Posted by
JP on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:55:08 PM
by Doug McIntyre [radio
host/scriptwriter]
I'm
an analog man trapped in a digital age. I liked the old gas pumps, the
ones with the numbers on a metal ring that clicked as they spun by. I
also liked 48 cents a gallon for regular. And that Dick Nixon; he was
some character, wasn't he?
I
don't know if I'm a coot or a codger, maybe a crank. I know I'm at
least one of 'em, but fear I might be all three. See, I had one of
those weeks when everything I knew as a kid seems better than anything
today. If you're reading this with an actual newspaper in your mitts, I
assume you know exactly what I mean. For the dailynews.com crowd, allow
me to explain.
This
isn't about nostalgia. Lots of things were crummy when I was a kid. If
you were black, gay, a chick - pardon me, a woman - or a whale, life
was considerably more difficult. [more]