Those were the days...

found this on another forum and thought i'd share it with yous

Those were the days............... and ye can't deny it!!!
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>I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park
>The shop down the road, Hopscotch, Donkey, Skipping, Handstands, Stuck
>in the mud, football with an old can, Dandy, Beano, Twinkle and Roly
>Poly. Hula Hoops, jumping the stream,
>Building a swing from a tyre and a piece of rope tied to a tree, (If
you
>live in Dublin, the lampost)
>building tree-houses, climbing up onto roofs.
>Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
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>Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p
>refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum,
>golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips, Desperate Dan and Roy of
the
>Rovers,
>Sherbit dips and Mr. Freezes, Marathon bars and everlasting
gobstoppers.
>An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a
tune,
>chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan
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>Wait......Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...short commercials,
>Battle of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man,
>Swapshop, and Why Don't You?, Transformers, How do you do?,
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>Bosco(SANDY), Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and Lassie, Chucklevision,

>The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little House on the
>Prairie and Highway to Heaven, Or staying up late for Knight Rider and
>Magnum PI.
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>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
>going somewhere.
>A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads
on
>your jeans,
>Cops and Robbers, Rounders, Tip the Can,
>Climbing trees, Spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks
>Walking to school, no matter what the weather, Running till you were
>out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, jumping on the
>bed, pillow fights,
>spinning around,
>getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles
>Being tired from playing... Remember that?
>and then quenching your thirst with a Soda Stream
>The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
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>Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
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>I'm not finished just yet...
>Eating raw jelly, orange split ice pops
>Remember when...There were two types of sneakers - girls and boys and
>Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them at school was for
>"P.E.", gola football boots It wasn't odd to have five or six "best"
>friends, when nobody owned a purebred dog,
>When 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter
for
>a
>penny.
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>When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there, when it

>was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real
>restaurant with your parents . When any parent could discipline any kid
>or use him to carry groceries
and
>nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
>When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate
>that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear
>for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc.
>Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
>and some of us are still afraid of them!!!
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>Remember 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" the
>game of life and connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's,
>The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs
>It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic event...
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>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea
>shooter or an elastic band.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better,
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins and trying to
>swallow
>Calpol.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true..
>Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare"
>Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
>protectors.