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Anne's avatar

Perfect! Thanks. I'm 73, and I spent most of my Pittsburgh summers lying on my bed reading. Occasionally we'd change it up and go to my grandparents' lake cabin, and I'd lie on my bed there reading. Heaven! My younger brother would run around the neighborhood with his friends, and we rarely saw him until dinner time or when the creepy ice cream man Elmer showed up on his motorcycle.

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Nicole Garelick's avatar

Elmer!

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Gerri's avatar

An under appreciated classic name 👌🏽

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LF's avatar

One time when I was in 8th grade, my friend and I made a list of Where to Meet Boys and at the top of the list was Subway. If we had been at camp ... there's no way we would have brainstormed this way.

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Anne's avatar

I'm glad to see you and your friend had your priorities straight. Meeting Boys: high priority. Making lanyards: low priority.

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Sasha's avatar

How about a good skip-it sesh alone in the driveway for a fun afternoon

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Gerri's avatar

Amen to not branding everything parents do. Also lol to sweating on cement.

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MKN's avatar

I remember spending an entire summer day making a tape by recording the radio and just WAITING for songs I liked!

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Nicole Garelick's avatar

love that

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Allegra Ben-Amotz's avatar

Amen.

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