Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2313250)

Walking to Ben Franklin’s 5 and dime to get wax candy or baseball cards. Then going next door to Lawton’s to get a drink.

Originally Posted by BigDawgInLakeDenham (Post 2311518)

The day JFK was shot
The day MLK was shot
My brother going to Viet Nam
The day RFK was shot
The day George Wallace was shot

They are all with God and praying for us

Lord, what a violent country

Originally Posted by margaretmattson (Post 2311624)

That is my point. It was so commonplace back then that everyone thought it was funny. Test it yourself and watch some of the older shows with your grandkids. You will find it difficult to explain why it was acceptable.

Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2311727)

- Walking 1 1/2 mile to school, taking a shortcut through a little wood that was so magical to me.
- Crazy snowstorms that made the doors completely inaccessible so we had to get out through the kitchen window, no school but lots of shovelling!
- Watching The Flintstones, cartoons, Walt Disney.
- Playing records and writing out the words so I'd be able to memorize them.
- Camping trips to the Atlantic coast.
- Skiing in Quebec and Vermont
- Watching color TV for the first time
- Watching Nadia Comanici's perfect 10. WHAT A GYMNAST!
- The first steps on the moon.
- Getting to wear a tutu for my first ballet recital.
- Swimming ALL DAY until my fingers and toes turned into prunes.
- Picking fresh blueberries in the forest near our house and having a pie made from them by mom. YUM

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 2313451)

getting a lemon ice from Vechittos' and watching fourth of July fireworks from the Portland Bridge.

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2312373)

I think of things on TV programs, sexist things, racist things, dumb things, mocking things, something to "hit" everyone, and we all just laughed, did not take each word in a TV show as some personal assault or insult... we laughed, like it was no different than an live comedy show where the comedian targets every group in the audience from seniors to clergy to teens, people then did not sit there just waiting for an opportunity to jump up and be "insulted". NOW .... that's the name of the game !

Originally Posted by FredJacobs (Post 2311994)

My favorite childhood memory was when my back didn't hurt.

Originally Posted by mntlblok (Post 2313467)

"Lemon ice" was not a term that was heard where I grew up. A fun summer in Cherry Hill, NJ, however, introduced me to something called an "Italian water ice", IIRC. The one I tried was, indeed, of the lemon variety. I thus narrowed down my speculation for which "Portland Bridge" might be getting referenced. Am therefore guessing this one. :-) Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge – DRJTBC

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 2313496)

apologize for not being more specific. i grew up in Ct., & Vecchioto's was a local institution. an italian family devoting themselves to making us kids happy with flavored ice & REAL gelato. they had maybe 2 stores, the one near me was Middletown. OBB would most likely remember where the other one is, they are still open today!