Gary Anderson:  

t this week of the 75th anniversary of D-Day to remember. We were born just after VJ Day We chewed BlackJack gum and wore PF Flyers. We put blue flashbulbs in the Kodak. Milk was delivered to my porch in glass bottles. Microwaves were not for popcorn. We listened to 45s and 33-1/3 LPs on a record player. I had a Hi-Fi; my neighbor had a reel to reel tape player. I graduated using a slide rule. We put stamps on letters home. ATARI & PONG were only Nolan’s dreams. Linus Pauling was on his way to the lab (and Nobel prizes) The HP garage was famous, but not the Jobs’ oven. Computers were room-sized, and punch cards made them “easy” to use. I typed my term papers on an electric SCM. We didn’t twist off bottle caps. We talked to bank tellers, not ATMs. My parents watched me on Channel 8, B&W TV, and we got up to change channels. Dallas – November 22, 1963. The Viet Nam war raged and friends lost. AIDS were CARE Packages, not deadly We traveled to Boston, Kansas & Alabama before listening to their music The Berlin Wall went up, the Allied Airlift saved the city, too many were killed crossing the “Wall” and the Berlin Wall came down. 9-11 Viva Charlie Chieftain!