Remember when......

[Guest1]

MEMORIES

A little house with three bedrooms and one car on the street,
A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.

In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone, And no
need for recording things, someone was always home.

We only had a living room where we would congregate,
Unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.

We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine,
When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.

We only had one TV set, and channels maybe two, But
always there was one of them with something worth the view.

For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip,
And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.

Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked
to cook, And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.

The snacks were even healthy with the best ingredients,
No labels with a hundred things that make not a bit of sense.

Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play,
We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.

When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather,
No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.

Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,
But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone.

Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star,
And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.

Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season,
Pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.

Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know,
Have real action playing ball -- and no game video.

Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend,
And didn't need insurance or a lawyer to defend?

The way that he took care of you or what he had to do,
Because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you.

Remember going to the store and shopping casually,
And when you went to pay for it you used your own money?

Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount,
Remember when the cashier person had to really count?

Remember when we breathed the air; it smelled so fresh and clean,
And chemicals were not used on the grass to keep it green.

The milkman used to go from door to door,
And it was just a few cents more than going to the store.

There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door,
Without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store.

The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it was sent;
There were not loads of mail addressed to "present occupant."

Remember when the words "I do" meant that you really did,
And not just temporarily 'til someone blows their lid.

T'was no such thing as "no one's fault; we just made a mistake,"
There was a time when married life was built on give and take.

There was a time when just one glance was all that it would take,
And you would know the kind of car, the model and the make.

They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile;
They were streamlined, white walls, fins, and really had some style.

One time the music that you played whenever you would jive,
Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.

The record player had a post to keep them all in line,
And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.

Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today,
And always we were striving, trying for a better way.

And every year that passed us by brought new and greater things,
We now can even program phones with music or with rings.

Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun,
How can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?

And why would boys put baseball cards between bicycle spokes,
And for a nickel red machines had little bottled Cokes?

This life seemed so much easier and slower in some ways,
I love the new technology but I sure miss those days.

So time moves on and so do we, and nothing stays the same,
But I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.

[KKCondrey]

I like that Debbie thanks for posting it

[BlessedMommy]

Sometimes I think I was born about 40 years too late!

[Lori Biever-Launder]

You want to know something funny? I have milkman! Yep, everything old is new again! I get the BEST super jumbo eggs from him at decent prices. The milk is actually cheaper than the store up the street (Not when it's a loss leader, but I buy another gallon then!). I love getting it delivered to my door!

[Darlene]

Thanks Debbie, I do remember all of that except we all hung out mostly in the kitchen.
Good memories.

[BlessedMommy]

My current house actually has a little milk door in the wall by the back door with another little door on the inside in the kitchen. I just wish I had someone to deliver it like Lori does!

[guest2]

Thanks Deb!!!!

[Florence]

I am 56 and remember many of those good old days too. OTOH, I remember how hot it was without air conditioning!! My DD lives in San Diego and I am in Houston and we IM almost every day; I love my computer and the internet!!

[grace1902]

Nice poem Debbie, I remember most of those times.

Remember the TV antennas on the roofs with a box on top of the TV inside you'd use to change its direction? You had snowy TV pictures on the channels you could get in and some you could barely see? Cable put an end to that!

Sometime we should all write a journal at home and/or thread here of things we remember but, just don't see anymore.

[simplemom]

Thank-you Debbie...

[Katybird]

I loved that . It was truly a walk down memory lane.

[HandyMom]

Originally posted by grace1902

Remember the TV antennas on the roofs with a box on top of the TV inside you'd use to change its direction? You had snowy TV pictures on the channels you could get in and some you could barely see? Cable put an end to that!

I don't have to remember that because that's exactly what I have! A tv antenna and rotor to turn it.

I don't have cable or satellite tv.