5 cent coke machine at grandmas work, playing jumpjacks, pick up sticks, setting up army men and equipment and pretending to do battle,watching girls hula hoop and jumprope, riding the original goodyear blimp in middleton, rhode island , walking to school, getting paddled for acting up at school, saying yes sir and no mam, respecting everyone, respecting others belongings, going to church, winchester model 12 pump (ivory) with cutts compensator that was the last one in the factory in ct that dad bought,JFk being shot, watching dad sail off on another ship cruise for the USN, Dad would come home after a long cruise and if we were gone, i could smell the cig smoke when i walked in the door and would run to dad, visiting grandma/pa, fishing with dad catching black bass and striped bass out of newport,R.I., pinball machines, mickey mantle, joe namath and of course Carl the YAZ. Learning to shoot skeet and helping dad run the skeet range in sasebo japan, dad bought me a browning superposed three barrel set but it kicked me so hard so i started shooting 1100's. Buying my first over/under, cheap model 96, shot good ,but had some kick to it.........
just a few memories that i wont forget