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July 25, 2000 - Posted on a Submariner
BBS by Bob Harrison
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| "I just had a half hour of sheer enjoyment
and all I had to do was to talk with new friends that I didn't even know
existed until just a short time ago and still wouldn't know it if it weren't
for the internet. We shot the breeze and it was pure fun.
Their names? Bob Garlock and Dex Armstrong.
Two fine gentlemen and real men. Both veterans. One from the Air Force,
the other from the Submarine Force. But I don't hold that against either
of them. Anyhow, we talked of the old days and how much they were different
than today and the conclusion was, we're not sure why the differences but
somewhere along the way we lost a lot.
So, after we hung up, I decided to post
another little poem of mine that I hope you will enjoy. Maybe, Dex and
Bob, it gives some insight into what we were trying to say."
Bob Harrison July 25, 2000 |
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RECALLING
THE PAST
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I remember playing baseball in
the summers long ago,
I remember winter's coasting on the
slopes that I loved so,
I remember playing "slips" all night
and a game called "one-eyed cat",
But if you ask about the bad times,
I can't remember that!
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I remember nights on our front
porch when summer cast its spell,
We had no cares nor worries then `cause
everyone was well.
And Dad would tell us stories of his
long-gone days of youth.
Sometimes we'd have to wonder if he
was playing with the truth!
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But now I know that when he told
the stories of his past,
He told of all the good times; the
bad times just don't last!
I`m like my Dad, I guess, I like to
dream of then,
To reminisce, and wipe a tear; those
days will never come again.
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It`s mighty strange how people
like to dream of days gone by,
And talk of all the good things then;
or do our memories lie?
Just think of this, our kids right
now, in twenty years or more,
Will be telling of the "times back
then" and the happy days of yore!
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For it`s simple human nature to
think our youthful days were best,
To know nothing about mortgages, nor
bills, nor all the rest
Of life`s many trials and tribulations
that take away the joy
Of living life from day to day, just
a happy, carefree boy!
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Bob HARRISON
GREENFIELD, INDIANA
MAY 10, 1986
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