My Childhood Lazy Days of Summer
Here is a list of summer things I did as a child growing up in a very small town in the '50's. Great memories. Swimming in a creek that was full of leeches and snails. Watching free movies outside on the walls of the feed store. Playing a game of baseball with no adults around to settle our disputes. Walking the railroad tracks to the next town that was four miles away. Fishing at the old mill pond. Hanging around the train depot watching the bums jump out of the boxcars. Going on hayrides with my friends from school. Riding my bike all over town having water balloon fights. Playing with my toy guns and shooting my BB gun. Stopping at the drug store for a nickel ice cream cone or coke. Going to the town dump in search of pop bottles to return for 2 cents each. Riding our bikes over the rubber cord by the gas pumps to make the bell ring. Playing outside under the street lamps late after dark. Sweating while trying to sleep because we had no air conditioning or fans. Selling Kool Aid on the corner for 3 cents a glass. Trading marbles with my friends. Playing mumbly peg with the jackknife that I always carried. ( even to school ) Roasting hot dogs on a stick in the back yard. Camping in the woods nearby using a blanket for a tent. These are just some of the many things that my friends and I did during the long and lazy days of summer. Now as I sit outside during the day I rarely see a child outside playing. And if I do, most of them are confined to their own yards because of all the dangers that are now lurking everywhere in our modern society. -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Andy's wife
>>>Now, the only bucket I have is dirty and it ain't handybut..it seems >>>to me that Andy brings it up in two episodes. Once when Aunt Bee almost marries Mr. Goss. Opie is asking Andy about "deep down love" and asks if Andy had it with his (Opie's) mother. When Andy says yes, Opie responds with "Well, then it's ok." Another time, is when Opie is in bed and he and Andy are talking. In response to something Opie says, Andy says he lost Opie's mother when Opie was just a "wee little baby". >>> Well yes, but what I said was Andy didn't BRING UP the subject of his wife, he replied when somebody ELSE brought up the subject. As far as the reference to when Opie was a baby, it's true that Andy brought it up in that case, but that was in the pilot episode, not in a TAGS episode. Opie's turtle was accidentally squished when Mrs. Bolivar stepped on her at the drugstore, and Andy pointed out that he (Opie) lost his pet, like when Andy lost Opie's ma when he was just "the least little speck of a baby." The sadness is lifted when the boy asks, "Who stepped on Maw?" Paul Mulik ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
