Penny candy, P F Fliers, and Howdy Doody, thank you very much for taking me
back to those good ole days. After the last week on this list, I really
needed this -- how soon we forget.
R. Reul
1951 3604
rreul@cin.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Clark" <DCLARK3@MMCABLE.COM>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Back in Time
> I graduated High School in 1959 in a little town in North Georgia. My
first
> truck was a 55 Chevy TF..and the fun we had in that old truck can't be
> imagined, unless you're around my age. A lot of those memories are
brought
> back to life through the old 57 sitting out in the garage. This came to me
> from an old friend and I'd like to share it with anyone that loves old
> trucks, and the way things were back then.
>
> Can you spare a few moments to take a stroll with me...close your
eyes...and
> go back...before the Internet...before SEGA or Super Nintendo...way
> back...I'm talking about hide and go seek at dusk. Sittin' on the porch,
> Simon Says, Kick the Can, Red light, Green light. Lunch boxes with a
> thermos...chocolate milk, going home for lunch, penny candy from the
store,
> hopscotch, butterscotch, skates with keys, Jacks, Mother May I? Hula
Hoops
> and sunflower seeds, Old Maid and Crazy Eights, wax lips and mustaches,
Mary
> Janes, saddleshoes and Coke bottles with the names of cities on the
bottom,
> running through the sprinkler, circle pins, bobby pins, Mickey Mouse Club,
> Rocky & Bullwinkle, Fran & Ollie, Spin & Marty...all in black & white.
> When around the corner seemed far away, and going downtown seemed like
going
> somewhere. Bedtime, climbing trees, making forts...backyard shows,
lemonade
> stands, Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, sittin' on the curb,
staring
> at clouds, jumping on the bed, pillow fights, getting "company," ribbon
> candy, angel hair on the Christmas tree, Jackie Gleason, white gloves,
> walking to church, walking to the movie theater, being tickled to death,
> running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach
> hurt, being tired from playin'. Remember that? Not steppin' on a crack or
> you'll break your mother's back...paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes
of
> Lincoln and Washington...the smell of paste in school and Evening in
Paris.
> What about the girl that had the big bubbly handwriting, who dotted her
i's"
> with hearts?? The Stroll, popcorn balls, & sock hops...Remember
when...when
> there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyer) and
> the only time you wore them at school was for "gym." And the girls had
those
> ugly uniforms. When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up. When
nearly
> everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school. When nobody
> owned a purebred dog. When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another
> quarter, a huge bonus. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
> When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then. When
> your Mom wore nylons
> that came in two pieces. When all of your male teachers wore neckties and
> female teachers had their hair done, everyday and wore high heels. When
you
> got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking,
> all for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got
trading
> stamps to boot! When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels
> hidden inside the box.
> 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 it
was
> considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real
restaurant
> with your parents. When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they
> failed...and did! When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in
> the bathrooms, flunk a test or chew gum. And the prom was in the
auditorium
> and we danced to an orchestra,
> and all the girls wore pastel gowns and the boys wore suits for the first
> time and we stayed out all night.
> When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay
rubber
> or watch submarine races, and people went steady and girls wore a class
ring
> with an inch of wrapped dental floss or yarn coated with pastel frost nail
> polish so it would fit her finger. And no one everasked where the car keys
> were 'cause they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors
were
> never locked. And you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the
> doors at home, since no one ever
> had a key.
> Remember lying on your back on the grass with your friends and saying
things
> like "That cloud looks like a..." ". And playing baseball with no adults
to
> help kids with the rules of the game. Back then, baseball was not a
> psychological group learning experience -- it was a game.
> Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic
> seals 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger. 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 the
80's
> and 90's.
> So send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, The Hardy
> Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger,
> The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk...as
> well
> as the sound of a reel mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with
> bike rides, playing in cowboy land, baseball games, bowling and visits to
> the pool...and eating Kool-aid powder with sugar.
> When being sent to the principal'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.
> Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we all
survived
> because their love was greater than the threat.
> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
> Author unknown.
> Trucknman@mmcable.com
> 57 3100 BW
> Midwest City, OK
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