Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-xc01.mx.aol.com (rly-xc01.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.134]) by air-xc01.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id MAILINXC13-0806113845; Mon, 06 Aug 2001 11:38:45 2000 Received: from adams.net (backend1.adams.net [216.138.0.15]) by rly-xc01.mx.aol.com (v79.20) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXC15-0806113819; Mon, 06 Aug 2001 11:38:19 -0400 Received: (qmail 19758 invoked from network); 6 Aug 2001 15:38:09 -0000 Received: from gdmi34.gardnerdenver.com (HELO gdi1.gardnerdenver.com) (206.28.226.27) by adams.net with SMTP; 6 Aug 2001 15:38:09 -0000 Subject: Double Dog Dare To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], "driddell9" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], "Peggi Anneken" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], "Sonja Haack" <[log in to unmask]>, Selene Madonna <[log in to unmask]>, Jeannie Rutherford <[log in to unmask]>, Jaenne Roseberry <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.4a July 24, 2000 Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:39:28 -0500 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on GDI1/Servers/GDI(Release 5.07a |May 14, 2001) at 08/06/2001 10:37:23 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable =20= =20 =20= =20 =20= =20 =20= =20 =20= =20 =20= =20 =20= =20 Double Dog Dare I am sharing it with you today because it ended with a "double dog dare" to pass it on. To remember what a "double dog dare" is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and young enough not to care. =A0How many do you remember? 01. Candy cigarettes 02. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside. 03. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. 04. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes 05. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum 06. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with Cardboard stoppers. 07. Party lines. 08. Newsreels before the movie. 09. P. F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ... (Drexel-5505) 12. Peashooters. 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM Records 15. Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice cube trays, with levers 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flash Bulbs 20. Beanie and Cecil 21. roller skate keys 22. Cork pop guns 23. Drive ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers 26. The Fuller Brush man 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders 28. Tinkertoys 29. The Erector Set 30. The Fort Apache Playset 31. Lincoln Logs 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful pink slab bubblegum 34. Penny candy 35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TIME WHEN..................... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly." Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. Being old referred to anyone over 20. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties". It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a slingshot. Nobody was prettier than Mom. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park. A foot of snow was a dream come true. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures. No shopping trip was complete, unless a new toy was brought home. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense. Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. War was a card game. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!! Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life.... I double dog dare ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!