7/23/17
Writing on Facebook:
Often we publish pictures of items that were more common back in the day than they are today. A story on MSN.com talked about the things our mothers would do they wouldn't do today.I got to thinking about it and I remember a few things I did that my kid's child wouldn't be able to do at the same age. I lived in a trailer court most of my life. When I was FIVE years old we lived off a main road. I remember my mother sending me to the gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes. I walked through the park, across the main thoroughfare, and into the gas station. After putting in the money I pulled the knob under the picture of mom's cigarette. I think I only got it half way when the knob pulled back and my finger got stuck between the knob and the machine. One of the attendants got my finger out. Another time, still FIVE, I walked down the road a piece and with a penny, I found in my hand, I headed for the gumball machine. After putting my penny in and turning the knob I noticed the gumball had fallen down to the pickup tube.When I turned the knob back the penny was still in the slot. I got a bunch before the store clerk caught me. For some reason, I remember a lot of that summer. But, the main thing, not too many five-year-olds get to have those adventures today. If they did someone would have called social services and their mother would have gotten a good talking to.Maybe your mother wouldn't allow you to do the things I did, but, I bet if you thought about it, you could come up with some things that a kid seven or under wouldn't get to do today.
Followup: sleeping on floor in backseat of car while mom is in bar, being in bar with mother, color tv(this was 1948),
1949 first grade, Best friend Skippy, girl named kathy, Walked to school, to barbershop, to store, to skippy's place listening to my album "Won't you ever grow up little toot?". Holloween party.
