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For all 30 & 40 somethings, thinking of home (because, I hope, you got OUT!)
70s - You got your 1st lunchbox at Grant's, Kresge's, or Sears...all downtown
-sledding at the golf course
-State theatre, Compass Cinema, Mall movies - all 1 or 2 big screens
-Your schoolbus was an old green SRTA bus
-going to the mall was a big deal
-eating out with your parents at Lums, Raffa's (pa or ma), Shawmut Diner, Green Diner, Willow Tree, Howdy's, Barbero's, Me & Ed's
-listening to WBSM or WNBH for school closings
-listening for the siren that meant no school
-Blizzard of 78!!!
-1/2 day of school last day
-ah, Lincoln Park kiddieland out back, mini golf, and the little train
-ice cream at Frates
-buying "good" clothes at Silverstein's or Sadow's
80's-
-You skated at Skate Plus, Hot Wheels, or Lincoln Park
-You shopped at Designer One for Bermuda bag covers
-Normandin was the "good" junior high, Keith was a dump, and Roosevelt was the "bad" school
-You went to "Voke", Stang, Holy Family, or NBHS
-Ice cream at Frates or Scoops
-Blue house was "Portagee", Tan was for burnouts, Gold was, well, just there, and Green was "prep"
-smoking lounge
-eating lunch in another house
-"time is passing; are you?" - I use that with MY students!
-"You have brought honor to yourself, your family, your school and your community"
-Emergency code A, B, and E all at once, soemtimes even getting to go outside
-duck and cover info in our handbook
-ugly IDs
-spirit week & masquerade day
-carnations at lunch
-foreign language week
-changing groups in gym to do something better (or easier)
-more Lincoln Park...Led Zep on the Himalaya (and the extra quarter to ride), getting out and running around in the fun house, the bubble bounce and the tilt a whirl
-swimming in PCBs at East or West Beach
...what else>>>? Add your tidbits...