Ask Grandpa Dec 09
Posted by somovillager on January 23, 2010
Ask Grandpa
The great youngsters at Sunland School sent so many questions last month, It’ll be awhile to get through them all so I’d best get cookin:
Did you watch a lot of Television?
Until I was about eight we listened to the radio, I forgot most of the programs. When TV came out we couldn’t afford one but my buddy got a Magnavox. Everyone went to his house to watch it. There were many westerns and family type shows. It was all clean stuff and “R” ratings weren’t invented yet. The Monday Night Blue Ribbon Fights were my favorite. My buddy’s dad, (our idol) was a contender for the World Middleweight Belt and he would explain all the moves to us and quiz us on them afterwards. We used to make extra money by collecting scorpions & rattlesnakes for a doctor from the Teachers College (now A.S.U.). He had the first “color TV” and offered us a chance to see it. It was a regular black & White with a yellow, blue and orange plastic thing in front of it. Roy Rogers would gallop in from the left as a blue cowboy and change colors as he headed off.
Did you have bullies?
Yeah, we had some, they weren’t as vicious as today and they usually didn’t last too long. There were many more decent kids than punks and the good kids would step in if someone was being bullied. None of my friends were bully’s and we were discouraged from fighting at school. We were usually excused if it was fair and a bully was being straightened out after school.
Boy! you guys and girls are bringing back a lot of memories for me –keep it up. GP
