[Boomer]

Ohhhhh, here I go again. Whatintheheckisthematterwithme? I cannot resist this kind of thread.


Dear Mr. Great Fumar, Sir:

You just had to post this one didn't you? And then I just had to read it, didn't I? I knew the title meant there would be lots of nostalgic stuff to think about. And so I could not stop myself from looking.

And, now, I have to admit to 23 of them. But if a PF Flyer is a sled that makes it 24. And if I get credit for knowing about newsreels before movies, even though I don't remember ever seeing one, then I am El Perfecto Boomero Numero Uno. Geez.

In my laundry room, displayed atop the cabinets, there is an old glass 7 Up bottle with a sprinkling top.

I just told Mr. Boomer about this thread and that caused him to start talking about his paper route. And the numbers were exactly like the numbers here. 2 cents a paper. He had an afternoon route.

And then he started talking about curb feelers and vacuum-powered windshield wipers that worked off the intake manifold. (At least, I do not know what he is talking about with that one.)

Ohhhh, this is most distressing. Most, most distressing. Why oh why do I know this stuff???



And Chuck, are you asking about Kate Smith singing "God Bless America"? I think maybe that is what you mean. Unless.......it is Sophie Tucker singing, "Some of these days, you're gonna miss me"....Ohhhh, I love that song, too, but I think it might actually be from the 20's.

And was it Winky Dink on television who had us put some kind of plastic thing over the screen so we could draw on it? I have a friend who did not send away for the plastic stuff and just drew directly on the screen and got in a lot of trouble.

Boomersaurus