Things from the past I REALLY miss.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Walking barefoot on hot summer roads.
Sky King.
Mr. Moose.
Climbing "my" tree.
The General Store down at the corner.
Miss Peggy (my third grade teacher).
Hanging out under the bridge with the other delinquents.
Lying back on the grass at night and seeing the universe above me.
Pal (my faithful dog).
The veggie garden at the back of our property. (Ever eat a fresh-picked strawberry?)
Karen Carpenter.
The Indian Head test pattern on TV in the morning.
Buffalo Bob.
The Dead End Kids movies.
The ORIGINAL Johnny Quest.
Jackie Wilson (My best friend. He lived next door.).
The A&W Root Beer stand in town.
Endless summer days piled one upon the next.
The old tractor tire turned into a sandbox.
Stringing freshly popped popcorn for the Christmas tree.
The smell and feel of sheets freshly laundered and dried outside under the sun.
My grandma's cherry orchard.
My brother.

Childhood.

[tuvor]

1. Coke slurpees that'd tear the roof of your mouth off if you savoured it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Playing Army

Poppin' wheelies and riding no-hands
Building towns with Lincoln Logs and Legos
16-ounce bottles of RC Cola for 18 cents
Taking bottles back to the store for a refund
The "spaceship" we built in the back yard
Slip-N-Slides
Knowing everybody for a 10-house radius
PF Flyers
Surfer shirts
Three Flies Up
Sleeping in a tent in the back yard
Captain Satellite
The Hamburger Hut
Playing hide-n-seek until 10 p.m.
Day games and doubleheaders
Service stations that actually had service, like this one that was two blocks from my house:

[SeattleGirl]

3. Summers spent in Arkansas with my cousins

Hide and seek.
Penny candy.
Riding in the car with my mom, all of us (me and sibs) singing songs with her.
Other summers spent at my grandparent's house in Gig Harbor, WA.
Slumber parties.
Skateboarding.
Playing baseball in the field behind one of the houses we lived in in Oregon.
Going trick or treating with a brazilion other kids.
Roller skating every Sunday with my family.
Fish frys at my Grandmother's house in Arkansas, attended by dozens of relatives.
Laying awake at night with my sister Kathy, giggling over all kinds of silly things.
Riding in my grandfather's boat in Gig Harbor.
Camping near the Oregon coast with my family.
Summers when school was out.
The first day of school each year, wearing some of my new school clothes.
My dad.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. Hide and seek.

You're "IT"!

[medeak]

10. oh my hell.... I spent summers in AR with cousins as well

are we related? ;-)

Watching the moon landing in AR with no electricity or running water...uncle junior hooked up a generator to the truck battery and we watched on tv he rented on top of the truck.. the irony of it all I will never forget!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. I miss a lot too ...

my swimming with the animals on the side
my Fisher Price bubble lawn mower
my swing set with the Pinwheel design
my Fisher price gas pump set
my blue bathing suit
my tricycle
my barbie with the glow in the dark hearts
my nana and my cousin's mom
my house in Germany
winter time in Germany
Germany
the times before my depression made me sick
last August
drinking Cheerwine when I was a kid
my childhood from birth up to the age of 5

[0007]

5. Did you're local high school still have out houses in those days?

Where that organic aroma raced across the football field every Friday afternoon for the big game, that drew every fly in the county? Yeah, those were the good old day.

[rustydog]

7. I miss:

Wooden nickels
Walking down a dirt road,fishing pole over shoulder w/my older brother
"Rover red rover send (****) right over!"
Riding horses bareback.
Mattel lever action rifle and plastic bullets
Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Moose, Mr. Green Jeans
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Leave it to Beaver
Ed Sullivan
Rafting on the stream on the farm
Bear tracks in the top 10 acres
Camping trip enroute to Disneyland
Wringer washing machine
Home made birthday cakes
3-D viewer
Drive In Movies
Cartoons at drive ins before the main attraction
home made rootbeer floats
Childhood in 1950's & 60's Montana!

[zone]

8. Me Dear Ol' Chamber Pot

an' everything it held

[Floogeldy]

9. Jane, Ruth, Mary, Pam . . . .

;)