Remember

Subject: Remember Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:55 pm

Remember what it was like when T.V. used to sign off?

Remember watching the last few minutes of signed off T.V. waiting for Sesame Street to begin?

Remember when one T.V. channel was all you needed, and a remote was unheard of and you used to be happy when yuh picking up channel nine.

Remember when Dominic Kalipersad was the man on TV from 7pm and you used to wish news was never a show.

Remember when Judy Alcantara and Allyson Hennesey used to come on the TV every day around lunch time.

What about de weatherman Robin Maharaj?

Remember when Channel 6 come on de air, how that was like the biggest thing on TV.

Remember when a donky kong or an Atari game was cool.

Remember When chicken and chips was Kentucky and you always wanted a Kentucky kids pack to get a Jo Jo dollar.

Remember pitchin' marbles, pickin' mangoes, peltin' stones, shooting caps guns, checkin' guavas for worms, flyin' kite, lightin' flambo, bussin bamboo, runnin' races?

Remember home work?

Remember when as soon as you reach on the beach you want to run in de water fast fast.

Remember when yu wanted to see how deep yuh could dig a hole in de sand and if you could reach water

Remember when walking arm in arm (sober) with a guy wasn't gay?

Remember when it was no big deal to kiss your father and your mother's lipstick stayed on your face for the whole day of school? (Fuh real with the lipstick shit!!)
Remember Alladin lunch kits and Trinpad copy books that had the national anthem and I solemnly pledge on the inside cover?

Remember snakes and ladders, ludo, chinese checkers, go to pack, suck the well, rounders, red light green light one two three, I spy, scooch and, kiss catch- girls catch the boys (never wanted to get caught, but deep inside wanted to get kissed).

Remember Star Wars, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, MacGyver, Equaliser, Simon and Simon, Super Friends, the adventures of Batman and Robin, Teen Talent, Scouting for Talent, Twelve and Under, pick a pan in Mastana Bahar, No Boundaries, Turn of the Tide.

What about Ralph Maharaj in Cross Country?

Remember Wendell Constantine in Party Time? G-Force, Terror Hawks, Super Gran, Star Fleet, He-Man, Street Hawk, Fall Guys. A-Team, even the old people shows like Knots Landing, Falcon Crest and JR and Bobby in Dallas and as much as I hate to admit it- Circle Square? (I used to love Circle Square J)

What about when Kiskidee Caravan was the biggest concert out. Dan it up, Shot call, Ambush and Edoo Edoo pom pom. (bloy bloy)

Remember when an RX 7 was de coolest car. When yuh see a black RX 7 it was always de Knight rider car. What about those Knight rider lights.

Remember when Cinema was the big lime, south people remember going Gulf City to go in de cinema upstairs?

Remember when Chinese Laundry dub tapes or rhythm nation, Dr Hyde was most wanted. Remember when Papa Rocky was a big time DJ.

Remember when de only soca tune yu liked was "Dey say ah too young for soca, oy yoo yoyy dey making joke" and roll up de tassa, and Sparrow's never eat a white meat yet. Oh gawdd, what about bump and wine.

Wait Wait, what about Nelson's Soca Daddy (She fall and ... she uh uh)

Remember when the only two ladies you knew who used to sing Calypso was Denyse Plummer and Drupatee. Never did you think ayyy we going to see a sexy woman on stage! (that is just wrong)

What about acid wash or stone wash jeans or hood tops with Malcolm X on it. (cyah cyah, fuh real!)

Girls what about jeans with all dem fancy patches on it and yuh wearing big belt too and shoes with fancy colour lacing.

Remember when shorts for girls used to reach all by they knee and you would be like â€œshe looking niceâ€.

What about Ricky Ticky and Uncle Ian who used to draw all kind of lines and say this is the sun and that is the forest. (LMAO)

Remember when goin Intercol was the biggest lime after school. Either yuh looking to go Skinner Park or in de Stadium.

What about those two to eight limes. Or when hanging by the video arcade was cool.

What about the Penal Convent bazaars or the Fatima College dances

Remember when going in the direction after Hilton was like going on some hike in some weird area. Never heard about Coconuts then?

The only reason you going around the savannah was to go in the zoo or by de botanic gardens.

Remember wanting to catch the maxi with the biggest sounds.

Remember when "race" was a word used to describe a running competition, â€œcolour" was used to describe yuh water paints or yuh drawing book and religion was remembering the "our father" and "thank you for the food we eat".

Remember when a fight was a few hard cuff and ended with a simple sorry.

Remember when disease was the cold, starvation was a belly ache, a cold drink was a big red, a solo or a tall pepsi and how high you got depended on who was pushing the swings.

Remember when the Prime Minister was just a name in Social Studies and politics was just a word in your spelling book.

Remember when guns were full of water and knives were made of plastic.

Do you remember....... my Trini people.

I Remember the Solo in the glass bottle and yuh coulda carry back the botle for 50 cents...
I Remember when 98.9 was the only urban station on radio...
I Remember the maxi stand in town was between RBTT and KFC on Independence Square....
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Subject: Re: Remember Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:59 pm

Subject: Re: Remember Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:34 am

hey DON.T dis ricky ticky ... Smile

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Subject: Re: Remember Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:39 am

i remember swat cats and big bag.... smurfs.... Suspect

hmm what else??? i still gettin homework lol!!!! Razz

but that doh mean i does remember it!! Laughing

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