1986: SENIOR CITIZENS: KEEP THAT GRAY MATTER ALIVE!
One of the numerous nemeses that confront senior citizenship and the aging process is senility, loss of memory, and Alzheimers disease. It has been my impression over the past ten years or so to note that many of my contemporaries have thus far avoided those dreaded "old age" maladies. For me personally, I believe that keeping active with reading, writing, and other mental gymnastics that keep the brain focused goes a long way to postpone the inevitable. Such is the case with the 22 year old article I wrote in a column from that year. So for the relative few senior citizens who are on the computer, see how many of the things referred to in the article you can recall.
Tom:
ReplyDeletePretty good list. I still remember most with very fond memories.
Do you remember the name of the owner of the string of "Premium" gas stations? "Budny". Glass qts. of oil could be bought for a nckle.
Mike Kuzma
Tom:
ReplyDeleteIs my man Ralph ok. Have not seen any comments from him in quite some time.
Hope all is well Ralphie!
Mike Kuzma
Hi Tom,
ReplyDeleteI was born in 1940 and I remember mostly all of them. My Dad was in Civil Defense and wore a white helmet. I clearly recall one blackout while sitting on my Mother's lap. Jim Anderson had a variety store on Broad and Stanton Sts. in Trenton and he sold all kinds of penny candy. Also, comic books were 10 cents, but on certain days, you could trade your "read" ones in and buy used ones for 2 cents and 5 cents. All the ice cream Dixie cups in his store had baseball pictures on the lids. So when you opened your ice cream, you peeled off the wax paper and there would be baseball players' photos. Such good memories...