Remember When

You could go to the Drive-in diner and get food 
and not have to leave your car. 
    Remember the girls used to come out and take your order, 
then bring your food out, 
and hang the tray on your car door. 
Sometimes they even did this on roller skates. 
Wow!
 

Remember

When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, 
flunk a test or chew gum.

And the prom was in the auditorium and we danced to an orchestra, 
and all the girls wore pastel gowns and the boys wore suits for the first time 
and we stayed out all night. 

When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...
to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, 
and people went steady and girls wore a class ring 
with an inch of wrapped dental floss or yarn 
coated with pastel frost nail polish 
so it would fit her finger. 

And no one ever asked where the car keys were 
'cause they were always in the car, 
in the ignition, 
and the doors were never locked. 
And you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the doors at home, 
since no one ever had a key. 

And... with all our progress...don't you just wish... just once... 
you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace...
and share it with the children of the 80's and 90's ... 

Remember 

When being sent to the principal'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 drive by shootings, drugs, gangs,etc. 
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! 
But we all survived because their love was greater than the threat. 

You could go to the gas station to get gas, 
and they cleaned your windows, pumped your gas, 
and even gave you S & H Green Stamps and a glass 
and it was just a few cents 
and plus you got all these extras! 

Of course we needed gas to get to the Drive-in movie 
It was about $1.00 for a carload, and sometimes there was a trunk load too! 
You parked in the back rows until everyone got out of the trunk. 
Then moved up front, closer to the big screen. 
Then go get your burgers and fries. 
Weren't burgers and fries the best then!
 

So send this on to someone who can still remember:
 

You liked Elvis or Pat Boone, but never both. 

You know what a peanut gallery is. 

You know what Davy Crockett was king of. 

"Brusha, Brusha, Brusha, with new Ipana." 

A scooter was something made of a piece of two-by-four 
with a skate and wooden crate nailed to it. 

You wore your cardigan backwards. 

You found your thrill on Blueberry Hill. 

Pproms were held in the school gym. 

You used a "church key" to open your beer. 

You remember Elvis from the waist up. 

People in commercials smoked and drank.

Cars had fins, but they didn't make them seaworthy. 

Your two-wheeler was a Schwinn and it only had one speed. 

You know why kids rolled up the right leg of their dungarees. 

A computer was something you saw in a movie and it took up the whole room. 

Every neighborhood had a girl named "Cookie." 

Ice cube trays were metal and had levers. 

Leather was black and T-shirts were white. 

You had to get up to change the TV channel. 

You never questioned Uncle Miltie's sexual preferences, 
even when he was in dress and full makeup. 

You knew a girl had a Saturday night date if she spent the day in rollers and a kerchief. 

We wished we looked like Sandra Dee, surfed and had a boyfriend like Moondoggie.

Elvis and Marilyn were on our minds-and still are.
 

When Sundays were for God and families. 
 

When you removed your hat and held your hand
 over your heart in silence during the
 "Pledge of Allegiance" or the National Anthem.
 

Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 
Yeah, I remember that! 
And was it really that long ago?
 

May all your memories 
be warm and happy!
 
 

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