Saturday, June 19, 2010

half way to the wrong side of the grass


i turned 50 this week. i looked up a few things that were going on the year i was born.

1. the flintstones premiered
2. ben hur was a hot movie
3. the aluminum can was invented
4. cassius clay ( not yet muhammed ali ) won his first pro fight
5. gas was a quarter a gallon, and a brand new mustang was 2300 bux.
6. the foolish pic above passed for olympic-level winter sport

pardon me, while i go heat up a bowl of stewed prunes and ovaltine.

2 comments:

jwm said...

ha! Next time some punk says "you grew up before cell phones?" you can reply, "we were lucky to have aluminum cans".

-jwm

Tim said...

"aluminum cans with strings tied between them"

Is that Robert Redford slicing that gate? Happy Birthday old man!