Do you remember?

[Ted Simmons]

> Double Dog Dare 
> 
> I am sharing it with you today because it ended with
>  a "double dog dare"
> to  pass it on. To remember what a "double dog dare"
> is, read on. And 
> remember that the perfect age is somewhere between
> old enough to know
> better and young enough not to care.  How many do
> you remember? 
> 
> 01. Candy cigarettes
> 02. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
>  inside. 
> 03. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
> 04. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes
> 05. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
> 06. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with
> Cardboard stoppers.
> 07. Party lines. 
> 08. Newsreels before the movie.
> 09. P. F. Flyers 
> 10. Butch wax 
> 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ...
> (Drexel-5505) 
> 12. Peashooters. 
> 13. Howdy Doody 
> 14. 45 RPM Records
> 15. Green Stamps 
> 16. Hi-fi's 
> 17. Metal ice cube trays, with levers
> 18. Mimeograph paper
> 19. Blue flash Bulbs
> 20. Beanie and Cecil
> 21. roller skate keys
> 22. Cork pop guns
> 23. Drive ins 
> 24. Studebakers 
> 25. Wash tub wringers
> 26. The Fuller Brush man
> 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders
> 28. Tinkertoys 
> 29. The Erector Set
> 30. The Fort Apache Playset
> 31. Lincoln Logs 
> 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers
> 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful
> pink slab bubblegum
> 34. Penny candy 
> 35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline
> 
> 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 magic when dad would "remove" his  thumb.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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. 
> 
> "Oly-oly-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.
> 
> 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 dog dare ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>