I was a participant in many of those waffle ball games! You might be amused to know there's a guy out here who built his own backyard waffle ball stadium, complete with old seats from Anaheim and other stadiums!
Add to your memories movies at the Luna or Will Rodgers theatres, local tv shows that weren't just news shows, Louie's Gyp Joint and Canfields Cream Soda.
My memories were a little different. Growing up in the Arkansas country was a little different. The nearest town had 2500 (down to 1000) people. No ice cream trucks but country stores that always seem to have ice cream.
I was right there with you for most of it, Ken. Those really were the best of times. Nostalgia plays a big part these days the older I get. Friends dropping by the wayside and you remember what they meant to you and you wish you could have had even one more conversation ... I enjoyed your post!!
Thanks CJ. This one was a little hard with all the outside “noise” going on around us and keeping focus on the events and not the editorial (although some snuck in).
I was a participant in many of those waffle ball games! You might be amused to know there's a guy out here who built his own backyard waffle ball stadium, complete with old seats from Anaheim and other stadiums!
Add to your memories movies at the Luna or Will Rodgers theatres, local tv shows that weren't just news shows, Louie's Gyp Joint and Canfields Cream Soda.
What…nothing on the Good Humor man, Mr Good Humor 😉 I was thinking of you when I threw the picture in there.
Forgot about the theaters though. It was a great place to grow up too…but no more 😢
Yes, best summer job ever! Still surprised I never got a photo of me and my truck.
My memories were a little different. Growing up in the Arkansas country was a little different. The nearest town had 2500 (down to 1000) people. No ice cream trucks but country stores that always seem to have ice cream.
I was right there with you for most of it, Ken. Those really were the best of times. Nostalgia plays a big part these days the older I get. Friends dropping by the wayside and you remember what they meant to you and you wish you could have had even one more conversation ... I enjoyed your post!!
Thanks CJ. This one was a little hard with all the outside “noise” going on around us and keeping focus on the events and not the editorial (although some snuck in).
You’re always welcome, my friend, always.
Oh, I know that 😉😊
I was beginning to think I was gonna do it. Had 8 in a row, a 9 count and missed the spare in the 9th, and I think it was strike 9 miss in the 10th.