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Black and White TV?

Arlene U. Terry

Black and White TV shows. Our grandchildren would ask "what is that? so here goes my description of more of a wonderful life. Wow, we did not live in a city so it was a long time before we received any TV transmission. I was married before we had television, but...

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Saved by ........The Fog?

Amy Thomason

Last Sunday the Sr. Pastor at my church taught on the Sovreignty and Providence of God! One of my favorite topics, and also a lesson I need often, as I tend to query Why way more often than the average bear. You would think that my family history would have innoculated...

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Grandma tell me the story?

Christine Cormier

My Grandmother was born in Austria, Anna Stefkovic, Andreansky, August 3, 1884 and died January 5, 1968 in Irvington, NJ. She's buried at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey. Anna Stefkovic, immigrated to this country, as I have been told on a ship. I am not sure if she married...

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Golf Is Great In The Dominican Republic

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Dominican Republic As a country right next door to Haiti, and occupying about 2/3 of the Island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic was also a pleasure in contrasts. The Footloose Forester went there...

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The Days Of Innocence and Fun On TV

Joyce Stone

Television was something very unusual when I was growing up. In fact, my grandparents had one of the first sets in Las Vegas, New Mexico because it was a retirement gift from his friends on the railroad. Of course it was black and white but we didn't know about colored...

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Oh, black and white TV!

Golden V. Adams Jr.

My youngest daughter, Melanie, would have enjoyed 'The Howdy Doody Show' as a ventriliquist in her own right!

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Macau Once Belonged To Portugal

Dick Pellek

On the road …again!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek M was Macau These fleeting decades after Macau had been absorbed by the People’s Republic of China, one wonders if the map makers made it easier or harder to find that former Portuguese enclave...

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Growing Things: Make It Happen

Dick Pellek

On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Growing Things Some farmers around the world think of themselves as unskilled peasants. On the other hand, some city dwellers think of farmers as providers of the riches of the land. The...

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The Acropolis Was On The Bucket List

Dick Pellek

On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek G for Greece Greece was on his bucket list of places to see well before the popular concept of “things to do and things to see before one kicks the bucket” was made into a...

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Lemurs And Thieves

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek M is for Madagascar Madagascar is so puzzling as a nation that even the people who live there generally acknowledge t hat it would be meaningful to divide up the island into four distinct regions....

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I Liked Watching the Snow With No Channel

John Cormier

BONANZA SUNDAY NIGHT I COULDN'T WAIT. HOSS WAS MY FAVORITE WHEN HE WAS THERE TO HELP LITTLE JOE I WAS HAPPY .BUT WE DIDN'T GET TO ENJOY THE SHOW AS MUCH AS MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW THE MAP WOULD START TO BURN UP AND...

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What do army men, darts, wooden stairs and 3 bored boys have in common?

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

You might be thinking, "What the heck is he talking about?" As I was growing up in North Conway, N.H., the most common type of home in the area was a Cape Cod style with a full basement. Most people never finished off the basement so the steps downstairs were usually...

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Rubber band wars with Dad!

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

This is not the actual rubber bands we used....The ones we used were this big before you began pulling on them! They were awesome!!! Rubber band wars with Dad My younger brother Tyler and I used to love having rubber band wars with our Dad when we were growing up. ...

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He Was Talent Personified

Lillian Cormier

Milton Berle is my all time favorite comedian. He made me laugh till I cried. He had more energy than I've seen in my lifetime and he never offended anyone in his routine. I can't say the same about the so called comedians today. There are very few that I can...

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My All Time Favorite TV Show.

Lillian Cormier

It was nineteen forty eight. . My father had a huge, seven inch wide screen portable TV. Once a week I loked forward to the Milton Berle Show. he mad

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The black and white show that I remember watching as a child is...

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

Howdy Doody was a great show that I remember. They were re-runs at that time, but they were new to me! Another show that started in black and white and then went to color was Captain Kangaroo. I loved that show too....Mr. Green Jeans and the ping pong balls.

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Writing My First Song

John Cormier

this song made it to number 100,000 on the music charts I HAD BEEN PLAYING THE GUITAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AT THIS POINT OFF AND ON. THEN ONE DAY I WAS SITTING WITH MY BROTHER JIM AND MY COUSIN LARRY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUMPED...

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