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Just moved to north Utah that year. My father was transferred to a defense contractor rocket factory. Started 5th grade. Had to fight the worst bully at my new Mormon dominated elementary school the first day. Luckily for me I didn't know he couldn't be whipped and he was hollering for mercy in about 2 minutes. At least I wasn't picked on the next couple of years there, just kind of shunned as a gentile. I did get elected class sheriff after 3 tied ballots. Beat a Mormon girl.

Lessee. . . I was 4.

For some reason, this stuck in my head from back then:



I had taken over the family 45 record player. That was probably my top play



On TV, I was totally hooked on Sea Hunt, which by then was already in syndicated re-runs.

From Lewis Grizzard's I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962...:

"I had a handle on things in 1962...I'd never heard of Vietnam in 1962...I didn't know that eating fried foods was bad for me...Arnold Palmer was still winning golf tournaments...Sandy Koufax was still pitching for the Dodgers...I had a pretty blond girlfriend...The best thing on television was 'Gunsmoke'...Miss Kitty was a good businessperson, but she wasn't pushy and could accept a compliment from a man without charging him with sexual harassment...I slept well in 1962...But the very next year, somebody shot the President...Then the Beatles came...Then all hell broke loose..."

actually whelenman, I have 2....want to buy one?

I wasn't born until 1964.

Was 4 in Golden, Colorado, exploring the neighborhood at the base of table mountain.

1962 I was living in Santa Barbara, Calif.

LW.

I was out the womb.....but that's it

3rd grade in Eastern az mining town

I was in Hawaii

Hmm, 1962? I was in the U.S.A.F. stuck at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. Worst place they could have stuck me. Even ugly chicks were hard to get unless you had money and in 62, an E2 didn't have much money. Ended up with a girl who said she was 19. Had an accident and got married. Turned out she's lied about her age and it was get married or go to jail. I got married. That lasted all of 5 years, Didn't see her again until last year when my granddaughter got married. The ex had turned onto shapeless blob and looked like Jabba the Hut. Guess I could call that my great escape. The only good part of duty at Nellis was the TDY at Indian Springs, just a short drive to Lathrop Wells on payday. Did one three moth tour at Springs in 62 and another in 63 just before I got shipped out to Korea. Life got real interesting after that.
Paul B.

Kindergarten.

Not me! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

I had forgotten what a great movie this is, turns out Kaywoodie was running the press in Shinbone back then, who knew?

Fortunately he bounced back from that beatdown real good.

I wasn't even a though in my parents mind. You bastard are old.

I will tune up some Chuck Berry though. Good stuff.

1962 ?

A twinkle in my Dad’s eye ... Born a couple years after 62.

I turned 3 in March of 1962. The potty training was probably just starting to take. Mom always said I was a little resistant.

All I rememberfrom that little episode was hearin’ someone say, "That was my steak, Birdie!"

Edit. My fav movie from ‘62 was "Hatari!" Saw it on a trip to Austin down on Congress ave.

In 62 I was 16 yrs old, in high school without a care in the world. Viet Nam was not a thought and I had probably never heard of it. Four years later I was there!

In my mommy's belly waiting to be born in 63.....