Today's my birthday,I'm 71. That may sound old but that's only because it is :D
Some of the advantages of being this old, if you can call it an advantage, are the things you remember and have experienced that others younger than you only hear or read about.
I remember outhouses behind the house and pitcher pumps in the kitchen :rolleyes:
I remember my Mother reading the book of Robin Hood to me when I was 5 years old and I remember the first bow my Dad made for me after I heard that story. (that was the beginning of my love for archery)
I remember hearing Franklin Roosevelt live on the radio.
I remember Pearl Harbour, Air Raid drills and I remember the end of WWII
I remember the first Television, I remember party lines when people listened to your conversations.
I remember when a nickel would buy a candy bar, a bottle of soda pop, a single dip ice cream cone or a phone call on a pay phone.
I remember when cigaretts were .15 cents a pack, cigars were a nickel.
I can remember when you didn't have to lock your door when you went away because nobody would break in.
I remember where I was when John F Kennedy was assassinated. I remember Where I was when Martin Luther King was assassinated and also Bobby Kennedy.
I remember the Beatles, Elvis and Pat Boone.
These are just a few of the things that I remember, a lot of others are almost forgotten.
The thing I will never forget if I live to be 100 is the wonderful people I have come to know in the traditional archery community, many of them through this forum. They have become one of the high lights in my life.
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