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I was born into a working class neighborhood.

My earliest memories are of my dad going off to work his construction job with his black domed metal lunch box while my mother began her daily chores.

I was sat down in front of the TV to watch Romper Room. Captain Kangaroo, and Lassie.

Having no brothers and sisters at the time I often found myself set loose on a large collection of toys including metal ray guns, robots, tinker toys, Linclon logs, etch-a-sketch, Mr. Potato Head, and of course silly putty and bubble pipes.

Cracker Jacks with their toy surprise made a good snack after lunch. 

Lunch was eaten watching reruns of I Love Lucy, and the Andy Griffith Show.

How did my working class family afford all this?  We lived in a second floor tenement, with the bottom floor being occupied by my grandfather's store. Not only was I the only child but I was the first grandchild. Regular visits by my grandfather with a toy was expected.

When I wasn't upstairs playing I was downstairs in my grandfathers store.  Visiting with the old men of the neighborhood.  Listening about John F. Kennedy being killed, remembering my grandfather playing that LP of Kennedy's speech's for his friends and customers some months afterwards.  I still remember the first time my face went flush when my grandfather gave me bottle opener for my YooHoo, the handle of the bottle opener a naked lady.  I remember my frustration eating pistachios with the old men on the sidewalk in front of the store as the red dye was making me a mess. I remember visiting the grocer next door and being known by name and given free samples of his wares.  I remember visiting the florist up the street and being given flowers to take home to my mom.  I lived in a community of people, a community of shared values and experiences.  A community I could walk in, a community I was known in.

This November I will be 48, I am married almost 28 years, and have three daughters.  My oldest is now a school teacher married to a school teacher, my middle daughter is about to finish school, and my 16 year old is about to put me through the rigors of her full time drivers license.  I lost my grandfather more than a few years back now.  When he passed away I reached back in my mind and hit the play button on my memories of time with him.  That was the beginning of the time line.  Being the president of my own corporation I had the luxury of calling in folks my age to my office, and asking hey do you remember.  I realized that we are more than a generation born at a time, we are a generation shaped by a barrage of images.  

Most generations of humanity were shaped by the events around them.  News was the gathering of persons from the points on a compass.  Opinions and thoughts on life were shaped by the written word or verbal recitations of events.  Most of humanity was shaped in a time of no film, or TV, and marketing was limited to trading.   The boomer generation caught the first onslaught of images from mature mixed media.

That onslaught of images has shaped us all.

Thus the boomer time line of images is born.  A time capsule of our similar experience.  How did it make you feel to see the old animated title for "The Phil Silvers Show", and do you remember how the world around you was presented at the time?  That is the type of discussion that happens to the visitors of The Boomer Timeline.

I really do not know how all boomers are not in therapy.  None of our families could live up to what TV taught us to expect. With Ward Cleaver solving every problem with a smile and wisdom, and the father knows best show spinning wisdom, and with superman to the rescue, and Andy solving Opies problems, Batman facing down criminals, and the news becoming a venue for the correct political solution. Often when boomers face problems we are surprised that there is no 11th hour rescue. 

The timeline reminds how our feelings were influenced.  The timeline opens memory passages of the mind, reminding us of the ones who loved us and how they shared life's experiences with us.

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Collecting images for: http://boomertimeline.com

Favorite Charities

None as of yet.

Favorite Music

Classic Rock.

Favorite TV Shows

Twilight Zone

Favorite Movies

True Romance

Favorite Books

Huck Finn Alaska

Favorite Quotes

When the going gets tough...................

Favorite People

Family Wife and three daughters

Favorite Places

Federal Hill

Favorite Animals

The elusive giant squid.

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