Do you remember?

[Dick Beaton]

Ted.....

I remember almost all of those as I am nearly 85 years old.  Our Maytag
washing machine had a wooden tub and one drained it into a bucket to empty
outdoors.
Dick RPT MT     (By-the-way......I sure wish folks would say where they live
when they sign messages).

----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Simmons <ted@yourlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Do you remember?


>
> > 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
>
>
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