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Reflections On Being A
Boomer |
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Take a stroll back in time
and remember:
When it took five
minutes for the TV to warm up.
When nearly everyone's
Mom was at home when the kids arrived home from school.
When nobody owned a
purebred dog.
When a quarter was a
decent allowance.
When you'd reach into a
muddy gutter for a penny.
When your Mom wore
nylons that came in two pieces.
When all of your male
teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their
hair done everyday and wore high heels.
Running through the
sprinkler, circle pins, bobby pins, Mickey Mouse Club,
Rocky & Bullwinkle, Kookla, Fran & Ollie, Spin &
Marty...Dick Clark's American Bandstand ... all in black
and white and your Mom made you turn it off when a storm
came.
When around the corner
seemed far away, and going downtown seemed like going
somewhere.
Climbing trees, making
forts, backyard shows, lemonade stands, cops and
robbers, cowboys and Indians, staring at clouds, jumping
on the bed, pillow fights,ribbon candy, angel hair on
the Christmas tree, Jackie Gleason, white gloves,
walking to the movie theater, running till you were out
of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach
hurt...remember that?
Not stepping on a crack
or you'd break your mother's back ... paper-chains at
Christmas, the smells of school, of paste and evening in
Paris.
What about the girl who
dotted her i's with hearts? (that was before that stupid
smiley face)!
The Stroll, popcorn
balls and sock hops?
When there were just
two types of sneakers for girls and boys, and the only
time you wore them at school was for gym. And the girls
had those ugly gym uniforms.
When you got your
windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking -- all for free -- every time! And, you didn't
pay for air either, and you got trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent
had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the
box.
When it was considered
a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real
restaurant with your parents.
When the worst thing
you could do at school was flunk a test or chew gum. And
the prom was in the gym or the lunchroom and you danced
to a real orchestra.
When they threatened to
keep kids back a grade if they failed -- and did!
When being sent to the
principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that
awaited the student at home. Basically, we were in fear
for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by
shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and
grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived
because their love was so much greater than the threat.
Remember when a '57
Chevy was everyone's dream car -- used to cruise, peel
out, lay rubber, scratch off or watch the submarine
races?
When people went
steady; and girls wore a class ring with an inch of
wrapped Band-Aids, dental floss, or yarn coated with
pastel-frost nail polish so it would fit their finger.
When no one ever asked
where the car keys were because they were always in the
car, in the ignition, and the car and house doors were
never locked!
Remember lying on your
back on the grass with your friends and saying things
like "That cloud looks like a..." And playing baseball
with no adults needed to enforce the rules of the game.
Remember when stuff
from the store came without safety caps and hermetic
seals, because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect
stranger.
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