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 Channel 6 come on de air, how that was like the
biggest thing on TV.
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 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 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 ****!!)
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.
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.
Remember when Cinema was the big lime?
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 the only two ladies you knew who used to sing Calypso
was Singing Francine and Calypso Rose?
What about acid wash or stone wash jeans or hood tops with Malcolm X
on it. (cyah cyah, fuh real!)
Remember when shorts for girls used to reach all by they knee and
you would be like she looking nice.
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.
Remember when ';race'; was a word used to describe a running
competition, colour'; 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.My Trini people do you remember when? This is from a friend who write this..?
Yuh remember puksay and helicopta... what about the WHO and PAHO people coming in yuh school to give yuh injection?
What about Dj Hurricane George and old years night was for yuh parents to sail on the Jolly Roger down Chaguaramas...
What about when electricity used to go and yuh coulda pull out yuh matress and sleep in yuh front porch until it come back...
What about going to sleep and forgetting to lock up de house.... but nuttin' missing in de morning...
What about Knight Rider?
And the late night matinee movie on Saturday night?
When Roxy was a cinema?
When their was no Brian Lara Promenade?
When apples grapes and pears only for Christmas?
When the only laundry soap was breeze?
And dishwashing liquid was Sqezy?
Yuh 'member ent?My Trini people do you remember when? This is from a friend who write this..?
Don't forget CNN and Santa Babara. Also remember when maxi taxi had ';PONG';.
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Allyuh remember surf wallets, black bands and punk belts with the knot tie by the buckle? :-)
yuh shave yuh head or what? dats good and clean for a nice clout... i doh have nuttin to add...i just wanted to tell meh boy what's up?
Wow. This make meh eye water and meh stomach tight.
AH HOMESICK!
Allyuh remember when Rennie B was DE DJ?
how allyuh so, you forget the best part of all ah dat:
Indian movies on ah sunday morning, mastana bahar on ah Saturday with pick ah pan.
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