[definitelynotaliberal]

That was a very fun read. Thanks for posting.

[rlmorel]

Thanks...I just had a little memory flash...didn’t think about that one too often.

Makes me feel little old, in a way.

I look at kids now, and their lives look very planned and choreographed, soccer, dancing, music lessons, etc., all done while being tied by cell phone to their parents.

I feel like I had a completely untethered, unscripted existence. There was a playground with the fuselage of an old Catalina seaplane it it...and I played there for hours pretending to fly, with Mt. Fuji in the background. Not so far from that was the base yacht club, with dozens of boats of all kinds up on blocks. I would play in those things, pretending to sail them.

And make up games to dodge big, green waves of seawater.

Heck, I know kids today must have the equivalent types of experiences in some way...I just can’t relate to what they must be.