Remember When......

Maybe we like it that way... 

I remember when Disney had their movie on Sunday evening followed by Lorne Perkins'(?) Wild Kingdom and his poor partner who he put in peril every show. "Jim, go pet that lion to show the viewers what lions look like when they're mad."

When...forbid...you had to actually get up and change the channel (or in my case, get smacked in the back of the head and told to change it)

But before that...you had the box changer with the really long cord you could keep next to the couch.  Ziipp...to one side....Zippp...to the other.  And that "fine tune" nob on the right.

When we went on road trips with our parents we could lay in the back window and watch the stars at night. No seat belts, no helmets on bikes, no sunscreen....

I remember when I had a skate key tied to a shoe lace that I wore around my neck along with my house key. 

And yes Tupuppy...I feel real old now when my favorite bands (as a kid ) are now playing a casinos and the fair grounds.

Pulltabs used to make a necklace.

you never got aches, pains, and soreness no matter how hard you trained played?

you were forced to wathc Lawrence Welk followed by Friday night Fights and Grandpas house?

you would slam the breaks on your bike and see you could lay the longest tire patch?

you made ramps for the bike out of Dad's scrap wood?

you could spend all summer swimming in the creek without worrying about how dirty the water was or perves lurking around?

flash light tag, swinging statues, hide and go seek tag?

... we used to be able to say words like **** and **** and ******* in COJ?

heh.