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Memory Lane Monday

1memory lane signHappy Monday! It’s already time to take a look back again. These weeks are going by fast. I saw this video this week and it brought back some good memories. Remember watching the Super Bowl and seeing this commercial for the first time? Hope you enjoy. Have a great week.

Rick

Memory Lane Monday

1memory lane signHowdy folks. It’s Monday once again and you know what that means. It’s time to take a look back because it’s Memory Lane Monday. Remember these? Rain lamps.  How cool were these? I remember sitting and staring at one of these things for hours. I’ve got two spots picked out for one in my house. Now, if I can just talk my wife into it. Have a good week everybody.

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Memory Lane Monday

1memory lane signIt’s Memory Lane Monday once again which unfortunately means the weekend’s over. But that’s ok. Life goes on. We’ll have another one in a few more days.

Hey, remember this one. The Never Ending Story. I remember watching this at summer care and thinking how cool it would be to have one of those giant flying ferrets/dog hybrids.neverending_story_dvd_1096 Man, those were the days.

Memory Lane Monday

1memory lane signWell, here we are again. Another Monday, looking down the wrong end of the work week. But, look on the brighter side … it’s Memory Lane Monday!

I sat in my recliner watching football last night trying to think of what I could do today’s look back on and then it happened. My cell phone buzzed, dancing across my glass top side table, alerting me to some breaking news from somewhere in the NFL. As I reached for my cell, I thought, wow. We’ve came along way. As if I had anything to do with it. I can hide my cell phone in the palm of my hand now. I get the internet, email, text messages, music, pictures and ALOT more. My old cell phone, well…. it could make calls (sometimes) and …… well …..you could use it as a boat anchor. But remember how important you felt using it in front of those lowly people that didn’t have one? How did we ever live without them?

first-cell-phone-picRick

Memory Lane Monday

1memory lane signWelcome back to Memory Lane Monday. Again, let me apologize for missing last week.

So I’m sitting and watching ESPN after the Nascar race last night and a commercial comes on. It was for the next installment in the Need for Speed series of video games. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a racing game that is based …. it doesn’t matter. The point is, the graphics are unbelievable. It doesn’t matter if you use a XBOX360 or PS3 or whatever. The games these day are crazy. When you put flat screen TVs with 1080p resolution and game systems with gold plated HDMI connections, what do you expect? It got me thinking about my first game system. That’s right, PONG! It took me on a trip down memory lane.

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Rick

Memory Lane Monday


It’s time to sit back and reminisce once again. **Que squiggly lines … dootalootadoot … dootalootadoot … dootalootadoot … ** (Wayne’s World reference).

We regain our bearings to find ourselves standing in the backyard. But why? DUCK!!!!!!! Yes! It’s Lawn Darts! Which marketing genius from which medical supply company came up with this one. I can hear the pitch meeting. Ok guys, we’re gonna make a game to be played outside. One team will be on one end of the yard and the other team about 25 feet away. You put a small hula hoop on the ground in front of you. Then each team “throws” tiny spears toward the other team’s hoop to see how many you can land in the hoop. Oh, and you’ll have to throw them high, because it only counts if it sticks in the ground. But Bill, aren’t spears dangerous? No Mark, we are gonna make them small, so kids can play too.

Can you believe our parents bought these little meteorites of death? Lawn Darts sold like crazy. They became a summertime bar-b-que favorite for a couple of reasons. First, you don’t have to walk back and forth like some of those other games like horse shoes. Who needs all that pointless walking? This is supposed to be a game, not exercise. Second, you never have to put down your beer. It only takes one hand to hurl one of these jugular-javelins. But sadly, in 1988, they were banned. But don’t be sad, it was for the best. It’s like I always say, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than an frontal lobotomy”.

Memory Lane Monday


Remember these? No wonder we grew up to be a nation of fat @$$#$. That was our image of people? “They weeble, they wobble, but they don’t fall down!!!”

Memory Lane Monday

I’m gonna try this on for size. Memory Lane Monday. I’ll post something from my past. A memory, good or embarrassing. It could be a childhood toy, a teenage fad, a movie quote, or song. I hope it brings back some memories for you too.

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