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I Miss Those Days
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I Miss Those Days |
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea 
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I Miss Those Years by Auguste I was born before astronauts And we hadn't yet walked on the moon TV was in the early stage But there was color coming soon There were no satellites in space No calculators in the school And no cable tv to watch By hand we did things, that the rule And no personal computers No digital, no lazer light They couldn't scan my groceries Though crude, life felt a bit just right There were no car phones to be seen No microwaves to heat our meal No e-mail, just the paper kind That seemed to have a special feel Our cars were steel, not plastic then We'd wind a watch to the keep time No monitors to edit poems Just paper used to make our rhyme We lived with warheads that stayed aimed To rain destruction from the air Girls wore crinolines and bobbie socks And the boys would grease their hair There was no plastic money then No transplants, MRI's and such No ultrasounds, CD's, ac It seems, friends kept in better touch No FM and no stereo We somehow managed to survive No Walkman's there to hurt our ears Yet we were still able to thrive Less complicated were those days No chat, real voices then to hear And no electric typewriters And drive-ins to us were so dear "Loaded" meant a different thing And "memory" was in our head To "download" meant to put it down We couldn't "save" the words we said The days were far more simple then Less cars, less people, and less fears Such days will never be again You don't know how I miss those years |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
OOOOOHHHH man how I wish I could go back to those days......I too am of this time(somewhat anyway) and recall many memories of all that you have shared. You haunt me with yearning with your words.....Absolutely beautiful [This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (edited 08-09-2000).] |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
WOW WOW Excellently put.... regards, sudhir. |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Mark, Thanks a lot for the nice comments. And yes, it would be so nice sometimes to be able to turn the clocks back to a simpler, more gentle world Michael |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"Such days will never be again You don't know how I miss those years" Michael, I'm glad to see this here. I miss those days so much! Sharing such nostalgia gives one a wistful warmth, and you've done just that with your reminiscing. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Sudhir, I hadn't gotten a "WOW" since I've been posting, until I got yours. It made me smile. Thanks a lot. Michael |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Claire, Thank you for the nice words and like you, I also miss those days. There's a lot to be said for technology and the advances in medicine since that time, but I sometimes feel it also took a lot of our innocence with it. Michael |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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