Close your eyes...And go back...
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> > Before the Internet or the AIM
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> > Before semi automatics and crack
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> > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
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> >
> > Way back...
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> > I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
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> > Red light, Green light.
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> > Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
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> > Mother May I?
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> > Red Rover
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> > Hula Hoops
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> > Running through the sprinkler
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> > Happy Meals
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> >
> > Wait...
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> > Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
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> > or what about legends of the hidden temple, global guts, double dare,
>and
> > ARE YOU AFFRAID OF THE DARK!
> >
> > who could forget Snick
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> &g t; Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man
>Wonder
> > Woman
> >
> > & Scooby Doo Underoos
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> > Playing Dukes of Hazard
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> > Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
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> > Christmas morning...
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> > Your first day of school
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> > Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
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> > Climbing trees
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> > Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck
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> > A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
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> > Jumpin' down the steps
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> > Jumpin' on the bed
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> > Pillow fights
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> > Runnin ' till you were out of breath
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> > Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
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> > Being tired from playin'
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> > Your first crush...
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> > Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" in the classroom
> > Remember
> > that?
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> >
> >
> > I'm not finished yet...
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> > Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
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> > Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
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> > Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
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> > Class Field Trips
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> > When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. (that really happened?)
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> > When a quarter seemed like a fair allowanc e, and another quarter a
> > Miracle.
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> > When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool.
> >
> > I want to go back to the time when...
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> > Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
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> > Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
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> > "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
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> > Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
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> > Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
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> > It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
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> > Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
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> > The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
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> > Nobody was prettier than Mom
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> > Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
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> > It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"
>rides
> > at the amusement park.
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> > Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
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> > Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
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> > Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
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> > i also remember watching saved by the bell after school.
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> > The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
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> > Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
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> > Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
> > protectors.
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> > If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
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> >
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> > Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
>life...
> >
> >
> > I double dog dare you.
