If I said it once then I've said it a million times, "I wish things were like they used to be." Simpler Times. I think that has been said generation after generation and usually after we've grown up and had a child or two and we're looking back at our own childhood. I remember back when you didn't dare whine about being bored to your mother, 'cause she was sure to find something for you to do {high chances were it was gonna involve some type of work!}
Childhood obesity wasn't an issue. Most in part because you went outside to play, from sun up till sun down. You rode your bicycle, which has been replaced largely by motorized scooters. You walked to your friends house even if they did live a mile up the road, which you can't do as much now in fear of some child predator lurking about. You and your friends built tree houses or playhouses in the woods and spent all day sweepin' the dirt floor & decorating them with things you snuck out of the house or garage, which has been replaced by souped up video game systems, computers and games like Farmville or Cityville where you just sit and type up a world you want to create instead of participating in the Real World that is wasting away right before their eyes.
Remember when.... we used to write letters to friends & family, on actual paper using stamps that cost a little more than a piece of gum to send them through the mail that took a few days but then you had the joy of retrieving that letter you'd been expecting out of an actual metal mailbox? Which has all been replaced by a click of a few buttons.
.....I could go on & on about the "remember whens". If you post to this blog or you're a member on Facebook maybe you could share some of your own "Remember When" moments :)
In the "revised" words of Archie & Edith Bunker....
Boy the way the Eagles played
Songs that made the Top 10 great
Oh yeah we had it made
Those were the days...
And you knew who you were then
Girls were girls and Men were men
You bet that we could use a man
Like Martin Luther again.
Didn't need Forecloser rates
Life was actually pretty great
Gee our Oldsmobile run great
Those Were The Days..................
Childhood obesity wasn't an issue. Most in part because you went outside to play, from sun up till sun down. You rode your bicycle, which has been replaced largely by motorized scooters. You walked to your friends house even if they did live a mile up the road, which you can't do as much now in fear of some child predator lurking about. You and your friends built tree houses or playhouses in the woods and spent all day sweepin' the dirt floor & decorating them with things you snuck out of the house or garage, which has been replaced by souped up video game systems, computers and games like Farmville or Cityville where you just sit and type up a world you want to create instead of participating in the Real World that is wasting away right before their eyes.
Remember when.... we used to write letters to friends & family, on actual paper using stamps that cost a little more than a piece of gum to send them through the mail that took a few days but then you had the joy of retrieving that letter you'd been expecting out of an actual metal mailbox? Which has all been replaced by a click of a few buttons.
.....I could go on & on about the "remember whens". If you post to this blog or you're a member on Facebook maybe you could share some of your own "Remember When" moments :)
In the "revised" words of Archie & Edith Bunker....
Boy the way the Eagles played
Songs that made the Top 10 great
Oh yeah we had it made
Those were the days...
And you knew who you were then
Girls were girls and Men were men
You bet that we could use a man
Like Martin Luther again.
Didn't need Forecloser rates
Life was actually pretty great
Gee our Oldsmobile run great
Those Were The Days..................
This is good Sandra! I remember when families used to get together for every holiday, and other times as well. I'm talking about entire families with aunts and uncles and cousins galore!! Those were the days! You know you got that song stuck in my head!?! I can just here Edith now....:P
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie! Our big family get togethers are some of my most fondest memories! and it seemed like we not only did holidays but pretty much ANY reason was a good reason to all be together. Like when Uncle Bubba & them would come up from Georgia. I loved growing up with my cousins!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL,sorry about the tune you've got in your head now. George said the same thing after he had read it ;) I looked up the words to the actual song and then made my revised version of it. Glad you enjoyed. Love ya!
OMGOODNESS!!!! Giiiirrrrrllllssss! What memories! We have had some of the best! Haven't we? What fun times! Yeah, the song is stuck in my head too! Haha! What is interesting is those times were in the 70's RECESSION! HMMMM! The times, the times! :)
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