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Question: Do you 'member how things were !.!.!.!.before!?
By-Gone Era
The art of conversation
Reader’s Digest on the coffee table
Straining to see the first snowflake
Whittling
Playing the harmonica
Hambone, hambone!.!.!.have you heard!?
Not being in a rush
Using a pencil down to the nub
Tiddlywinks, Woody woodpecker, Winnie Winkle
Being afraid of the ferris wheel
In a hurry to grow up
Wondering how much money the tooth fairy was going to leave
Making helicopters with maple tree seeds
Slowly chewing grass stems of cat tails
Tripe slowly simmering in a pan
Being embarrassed over small matters
A fruit cake that actually tasted good
When knowing 16 colors covered everything
Delicious cold water from the fire hydrant
More delicious-er cold water from the water pump
Packing in the car to go to the drive-in movie
Commonplace Cardinals, Blue Jays, humming birds and
Butterflies flitting about in your backyard
The smell of the warm damp earth
Fresh milk on your doorstep
Buying milk from a vending machine
Argo Clothes Starch
Washboards
Wet laundry frozen solid on the line
Glorious sun dried sheets
Absolute stillness after a snowstorm
Thinking that there was plenty of time
Wishing you said I love you just one time
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I remember it all
I remember it well
You've brought back the feeling
the thoughts and the smell!.!.
Thanks for another poem
and yes
I wish I had hugged someone when they were leaving
He died in that winter and left me here grievingWww@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, all of that! Thank you for that wonderful trip down Memory Lane!.
Milk bottles broken in the milk box because it froze and we forgot to bring it in!.
The bread man!.
The Jewel Tea man!.
Winky Dink and You on TV
Saturday night baths
Just some other thoughts of things that have gone by the bye!Www@QuestionHome@Com
How beautiful! I'm impressed!.
(That lobotomy is really paying off!. Ain't it!?)
And yes, I remember!.
(Didn't think you'd be old enough to, however!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com
let's not forget the girls in poodleskirts rollerskating out to your car with a wonderful rootbeer float,
and i remember it allWww@QuestionHome@Com
Grasshoppers! seeing/catching grasshoppers, depending on your age!. Before to many chemicals killed them off!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Oh! yes sweetie, It was the greatest memories ever:), I treasure every little things in life, so everything is clearly intact in my brain, that's sweet!.!.thank you, Have a wonderful day:) Cheers:)!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, I remember most of what you've said- and the hardest to let go of is thinking that there is plenty of time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Absolutely beautiful! *applauds* More! More!Www@QuestionHome@Com
I do!. Thanks for making me smile and say mmmmm (sun dried sheets)!. Last one made me tear up a bit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
"In my solitude you haunt me,
With reveries of days gone by!.
In my solitude you taunt me,
With memories that never die!."
(((Hugs)))Www@QuestionHome@Com
Well !.!.!.!.!.yeah!.!.!.!.!.!. nostalgia just ain't what it used to be !.!.!.!.!.!.!.
what happened to the humming birds!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
I have my nickle !.!.!.!.for an extra milk !.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
*sigh* Yes, I do 'member! Thanks for the memories!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, I do!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I love this! You are the man!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes I do, and I wonder just how did we get along!? Www@QuestionHome@Com
I want to go back to the good old days!.!.!.when people actually spoke to each other!.!.!.
very very nice :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
"What time is it kids!?" "Its Howdy Doody time!!!"
The Pinky Lee Show!.
My dad putting an "I Like Ike" sign in the yard!.
Out early on a summer morning with a buddy, towing wagons behind our bikes, picking up pop bottles and beer bottles for the deposit!.
No air conditioning!. You went inside, it was hot!. You went outside, it was hot!.
Playing in the woods, building forts, playing Army!.
Trips to my grandparents in Kentucky so far back in the hills that they didn't have electricity - at least not until 1958!.
Coca-Cola in a bottle for a nickle!.
Sneaking a transistor radio into school to listen to the World Series!.
Cowering when a jet went over during the Cuban Missile Crisis!.
Numbness when President Kennedy was assassinated!. Watching TV when Jack Ruby killed Oswald!.
Filling your gas tank for $5!.00!.
The Beatles!. Chubby Checker!. Jerry Lee Lewis!. The Rolling Stones!. Bob Dylan!. Patsy Cline!. The Animals!. Hank Williams, Sr!. Ernest Tubb!. Bill Monroe!. The Doors!. The Dave Clark Five!. Donovan!. Johnny Cash!. Country Joe & The Fish!.
Taking my first drive across the newly completed I-65 bridge (later named for JFK) from Indiana to Kentucky!.
Shock when Martin Luther King was gunned down!.
Disbelief when another Kennedy was murdered!.
Vietnam!.
Watching the first moon landing!.
Profound relief when Reagan won in 1980!.
Wishing every day I could have another day with dad and mom!.
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