[TPR] Come and get these memories (as Martha and Vandellas would say). Re: Thought for the day

Mon Dec 5 14:06:54 PST 2022

When I was nine, we had just moved to the Fairfax area in Los Angeles where I started 4th grade.  The girl who lived across the street drove by one day on her bike and said, "Say, do you want to ride bikes together and be friends?"  How sweet was that!  We're still friends to this day. In fact she was such a good friend she'd give me rides on the back of her bike for blocks upon blocks so I could drag my feet to wear out the brown Girl Scout shoes my mother thought were healthy for my feet.  I hated them so!!!! Job accomplished but my Mother brought them back to the store to complain of how fast they wore out, and much to my chagrin they gave her a brand new pair.   My bike buddy, Ruthie, actually lived in the same apt. building as Phil Spector when he was a teenager.  Phil and his buddy Marshall Leib were ALWAYS polishing their cars in front of the apartments.  (RIP Marshall, who passed away from a heart attack in 2002 on way to a Car Night event. Marshall and Phil were the two fellows along with Annette Kleinbart of the singing group, "The Teddy Bears."  If you are old enough, do you remember the song, "To Know him is to Love him?"   (https://www.dailydoowop.com/the-teddy-bears-to-know-him-is-to-love-him/) And here's Marshall bio:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_LeibMarshall also managed many other famous singers and groups of the day like the Everly Bros.  Marshall was a big Ferrari guy and on the board of FCA and we met at a Car Night event up here in the Valley and became great friends unbeknownst of the past. So back up..... my buddy in crime (Ruthie) in those bygone days and I were quite adventurous.  We would get samples of powder they gave away at the nearby drugstore and do scientific experiments.  Some even with snails in the garden. (sorry snails).  : (  We and a few other friends would hot-wire phone booths with a bobby pin just to call each other from across the street.  I truly believe we are responsible for the new type soda vending machines as the old ones had bottles that were simply locked in but caps visible to pop off with a bottle cap remover... so we'd bring straws and have a refresher.   We figured we'd go for a swim when hot and went wading in the decorative pool in front of Fairfax High with all the mosquito larva and slimy mossy bottom.... definitely not meant for swimmers.  We'd go up and down Fairfax getting free sample of Perals cheesecake and sour pickles from Cantors (a good combo) and anything else good we could find.  We also ate wild plants and berries of all kinds with no idea that something might be poisonous. We'd go to the Fairfax Theatre every Sat. for a part of a movie shown in segments.  I'm still traumatized by one where people were offered a free vacation into space but were actually taken to space for FOOD for the aliens. Yes, Thank God We're Still Alive.. and we're all here to enjoy our memories and today's Holidays in these interesting modern times.  Love to you all! Laurie   : )

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From: Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
To: DENNIS ANTENUCCI <TEAMPANTERA at yahoo.com>
Cc: B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>; Owen Lee Green <oneeyez4263 at gmail.com>; David Carpenter <davecarp80138 at outlook.com>; Team Pantera Racing <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 5, 2022 8:52 am
Subject: Re: [TPR] Thought for the day

Oh yes, a large Dominos Destroyer on a Friday night lounging on the couch and watching movies.  Good thing we could sleep in on Saturday.  :D
Asa  Jay

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On Dec 5, 2022, at 08:28, DENNIS ANTENUCCI <TEAMPANTERA at yahoo.com> wrote:

Reading all your fond memories of growing up warms my heart. Be it the 50’s or 70’s or my own kids growing up in the 90’s it was for sure a great time in America. My kids like to remind me how much they enjoyed going to Blockbuster Video when we also picked up a pizza on Friday nights. 
As JB says,“Good Times”
MD

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On Dec 5, 2022, at 6:51 AM, B Hower via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:

 I live in same town where I attended 12 years of school... I and old school gym are only property in this block .. There is two stoplights in the county.

Population 2022. With 196 people, Whiting is the 387th most populated city in the state of Kansas out of 729 cities.

Drive it like there is not tomorrow, for there may not be.

Bud 3400     On Monday, December 5, 2022, 07:37:00 AM CST, David Carpenter via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:  

 #yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 p.yiv6760399230MsoNormal, #yiv6760399230 li.yiv6760399230MsoNormal, #yiv6760399230 div.yiv6760399230MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv6760399230 a:link, #yiv6760399230 span.yiv6760399230MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv6760399230 span.yiv6760399230authorortitle {}#yiv6760399230 .yiv6760399230MsoChpDefault {}#yiv6760399230 filtered {}#yiv6760399230 div.yiv6760399230WordSection1 {}I live in VERY Rural Elbert County, Colorado.  ( US Flags prominent, smiles everywhere,BRIGHT RED too!! )Population of entire County, 17,000.  County seat, Kiowa, & even today, they still don’t have a single traffic light!!If you hear a horn blow…..it’s always accompanied by a wave of the ‘Entire Hand’!!I think 15+ years, they have had the highest CCW’s issued, per % of population….of ANY County in USA.Crime rate isn’t zero, but pretty close.   At this time in life, I’m SURE glad to be away from it all……darned close to the way I grew up!!   If I was in child rearing years today, my son would SURE KNOW what those ‘CAPS’ look like!! And he’d learn how to ‘Quick Draw’ better than his father did!!!   It’s not as rural as when growing up………….& miss those tender years from long ago!!!But I see the caps rolls……& it helps bring back some really good memories!!!!!!!!YEP…..GUILTY!!!! OLD AS SHEEEEEET!       “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln “RIP Dan S. & Don H.    From: Owen Lee Green via TPR
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2022 9:38 PM
To: Asa Jay Laughton
Cc: DENNIS ANTENUCCI; Team Pantera Racing
Subject: Re: [TPR] Thought for the day   I grew up downtown Las Vegas. I got to see a car stunt live in November of 70.    On Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 8:35 PM Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote: 
Now there are some memories.  :)    Asa  Jay Sent via radio waves 

On Dec 4, 2022, at 19:23, Owen Lee Green <oneeyez4263 at gmail.com> wrote: 

 But whaddya mean I never grew up on Fremont Street when it was the cruise scene. From Lam's Blue Onion to the Train Station at Main Street. There was no canopy and all traffic stopped for the multi way crosswalk.    On Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 7:18 PM Owen Lee Green <oneeyez4263 at gmail.com> wrote: 
As I rode down there on my trusty horse Schwinn Stingray.    On Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 7:16 PM Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote: 

That would mean you’re not OLD as shit, it means you’re FULL of it.

;)
Asa  Jay

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> On Dec 4, 2022, at 17:26, DENNIS ANTENUCCI <TEAMPANTERA at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I don’t remember 😎
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