Replies to post #676513 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[lee kramer]

Alan, thanks for Mick the Stick and the Stones. That was a great scene in "The Big Chill" when she played that song in church.

[alanrs]

I grok.

That brought to mind something that happened in 7th grade. We had just moved from North Dakota to New Jersey and a family up the street had moved in from Philadelphia. Ginny Fox (a fitting name). Thought I was cute and was moving way, way, way faster than I (she had an older sister). While I had a clue (having perused the girls underwear section of the Sears catalogue), I didn't have much more than a clue, and ran away (probably literally) in embarassment at what she was proposing, and then suffered some subsequent teasing as a result. Of course also kicked myself for a number of years thereafter for having missed my chance. Oh well. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Had forgotten about that.

ARS

[Dr VanNostrand]

It's 1966 and I'm 14 years old and Marjorie finally consented to go with me to Kennywood Amusement Park. Kennywood, known for it wooden coasters, is one of those old world family owned parks that's still in existence today. Anyway, we decided to ride the Thunderbolt, one of the fastest roller coasters of its time, and I figured the fear factor would lead to some potential snuggling opportunities. This was my first date with her, and in order to up my cool factor I was wearing a large brass medallion hung from a chain around my neck. Well, things were going well until the coaster hit the giant dip - my medallion levitated straight up until we hit the next climb where it smacked into my forehead and opened up a gash that splatted Marjorie, and her new dress, with lots of bright red blood. Sigh....my first and last date with Marjorie. Remember it like yesterday :-)