: Everyone 14 and older must read this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Before Sidekicks & iPods.

*Before MIKE JONES

*Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.

*Before the 5 hours(5min) of homework you put off every night.

*WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL

*When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

*When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

*When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

*When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

*When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

*When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

*Way back..........

*Tag.

*Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

*Red Light, Green Light.

*Heads Up 7 Up.

*Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.

*Hopscotch.

*Slip-n-Slides.

*Tree Houses.

*Hula Hoops.

*Skip-its.

*Reading R.L. Stine's Goose Bumps.

*The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.

*Running through the sprinklers.

*Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

*Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

*Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

*Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It."

*But wait....

*Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter.

*Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.

*The original Power Rangers

*Or what about....

*The Secret Life of Alex Mac.

*Ren & Stimpy.

*Double Dare.

*Rocko's Modern Life.

*AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

*Wild & Crazy Kids.

*Clarissa Explains it All.

*Salute Your Shorts.

*Are You Afraid of the Dark?

*The original cast members of All That.

*Kenan & Kel.

*The Magic School Bus.

*Flash Forward.

*Pete and Pete.

*Legends of the Hidden Temple.

*Hey Dude.

*Dinosaurs.

*Pinky and the Brain.

*Blossom.

*Hangin' With Mr. Copper.

*Wishbone.

*Bill-Nye the Science Guy.

*Kablamm.

*Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, The Facts of Life, & I Love Lucy.

*Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

*Or Nick Jr. with Face!

*Gulah-Gulah Island.

*Alegra's Window.

*Little Bear.

*Under the Umbrella Tree.

*The Busy World of Richard Scary.

*The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

*Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

*Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

*Class field trips. (to the ZOO!)

*When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

*When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

*When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

*When Toys 'R' Us overuled the mall.

*Go back to the time when.....

*Argument's were only started when it came to who was gonna be the redranger.

*Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

*Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

*'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

*Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.

*It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

*Being old referred to anyone over 20.

*A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

*Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

*It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

*When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

*When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

*When Lisa Frank was the raddest thing ever.

*When a candy bar at the grocery store was the highlight of your day.

*When coupons collected all year could get you a prize in your class auction.

*When the only thing you cried over was your mom being late to pick you up.

*When stress was addition and subtraction.

*When friendships were as complicated as who's house to sleep over.

*When shaving cream was just meant for play.

*When a first kiss only lead to cooties.

*When Valentines Day meant cards for all.

*When birthdays were a class event.

*When a friend moving away was the saddest day of your life.

*When the summer lasted forever.

*When time didn't matter.

*These were the days we hadn't realized escaped us until it's all brought back.