THINGS I DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANYMORE

just walking down memory lane and remembering things i don't see or hear anymore............AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE COLUMN, JUST LMK

Remember when you would see those postage stamp machines hanging on the wall? you could be at the hardware store or the local A & P and buy a small amount of stamps to mail your letter and they came out pressed between two small pieces of cardboard.

writing a letter

ladies day at the ball park

writing a thank you note

kids playing marbles in the dirt outside where you drew the inner circle with your finger

a man gassing your car and checking your oil and washing your windshield

Men automatically removing their hats at a restaurant

kids used to stay with their parents (within a few feet anyway) when they went to the store and MAYBE, if you asked real nice, you got permission to look at all the new baseball gloves in the sporting goods section.......and you better still be there when dad showed up.

When is the last time you took a bus? i used to take three buses BY MYSELF to go to a baseball game. now i won't even get on a bus.

a family playing cards

the local barber shop being closed on sunday & monday

meat not being sold after 6 p.m.

a man opening the car door for a woman

a newsboy knocking on your door, collecting for that week of delivery

EVERY store being closed on thanksgiving or christmas.

penny candy.

block parties

home mail delivery twice a day

tinsel on a christmas tree

When's the last time someone held a door for you at the store or the quick mart or 7-11?

the good humor ice cream guy....in his white truck

When's the last time a teenager held out his hand when introduced to someone for the first time? if i had answered "hey" instead of shaking hands.......ouch.

bubble lights on a christmas tree

neighborhood kids playing a pick-up game of baseball in the summertime

kids riding bicycles

a newsstand at a busy city intersection that had all the city papers and magazines

live music at the local bowling alley lounge

yelling out the window at that newsstand guy and he would run the tribune over to your car

kids trading baseball cards

baseball cards in the spokes of your bike

Does anyone go near the school playground or ball fields in the summer?

When's the last time a family, the entire family, sat down for a non-holiday dinner?

people having dinner without looking at their phones

softball teams wearing complete and matching uniforms

a kid knocking on your door asking to shovel your walk

corner mail boxes every two blocks

kids banging pots & pans on their front porch at midnight on new year's eve

guys wearing suits or sport coats at a wake or funeral

guys hanging out at a neighbor's garage on a saturday afternoon watching their buddy change the oil on his car and killing a case of beer

ok, that's enough to get you talking and remembering.  send me your thoughts

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