Triggers for boomer memories

test pattern

Do you recognize the diagram above?  If you’re over the age of 55, I bet you do.  Of course, it’s what we watched on television late at night or early in the morning before 24-hour programming was introduced.   I think we called it a “test pattern” and it got more air time than the precious few TV programs that were produced in “the good ole days.”

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More memories to add to the stack

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If you read the last post you know that I’m still remembering The Greatest Generation and my high school chums who are like family.

As we gathered this week to celebrate the life of Wilma Hooker. It gave our classmates an opportunity to spend two days together, and it was 1965 all over again. We don’t see each other for months or years, but when we come together we pick right up where we left off – and we’re 16 again – crazy and goofy as ever.

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