When I Was a Kid....

....I used to walk to school in the searing heat of the morning sun, along down dusty roads with my friends from neighbouring villages and I'd find loose change along the way.

...my friends and I used to play leap frogs during recess as our passtimes.

...I used to have this love/hate relationship with a girly friend...one minute we're best buddies, next we're pulling each other's hair out.

...I used to be a bully to boys who had crushes on me.

...my grandparents had this bakery that I helped out everyday after school to sell bread to the locals, helping myself to some of the wonderful stuff my grandpa made everyday.

...there was nothing like freshly made birthday cake by my grandpa every year, the ones in this country does not compare.

...those were the days...I miss those days. :(
 
....I used to walk to school in the searing heat of the morning sun, along down dusty roads with my friends from neighbouring villages and I'd find loose change along the way.

...my friends and I used to play leap frogs during recess as our passtimes.

...I used to have this love/hate relationship with a girly friend...one minute we're best buddies, next we're pulling each other's hair out.

...I used to be a bully to boys who had crushes on me.

...my grandparents had this bakery that I helped out everyday after school to sell bread to the locals, helping myself to some of the wonderful stuff my grandpa made everyday.

...there was nothing like freshly made birthday cake by my grandpa every year, the ones in this country does not compare.

...those were the days...I miss those days. :(

Sounds amazing. And when are you going to get those secret recipes and carry on the delicious tradition your grandpa started???:)
 
WIWAK (strange as it may sound) I watched the Patty Duke Show to seem cool with a certain girl...
 
WIWAK: I used to collect bottles and take em to circle K to cash em in for a couple 10 cent candy bars
 
WIWAK any neighborhood parent could reprimand you, take you to your parents and. Tell them what you did wrong without worrying about a lawsuit
 
WIWAK, I used to steal butterscotch candies out of the "Brach's" candy display at the market when I was perched in the shopping cart seat.
 
when i was a kid i just wanted to be an adult.. now as an adult i just wanna be a kid!
 
WIWAK any neighborhood parent could reprimand you, take you to your parents and. Tell them what you did wrong without worrying about a lawsuit

isn't that the truth - that's just how things were done. if you were caught misbehaving, you get it twice : one from the neighborhood parent and one from your own parent. now it's, "Don't put your hands on my child!"

....oh, i'm sorry, i didn't know it was acceptable for your 8 year old to pitch a fit in the middle of the store.

when i was a kid - halloween costumes were made of plastic. the holes in the eyes, nose and mouth were just big enough that you didn't suffocate - but when you're a wee litster, you don't care about that, you just want a pillowcase full of candeh.
 
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.....there were still lightning bugs. (We would catch them in jars. They've since disappeared.)

We've still got lightning bugs around here, but I've given up trying to catch them. They're a lot faster than they were 50 years ago.
 
We have lightning bugs. My son and I catch them in the summer. It's a little too early in the summer for them though. Soon. :)
 
We have lightning bugs. My son and I catch them in the summer. It's a little too early in the summer for them though. Soon. :)

Saw my first firefly last night. Yep...lightning bugs before Memorial Day! How did that happen??:eek:
 
WIAWAK there was summer vacation; we will start setting back to school the day after school lets out!
 
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