HEY VAL
1937 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR THE WINCHESTER MODEL 70 AND THE DC-3 AIRLINER AND ME. THE DC-3 LATER BECAME SPOOKY THE GUNSHIP IN VIETNAM. YES I FLEW ON IT. I WAS A GUNNER.
WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR PICTURE, A 55 OR 56 MERCURY? THEY WEREN'T FAST ON THE HOLE SHOT BUT ONCE YOU GOT THEM MOVING THEY WERE QUICK. I HAD A 56 FORD VICTORIA WITH A 312CI AND 225 HORSE ENGINE. SUNSET CORAL AND WHITE. IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS CALLED T*&&% PINK. WHEN THE SUN WAS SETTING IT TOOK ON A DIFFERENT AURA AND LOOKED LIKE THE SUN SETTING IN THE WESTERN SKIES. I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT, IT WAS JUST GORGEOUS. I LOVED THAT CAR.
IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I FOUND OUT HOW OUT OF TOUCH MY FATHER WAS WITH LIFE. WHAT A GRUMP, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS IN MY MID TWENTIES I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE HAD LEARNED IN THOSE INTERVENING YEARS. THE MAN JUST MADE A TOTAL TURNAROUND. HA. HA. WE BECAME FATHER AND SON AND GREAT FRIENDS.
WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, YES WE HAD THOSE THEN, OUR CIVICS TEACHER POSED A QUESTION TO US. "WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING IN THE YEAR 2000". DON'T LAUGH, BUT MOST OF US THOUGHT WE'D BE DEAD. LOL NOW HERE WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR 50TH SCHOOL REUNION THIS SUMMER. GONNA BE A BLAST. I WONDER IF A 6 PACK STILL COSTS 98 CENTS? IN YOUR DREAMS BILLY BOY. GEE I'LL BET GAS HAS RAISED SINCE IT WAS 17 CENTS A GALLON ALSO.
ONE GOOD ONE BEFORE I GO. WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL WE STILL USED INK PENS. THIS WAS BEFORE BALLPOINTS. EVERY SCHOOL DESK HAD AN INK WELL THAT YOU DIPPED YOUR PEN INTO TO WET THE QUILL SO YOU COULD WRITE. AND YES WE DID DIP THE GIRLS PIGTAILS INTO THE INKWELL. THIS GIRL THAT SAT IN FRONT OF ME WAS A REAL WENCH. I HATED HER AND THE FEELING WAS LIKEWISE. ANYWAY I DIPPED HER AND SHE TOLD THE TEACHER, A NUN. BOY I GOT THE SNOT BEAT OUT OF ME FOR THAT ONE. HAD TO SWEEP FLOORS AND POUND OUT THE ERASERS AND CLEAN AND WASH BLACKBOARDS FOR A WEEK. HE. HE. HE. IT WAS WORTH IT. LOL.
BY THE WAY, I STILL USE A FOUNTAIN PEN. I'M OLD SCHOOL.
OH, AND BEING OLD, IT SURE AS HECK BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE.
