Boomers Plus Community Group
Our group is primarily for those born from 1946 to 1964 and earlier. Come here to discuss the good and bad things about your age, retirement, benefit problems, and activities. And, maybe throw in a memory or two. If you're younger, you might learn where our generation is coming from. All are welcome.
I had a bike that must have had 10 coats of paint on it. Ugley but I loved it! We went everywhere on a bicycle back in the day! My cousin and I would leave home in the morning and stay gone all day. We would take our pennies and stop at the store for BB Bat suckers....STRAWBERRY! Oh and those DOTS on a paper strip too. So many great choices.
Remember we had to roll up on pant leg or we would be stopped with a jerk when our leg went around the pedal socket with our pants caught in it. Most the time we could get loose but sometimes we had to put the chain back on.
Remember we had to roll up on pant leg or we would be stopped with a jerk when our leg went around the pedal socket with our pants caught in it. Most the time we could get loose but sometimes we had to put the chain back on.
foxysdad
Bikes gave us so much freedom. We could go to "faraway" places and still get back home when we supposed to. And you could do so much on a bike. There was a kiddee matinee on Saturday mornings at a local movie theater that was 10 or 20 blocks from our neighborhood. After several years of parents taking us, we talked them into letting us ride our bikes. That gave us double pleasure,,the show and the "adventure" riding to and from it.
Yrod
On Saturday afternoons sometimes our dear Mama would let us go to the matinee while she did her errands and grocery shopped.One Saturday morning dear Mama had us get all of the household chores done before we got to go to the matinee. There was a lot to get done. Weekly we had to paste wax the wood floors which was quite large. The wood floors were in the living room, dining room and the hall. The windows washed. Beds changed, cupboards washed down in the kitchen. Bathrooms all washed. So we would start the whole list on Friday nights. We always got it all done. My brother and I were in grade school at the time. Seems like nowadays my grandchildren whine over keeping their rooms up. Embarrassing is what. Also we learned to stop begging to ride our bikes to the matinee.Just once she said "If I ever hear you 2 begging to ride your bikes to the matinee again the matinees will end forever." Bike or matinee? No choice is what. Foxysdad we would have been jealous of you getting to ride your bike to the matinee.
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I thought it might be fun to try to come up with a musical playlist inspired by St. Patrick's Day... so anything Irish, pertaining to the holiday, or anything associated with the holiday in some way (like shamrocks, leprechauns, anything green, what have you) will work here. Whatever you think in some way is a good interpretation of St. Patrick's Day then go for it (though perhaps we should just...
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Not everyone's in love around Valentine's Day... so how about we compile the best playlist for those who are just not feeling the love right now? Any songs you can think of that pertain to heartache, heart break, breaking up, and/or staying single (bonus points if those tunes are happy about it rather than "sad and lonely" dirges); love songs need not apply here!
