Do You Remember?

Do you remember:

if you needed cash, you had to make sure you got to the teller window at the bank before 3 PM, or you had to wait till the next morning - no ATMs!

the first time you rode a bike without training wheels, and without someone steadying your balance?

being sent as a kid to the neighborhood store with a note to pick up cigarettes and liquor?

having a black and white television set that had 4 stations on it and when the knob broke off, Dad had to turn it with a pair of pliers?

Garbage Pail Kids?

Do you remember:

Listening to music on a reel to reel tape player?
Yummy Yummy Yummy
I got love in my tummy
and I feel like a lovin' you.

Needing a blank wall to project home movies onto?

When an electronic adding machine with +, -, *, / and T cost more than some computers today and was alot bigger than a laptop?

When the record player/radio console was the biggest piece of furniture in the room?

Buying a new paperback novel for $1.10?

Returning glass soda pop bottles for the 10 cent deposit?

That's enough for this week...

Not quite that far but......


My Dad did send me to the pharmacy once when I was about 11 to buy him condoms.....His comment as I was protesting was....

"You do enjoy being an only child..right?"

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

that's absolutely priceless.... still sending your 11 yr old.....

cheers

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Cancel the apocalypse
Cartons of the milky way with pictures of a missing planet
Last seen in pursuit of an American dream

Do you remember if you did enjoy being an only child, Big D?

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

I knew no different....

"Twas OK I 'spose.....

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I have always been here.
I have always looked out from behind these eyes.

this may sound girlish

do you remember buying your first nail polish?

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Shine on you crazy diamond

_when I go forward, You go backward, and somewhere We will meet_

99% of all APFFN members (both sexes) remember that Beth.

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In the womb, the baby thinks that it's the universe. And when the baby is born, there is a glimmer of light.
I was there, but now I am here. So there are two things - me and the universe. The universe is there for me.
Then what happens? Other people. But the universe is there for you. Now tell me what happened in the glade.
I did something to myself. Like entertainment, like music, like a daydream. There was nothing there and I saw something.
I saw his head on the bonnet of the car. You can say what you like but I saw the bird of paradise spread its wings.
DO YOU PLAY BRIDGE?

o really..???
WOW

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Shine on you crazy diamond

_when I go forward, You go backward, and somewhere We will meet_

Do you remember when this thread started?

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I'll suck the marrow out, and rape your hollow bones, Yoni.
Now you can see all the shit I listen to.
And you can fawn over my Myspace.

I do.

Quit gloating!

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I'll suck the marrow out, and rape your hollow bones, Yoni.
Now you can see all the shit I listen to.
And you can fawn over my Myspace.

[Alan gets out of his seat and walks onto a small stage where a live band are playing. He takes the microphone.]



Alan: This is a romantic tribute… [band begins to play ‘Close To You’ by the Carpenters]… to a lovely lady over there with orange hair and a cigarette in her mouth. [Sings] Why do birds [Alan struggles to reach the high note] suddenly appear - That’s too high - Every time… every time… time, you are near [an octave lower] near? Just like me… [an octave higher] just like me… they long to be…[lower again] close to you…[tries various notes] why do…why do… why do…no that’s not working. [Places the microphone back on the stand]. Well you get the general idea. Thank you.



[Alan walks back to the table and sits down, looking apologetic.]



Jill: That’s great actually! I didn’t know you could sing.



Alan: Yeah, I used to be in the choir at primary school. Before it all dropped. In my pre-hair days.



Jill: It’s all fallen into place now, though hasn’t it? [Giggles]



Alan: Yup, I’ve been pubic for thirty-one years. I was one of the first in my class, actually.



[Michael arrives with the dessert. Alan moves his big plate out of the way to make space.]



Michael: Here you go. Two chocolate mousses.



Jill: Ah, thank you.



Alan: Marvellous.



Jill: I love chocolate.



[Alan and Jill lean closer together, face to face]



Alan: Yeah, so do I.



Jill: Wispas.



Alan: Aeros.



Jill: Ripples.



Alan: Flakes.



Jill: Caramac.



[They both groan.]



Alan: It’s good this, isn’t it? Even though we’re basically just listing chocolate bars. [Looks over Jill’s shoulder] Oh my God, Lynn’s here.



[Lynn walks over to the table.]

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

Who the hell is this Alan character?

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I'll suck the marrow out, and rape your hollow bones, Yoni.
Now you can see all the shit I listen to.
And you can fawn over my Myspace.

Somebody's been nipping at the cooking sherry.