Comments on: Me Too

By: Raoul Pascual

Raoul Pascual — Mon, 20 May 2024 19:06:16 +0000

In reply to Oscar. I was concerned about that too.

By: Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 20 May 2024 18:58:35 +0000

I would get rid off the electric scooter and get my grandkid a skateboard 🛹 instead 😂
That’s another problem IMO , kids are growing up with electric bikes ,scooters and so On.
I think kids will start loosing their mechanical skills and balance skills because of lack of experience from pushing and pedaling and learning how to fall safely.
Also those electric scooters and bike go way too faster, so imagine a fall where you least expect it ( Manual bikes and scooters and skateboards is how I learned about mechanics and how to fall and roll safely)
🙏🙏🙏

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 20 May 2024 17:07:12 +0000

Good Morning Raoul.

Always happy to see your TGIF email, Have a wonderul day and stay healthy.

By: Mike of NYC

Mike of NYC — Mon, 20 May 2024 17:04:57 +0000

I agree with you. I grew up the same way, playing with my friends from all over.
We all had a great time, on the streets of Queens, NYC or the beach.
I miss all that.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 20 May 2024 17:04:16 +0000

Hi Raoul,

Glad all is well. Your reminiscing brought back some memories of my childhood. My “little brother”-by 3 years, and I went with the Los Angeles Times Boys Club in Lincoln Heights to see our first L.A. Rams Football Game. That was about 1949. My brother Petey was 6 and I was 9. It was a night game; walking into the L.A. Memorial Coliseum all lite up was an unforgettable sight for young boys! I can still picture the bright lights! The quarterback Bob Waterfield and wide receiver, Crazylegs Hirsch were the heroes of the night. When we got back to the Boys Club, it had to be around midnight. There were no cars that late at night then. Our Mom was happy to see us home, but as I, she recall wasn’t too upset because we had to walk home at night. (This was before 9-1-1) It was an unforgettable adventure. Tio Pete as we called him was born in 1900. He lived to 1997; every year marked his number of years alive. So Tio Pete lived to 97 years of age. I’m sad to say by brother is in an El Paso Texas veterans hospital. Suffering from left over effects of an air craft tire exploding while he was working on it. It hit his head and knocked him across the hangar. All but killed him then. He lived many years healthy after that. He owns a house in El Paso, Texas, and his wife Flor owns a house in Chihuahua, Mexico. They have been dividing their time between the two because he has to be close to a V.A. Hospital. My cousin is part Tarahumara. The indigenous people of Chihuahua. Known for their long-distance running abilities. Please send prayers his way.

One of my happiest boyhood memories was warm summer evenings when all the neighbor kids would play Hide and Go Seek. Nothing beat drinking water out of a garden hose when you were hot and sweaty! What an adventure! We were blessed to be born before computers. God bless our grandchildren and Great Grand Children. Our Great Grandson will celebrate his 1st Birthday this Sunday.

Bob Hope said, “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake””

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:59:44 +0000

nice one

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:58:59 +0000

Your growing up resembled mine in Altadena! All outdoors and around the neighborhood in other yards, homes and vacant lots outdoors. No video games or long times indoors. Kids Miss that today!
I think it was healthier in many ways. Tom

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:58:40 +0000

You were describing a very similar childhood like I had. That is, without the spiders or the worms for sure. We did live in a kinder gentler time but a lot of the bad things that still happen today were commonly known but got swept under the carpet to protect the victims and the perpetrators. Unfortunately some things don’t change.

Until there is really a consequences, immediately after a terrible thing happens, people will continue doing the horrific things that they can get by with because our justice system is on hiatus.