<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In Montgomery, AL, there is a black radio DJ who has a segment called "The
<BR>Back-in-the Day Buffet." On it, he "serves up" numerous hits from the 60s
<BR>and 70s. I often hear "back in the day" used in nostalgic reference to a
<BR>distant past. It may be a time which the speaker/writer considers generally,
<BR>but more often, personally, better than the present. Contexts in which the
<BR>phrase occurs, "I was a 'player/lover' back in the day!" and "Man, back in
<BR>the day, I could do 300 situps and not even 'break a sweat'," suggest that
<BR>the phrase is about one's heyday.
<BR> PAT</FONT></HTML>