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20 April2012 | US Navy Vet

[US Navy Vet]

...what was the most POSITIVE Nostalgic memory all of you have from your Childhood.

[US Navy Vet]

I'll start: Hearing the Chicago and Northwestern Trains across a 300 Acre Central Iowa Cornfield.

[cld51860]

Walking into a ballpark and smelling fresh-cut grass before a baseball game.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Not having a Communist for a President.

[blueunicorn6]

Pudding.

[GOP Poet]

whenever shite hit the fun the parents had to solve it. haha

[stylin19a]

any day i didn’t get beat while I was in an orphanage.

[Owl558]

I remember having to clean big, burlap sacks full of pinto beans for my mother. Used to hate it, but now I think back fondly about all of us being together.

The worst was having to clean the chili every year!

[Oiao]

shooting my first ‘wabbit’ with a 40 year old single shot .22LR and then skinning, gutting and bleading it out. Tasted real good.

Yeah, I was considered a ‘Meat Eater’ in the military.

Semper Fi,

[GOP Poet]

are you serious?

[Paladin2]

Blowing stuff up with M-80's

Checking the gun belts in a chair by the door to kindergarten.

[bgill]

Not having aching joints.

[yarddog]

When I was around 4 years old, my Father would take me on a “Walking to New Orleans”, walk. I am not sure why I thought just a walk around the neighborhood was the same thing as Fats Domino’s song.

[GOP Poet]

Steve Keim. :)

[Slings and Arrows]

Long afternoons contemplating the agony of life versus the horror of nonexistence.

[RC2]

Watching the filming of “Rebel Without a Cause” in the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles.

[LadyBuck]

Listening to the Cincinnati Reds on the radio in with Dad in his garage, while stealing nips of his beer while he pretended not to look.

Pete Rose was King, I was 7 & Mom was horrified - which made it even more enjoyable for Dad & me.

Good times, miss my old man.

[tomkat]

At least you had an orphanage !

[GOP Poet]

Eskimo Pies at Grandma’s house and making angels in the snow.

[autumnraine]

Street Hockey and making jump ramps for my bike.

Yes, I was a major tomboy. ;o)

[autumnraine]

HA!!! “Picking through dry beans”, yep!

And snapping green beans.

I hated it, but looking back, it was nice to sit on my front porch with my mom. Who knew?