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They'd go off at sunset.
That was a very heartwarming tribute.
We had a local FM rock radio station that would announce that next Friday at midnight, they'd be playing a newly released album from a major band, all the way through with no interruption. So of course we'd record it on cassette and get a free album. FM was kind of "underground" back then. No way they could get away with that today.
Ah yes, "border blasters". I remember that. Last year I made a thread about them: Border Blasters
Ha ha. I remember there was one this guy in my friend group who elected to take home economics. Of course being teenage boys we felt obliged to tease him. "Are you gonna bake us some cookies today?" "You're going to make someone a good little wife someday." Stuff like that. Looking back, I would have benefited from taking it. It's not easy keeping a home.
That's a fine looking bench there, but I never even got that sophisticated. The only thing I remember making in shop was a wooden kitchen cutting board. If you had made your post a month ago, I could've told you I still had it because I did. But a couple of weeks ago I tossed it out because after nearly half a century, the planks were starting to separate a little, and I was worried about bacteria remaining in the spaces after I washed it. I don't think it was ever used, just got stuck away in the bottom of a cabinet.
Cutting board is harder than one might think. Have to measure, cut, plane, glue, clamp, sand and stain. Everyone in my class had to make a bench. It cost $1.00 for the wood if you used pine and for a $1.25 you could get the oak. After a half century all those who had the foresight to buy oak, still have the lopsided, asymmetrical, dented and scratched bench taking up valuable space. I'd make fun of them, but I'm still wearing some of the same shirts...
Thank you. I'd forgotten all that. You've rekindled a badly needed sense of accomplishment in me.
Another True Confession: just a couple years ago, I threw away a shirt I wore in junior high. Yes I did grow to be a man, but I guess the fabric just stretched a lot. I just wore it to go jogging. The shirt was celebrating the CB radio, with a bunch of phrases like "breaker 1-9" and "10-4 good buddy". I still have a portable, hand-held CB radio that I got back then. The unit was like a big walkie talkie that you plugged in to your car's
