And because we are talking about lost friends:
From time to time I am still thinking about a friend that I lost around 21 years ago. Gosh, so much time...
He died in an avalanche. A strange, almost disgusting imagination about how he died and a nice remembering what we did together. He was my bench neighbour at primary school and we spent lots of time together.

The loss of a loved one is probably the most drastic emotion that we will ever have to face. There are so many things that are going through your head at once when a loved one passes. You want to hate them because they left you. You are also happy that they went to a better place. You grieve because it feels like they took a part of you with them. Losing a loved one is hard and I'm sure that we've all felt it at one time in our lives. I'm only 18 and I've lost more than I care to list. It really is a good thing that we have a family like we do here to share our thoughts and feelings with. :)

Clintx3x3---You really make me feel old!When I was 18;I had already been through Basic Training&Tech School.I graduated High School at 17.When I was honorably discharged at 21;I had
4yrs in already.I could have retired at 37 but I hated military life!
Irish

Well,,..speaking of feeling old...

If you want to feel real old real fast..here's something that should do it:

Ringo Starr is 62 today!!

What a thoroughly depressing thought!!:(

At least it isn't SIR Ringo Starr!It's SIR Paul McCartney! Irish

10 cent comics (giving away my age aren't I?)

Speaking of comics ... remember when Mad was a comic book :D

yep...and if I could have gotten that damn page folded right I am sure there was something magical to see:D:D:p

"25 cents...CHEAP!" (or maybe cheaper when it started. I used to buy them for a quarter.)

Mad put all their old issues out on CD ROM a few years ago. I wish I had the uncommitted cash at the time to get it.

Vgavoy ... "25 cents cheap" was after Mad turned into a magazine-like format. Originally, Mad was truly a comic book published by "EC" (Entertaining Comics) and cost a dime. Some 15 to 18 issues were produced before the format was changed.

Dicksbro---I remember those$.25 Mad magazines.My cousin was
within 2hrs of my age.He used to get every Mad that came out.
I remember sitting on my Aunts front steps;and reading them;with my cousin.Until then;I had never heard;of Alfred E. Neuman.I think that we were 14/15 then. Irish
P.S.Maybe younger!

Ice cream balls at 20 Pfennig each (around 10 US-Cent), sweets for 2 Pfennig each...

where to start?
 

First off, ditto nikanik...

2) playing high school football
3) lazy Miami summers
4) the ice cream man and those wacky screwball ice creams
5) going across the street to fuck my high school girlfriend
6) my 1979 Datsun 280ZX
7) deck parties at my fraternity house on Friday afternoons

I could go on and on...I'm a nostalgia sap....

rabbit

1) Carmen. Breast cancer, 1996.

2) A great body

2) Black Jack chewing gum.

I just have some nouns and pronouns I want to say out loud again as it’s been a while and few here will recognize.

Schwine & Roadmaster
Flub-a-dub & Mr. Buster
Phluger & Eagle Claw
Captain Video
Humphrey Bogart & Anthony Quinn
Continental kits, Bubble & Turnpike Cruiser skirts
Wizard, Cushman & Indian (gate shift)
T-10, M1, M1-A1, M1911-A1, C-130, Cocheran
Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert)
TR-80, 5-1/4”

I'm sure some are technical things that I'd have no way of knowing about, but I do remember

Flub-a-dub & Mr. Bluster
Captain Video
Bogart & Quinn
Mr. Wizard.

For all you nostalgia "freaks" check out
http://www.yesterdayland.com
It's a great site with message boards, TV listings, toys, games, etc. all broken down into '50s, '60s, etc.
It's really a neat website!!!

Hey PF...how about Sky King? Kukla, Fran & Ollie?