Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="BigErnMcCracken, post: 5306600, member: 70"] The common theme in most of these that I miss the most is just coming up with ways to have fun with nothing but your friends and your imagination. My kids' generation really missed out on that. They are mystified by the idea of pre-internet life. We used to go to Nantucket every summer back when my middle class parents could still rent a place for a week or two. Those are some of my best memories, staking out a spot for the ferry in Hyannis, playing wiffle ball on the beach and body surfing all day, then steaming some lobsters and eating them outside after an outdoor shower. I remember I was fascinated by the idea of a "corked bat" so I tried to cork a wiffle ball bat and then covered it with an entire roll of some fancy electrical tape my dad had in the garage. I still joke with him about how he flipped out when he got home that I had used up all the tape. Bat was a weapon though. Murdered a tennis ball. My grandfather was a carpenter and built a cottage down in Old Saybrook - Cornfield Point I guess? - that's long been torn down. But I remember getting up early to ride my bike with my pops to get Egg McMuffins and then go crabbing all morning, then hitting the beach and waiting for the Vecchittos truck to roll up. I was a watermelon fan back then but now I'm strictly almond. Being a kid back then was great. [/QUOTE]