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REMEMBER WHEN: Ah, the joys of the milkshake (opens the original)
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I totally missed National Milkshake Day. That was probably not my fault, though. Milkshakes, those foamy and sweet concoctions so beloved of 1940s and 1950s youth, have fallen on hard times. No one is talking about going out for them on date night. No pharmacy or department store soda fountain (if there is one remaining in America) is running ads with pictures of these frosty treats served up by smiling soda jerks in white paper caps. The pharmacy where I used to find the best ones is now advert
REMEMBER WHEN: Small treasures from the neighborhood store (opens the original)
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Lots of my fellow teenagers had after-school jobs. Some fixed cars and pumped gas. Others sewed in garment factories or waited on tables. Admirable young people, all of them. My parents owned a store on Wilkes-Barre’s East Market Street, a whole section of town now long gone due to redevelopment. Starting as a clerk, I progressed to ordering stock. To be clear, maybe I didn’t literally wave a wand and change the laws of nature. But I hope that, to this day, I was nice to our customers and helped
REMEMBER WHEN: Avoiding the dreaded ‘not satisfactory’ (opens the original)
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We didn’t have Flock cameras or other security devices in our elementary schools in the 1950s, but I still felt like I was under constant surveillance. That was because we had something even more invasive — one whole page of a school report card devoted to “deportment,” which covered just about every movement a kid could make in front of a teacher, however routine. Slouch in your seat? You get the dreaded “NS,” meaning “not satisfactory.” I didn’t know what failing in that skill would bring (pad
Remember When: Wyoming Valley had a wild August 1926 (opens the original)
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Did you enjoy your vacation this year? I hope so. If you haven’t gone anywhere, well, that is understandable with inflation and high gasoline prices. So, as a special service that you will find only here, let me take you on an absolutely free guided visit to a great vacation spot. Am I talking about the French Riviera? A European tour of medieval castles? Maybe Hawaiian beaches? Well, no, not exactly. This excursion is about to leave for something even more wild and exotic – our own Wyoming Vall
Remember When: Movies imparted life lessons (opens the original)
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If you are being chased by a gorilla, don’t stop after about 10 seconds, mop your brow, and congratulate yourself on having evaded him. That’s because he’s hiding nearby, ready to jump out at you with a chest-pounding roar and resume the pursuit. In other words, don’t count your apes before they’re hatched. I attended good elementary and high schools. But practical, real-life advice like this I picked up from the movies I saw in my younger days. The gorilla story came to me courtesy of a Three S
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