I really like this thread. I know some of folks reactions is wistful wonderful sepia toned memories of a great youth, me included. I feel blessed to have been 10 in 1966, and building models of cool cars, seeing them on the street, and a world that was safer and full of fun. My fondest memories of every summer for all of July, spending a month in a beach cabin on Long Beach Island NJ. Long since tore down for rich folks gaudy McBeachMcMansion.
I recently looked on Google maps of my childhood house in Rutherford NJ my folks had built. The aerial photo showed a house with a back addition the size of the original house added on, the large backyard being tiny now, with what was left filled with a huge built in pool. McMansion strikes again. The one cool thing was the Google street view! The front still looked identical! Same white with black shutters, amazing. It was very moving to see.
anyhow, great thread.
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