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Those Good Old Days |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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It seems when life gets rough on us Our memory always strays Back to the times when life was good.. Back to the good old days. The mind is good at playing tricks. It has so many ways To show us we were better off Back in the good old days. My grandpa speaks of them with glee Although right now he pays For living with abandon wild Back in the good old days. I thought, when young, it was a joke, Some silly adult phase Old people did to feel young Just like the good old days. The good old days were not that great. That is a well-known fact. Life was much harder. There were many Vital things they lacked. But, still, we look back fondly As our memory displays The world we would like to have known... Back to those good old days. I think I've got this figured out. It seems to me somehow When I look back in twenty years Those good days will be now! So let me live these days with joy. I'll fill my cup and raise A toast to days that I love most - My future 'good old days'. |
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desperado Member
since 1999-05-24
Posts 312FT Hood,Tx |
ahh something worth drinking too... I'll raise my glass and toast yours as well as mine. cheers! |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Revered Elder, all of your pieces are treats indeed. This one though likes me much. ------------------ Pain is life, life is short, I will endure. DreamEvil© [This message has been edited by DreamEvil (edited 09-10-99).] |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
I can hear Carly Simon singing now...these are the good old days  Great one Balladoll! (thanks for rescuing me! *LOL*)------------------ The only man worth your tears will never make you cry... |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Words most wise! Cheers! ------------------ Denise |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
My thanks to you all! |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
I agree, Balladeer. Take me back to them good ol' days-no wait, maybe not. I don't want to have to go all the way back when I've already gotten this far. ------------------ *Elizabeth* "Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low, But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..." |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
tis wonderful Sir........ ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I've raised a few too many glasses tonight already. *G* So forgive me, 'Deer one, if I simply say... Well done! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
I agree Balladeer. Does seem when we look back those days were always carefree! May we make these ones happy! So someday we can look back on em'! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
"These were the days my friend, we'd thought they'd never end..." "clink"! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
This brings a smile to my face. Raises her glass in a toast with you. "To wonderful poets, great works of arts, and most of all, good friends" ------------------ "Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
A toast to today! A wonderful place, wonderful friends and a wonderful poem... did I mention the poet is wonderful?  |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
I hope I look back fondly to "the good 'ol days too!! Sometimes I wonder though!! That was a wonderful way to tell of your future good old days!!! This place is very healing!! Thank You again for such wonderful words!! ------------------ "Is she living in a dream, Is she playing make-believe???" Justbleu |
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Deb Lynne Member
since 1999-08-19
Posts 180Where blue skies meet blue ocean |
Doesn't matter how old you are... there are still plenty of good ole memories out there! Good one Mr. Balladeer!!! |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
'Deer - well done, old geezer. lol - I like this one, because I can relate to it so well. How does the saying go? "The older we get, the better we were." |
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Sally S. Senior Member
since 1999-06-07
Posts 847Ohio |
I'll sip from your glass, Deer. Lovely. I'm sorry that I've been away from the forums for so long. I truly have missed the great talent here. In particular....one who has caught my attention...er....quite a bit. ------------------ "To waken doubt in one Holding so fast by thine infinity; So surely anchored on The steadfast rock of immortality." ...Emily Bronte, "Last Lines" |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
sir Balladeer: I don't consider myself old but I do look upon those bygone days of youth with fondness. And I guess I've never been so cognizant of time as in the past few years with my little ones no longer being so little. Today's days are perfect and I'm sure I'll look back in 15-20 years and wish for them once again. As always you have a wonderful way with words. |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
I look back to 1999 and wonder where the time has gone....it's amazing. I wish it would slow down!!! Hope all is well Michael. HUGS, Bridgette "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I'm with you, Bridgitte!!!! Going way too fast for me...thanks for digging through the good old days!! |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
1999,2003, where else would we be? Back on PIP reading all the oldies, missing you and what you write, come back. marty |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Wow, Marty, you've done some real digging!  Thank you for revisiting these old relics and enjoying them  |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You are such a class act. Thank you for making a difference on theses blue pages. God bless you Deer. |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
True then, true now.... |
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