To be 30 again, your not old, your in your prime. I'm 43, our house in Whittier, Ca. cost $16,000.00 U.S.D in 1964. This house was 285K when purchased in 1998 here in Alta Loma,
Ca. Growing up in our middle class neighborhood with 1 RCA black & white TV, a SW and a 54 Chevy. My dad, a father of a family of 6, raised us on a single income. Our modest little home had no carpeting, and like mentioned in other posts, what A/C, a single rotary phone on the kitchen wall. Life seemed so simple then.
When Bob Hope passed away, it was like losing an uncle. Yet, when I brought this up in my office, one of the kids (actually a 22 year old) ask who he was??? Talking about picking the jaw off the floor, I couldn't believe I had to explain to someone who Bob Hope is was and forever in my mind will always be.
From the days of the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, micro buses, muscle cars,bell bottoms and Twiggy. The days when calculators weren't allowed for our Algebra tests and Apple is what kept the doctor away. Those were the days, no one knew what a "crip" was, the only "gang" I knew was on Ch 52 and that show was in black and white with a dog named petey and a kid named Alfalfa.
Forever young at 43. I keep remembering a plaque that hangs at the back wall of the gym at California High School in Whittier, I'll try to remember it's wording, but basically says "within these walls you'll enjoy the best 4 years of your life"
At the time I didn't realize how true that really is. Your 1st girlfriend, your first car, your first date, new friends, puberty, teenage shenanigans, life was good those 4 consecutive years.
I haven't had 4 consecutive good years since I graduated high school, oh yeah I've had great years, marriage, graduation from college, birth of our son, my days in the navy, on and on, but they have not been consecutive. Thanks for this excellent thread.
Chuck
Forever young