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I was listen to the radio the other day and the Song "Little ole Dime" by Jim Reeves was playing. The song is about a man trying to find his girlfriend's number and says he has one little dime left. He hopes this little dime will be the one that connects him. My mind went blank, "a dime for a phone call". How long ago was that, and then I said to myself, when was the last time I saw a pay phone? All that started my memory rolling in third gear. Remember when....gas was .22 per gallon, you could go to the movies with a quarter in your pocket. You could get in get a coke and popcorn and have a penny left over. When I was in High School and my father would give me 3 bucks to go on a date. When I flashed that amount of cash the girl I was with probably thought that I was rich. 3 bucks would get you in a drive inn and you would have enough to eat a meal later on. When Pat and I got married we were making $115 a week between us, and we were rich. We would buy a weeks ...

Tyler is playing flag football on Anna Maria Island at the youth center. They play during the week nights which I think is rough on parents and kids. Games are scheduled at 6,7,& 8 PM, not a problem for grandparents but I can see parents going "what tha". Tyler's team won, 28 to 7 I think, it started to rain with 2 mins left and I took off. Tyler caught several passes and seem to have a real ball. The two top pictures tell me HE REALLY ENJOYED THE GAME! Luke is also playing flag football at the same location. Luke is playing for Denver and Pat and I call him Tim Tebow. Luke is a big Bama fan so that does not work for him. As an old youth league I can recognize talent when I see it. Luke is the fastest kid on that team and should be a running back not the QB. He can throw a great pass but there is no one to catch it. They run the ball on every play, but the QB never runs, big mistake. Now here is my favorite picture of my son in law and grandson. Seems it won't be...