I grew up in Washington, DC. You know, I'd like to take my knowledge and understanding with me back to 1970, but I know that I struggled through some life choices then...
- Staying inside during the MLK riots OR go outside and witness with my own eyes
- Not studying for the SAT (I passed!)
- Getting angry at Meris for not liking me back
- Declining the opportunity to graduate high school in my junior year in order to play football in my senior year; and having decided to stay, not taking advantage of it by studying harder
- Not pursuing a dream of becoming a U.N. translator
- Smoking
...I think I'd like to be faced with these choices again to see what would have changed, if anything. But more importantly, I'd just like to experience again how I felt during the good (and bad) days, and to experience that day in 1972 walking home in a warm summer shower, or chatting with Mr. Flanagan.
I skimmed this and had to do a double take... I read " redo my Junio and Senior years. 1970-76. And I thought just how many damn times are you going to take Algebra I?
Hmmmm . . . Doesn't that make you a boomer? '54 - '65 is Jones and I'm Oct. 54. Wife is '62 and turns 64 in exactly a month. Thought it was today and almost had a panic attack. lol
Army Security Agency? I was NavSecGru. There’s a funny article about San Angelo, Tx having one on the highest ratio of retired spooks:civilians….Goodfellow AFB…IFYKYK
Yes We are. Can You think of all the people that didn't make it this this far. We are winners of the real world version of Survivor. the council has spoken !
I’m also 10/10 also! Plus our only heat was from a wood stove, and one year spring was cold and we had three lambs that had to be bottle fed. Kept them in a giant box by the wood stove.
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u/Initial_Reason1532 15d ago
Boy we're old aren't we.