van that plays a tune -
>vanilla or Lemon with strawberry sauce or a screwball.
>
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers,
>Road Runner, Magic Roundabout, Zeebedee Tiswas or Swapshop, and 'Why Don't
>You ? - Or hiding behind the sofa watching 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. Walking to school,
>no matter what the weather.
>
>Running till you were out of breath and getting a stitch, laughing so hard
>that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Spinning around,
>getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
>Going over the park for a game of footie, jumpers for goal posts.
>Being tired from playing outdoors....remember that?
>
>The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
>Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Playing cards in the spokes
>transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>Choppers and Grifters.
>I'm not finished just yet.....
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>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 5 bob or 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.
>
>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 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!!
>
>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 or a cap gun.
>
>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.
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