Quote Originally Posted by evnpar View Post
I can't remember the last time I was bored. I grew up in the early 50's in a small town in Idaho, prior to television, and with party lines. Flying somewhere else was on airline with propellers. We built forts in the back yard, and built with Erector Sets and Lincoln Logs inside. I enjoy listening to Roy Rodgers, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Fibber McGee and Molly, and Jack Benny. We read The Hardy Boys, or Nancy Drew, and whittled whistles out of sticks. We played Old Maid and Monopoly and Pick Up Sticks. We were never bored. I stopped seeing patients in my office last week, but am set up to start telemedical conferencing on Monday. I've enjoyed time to hone a few razors, walk my dogs, spend time with my wife of 52 years, and read. Although I generally read two to three books every week, there are thousands that I won't get to before I die. Worried about the state of affairs, of course, but never bored and I always have something to look forward to.
Your youth sounds a lot like mine--with the exception that I was born in Pomeroy WA which is about 30 miles from Clarkston WA which is just across the river from Lewiston ID. Where in ID do you grow up in? Just wondering

Also I had a Lionel train set with an oblong track set up and my siblings and I would watch it go round and round and round as if hypnotized by the train.

Simpler times but Good Times at the same time.