• Lately I've heard some people talking about the "Good Ole Days". I'm not sure exactly when that was but I think it now involves those of us that are Boomers. Some of my Boomer memories of a safer, simpler, economical time are of: $1 movies with 10 cents popcorn in our small town theatre. We went to A&W drive-ins on our tank of 35cents a gallon gas. Chewing gum was 5 cents a pack. Dad liked Spearmint and I liked Juicy Fruit or Black Jack. We listened to a lot of Elvis on the AM radio as he was my sister's favorite.
• It was a time when Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton and Bob Hope ruled the television and they didn't have to swear to be funny. Our family played board games such as marbles and Yahtzee after dinner. Men respected women by opening doors and standing as they entered a room. Sports figures were truly someone to look up to. There was mercury in our thermometers but not in our fish. If there was trouble in school it was from talking out of turn, chewing gum, blowing spit wads, running in the halls or maybe a clothing issue. Today you'd have to add drugs and alcohol to the list.  Those were some good ole days but I don't think they were all as good as we would like to remember. I can recall a few trips to outhouses that to this day make me grateful for indoor plumbing. Every decade since l940 has had some type