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The beginning of a beer can collection

April 22, 2025August 10, 2023 by

I don’t remember the exact year, maybe it was 1979 or 1980, and I was still in grade school. There was a kid in my class who was a year older (we were in an “Open Program” class, with multiple grades), and one day he asked me if I would be interested in collecting beer … Read more

Growing up in different eras – what’s your preference?

April 22, 2025August 6, 2023 by

A kid on his bike in the 1970s and a kid on an iPhone in the 2020s

I was having dinner with my adult (20-something) kids last night, when my youngest surprised me with a question out of no where: would I rather grow up when I did, in the 1970s and 1980s, or now? My initial thought was that I only know what I experienced, but I then quickly followed up … Read more