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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 7324576, member: 24633&quot;]Well, I hope Sy aka [USER=28299]@Skyman[/USER] will accept our apologies for hijacking his thread, but how often do you &quot;bump into&quot; someone who remembers things about your hometown 60 years later?!</p><p><br /></p><p>My sister dated Mike Curtis! I don&#039;t know what she saw in that flat-topped sucker! I can still see Coach Roy Lester driving to RMHS in his VW Bug. How many times did someone &quot;candy stripe&quot; the big, white anchor in front of Peary High School or the weekend someone &quot;engraved&quot; doughnuts in the Walter Johnson football field with their cars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I remember the nights that we used to play craps under a street corner light in Lincoln Park. Someone would yell &quot;Cops!!&quot; and we&#039;d all scatter. It took me a couple of times to realize that no cops ever came. It was just a con to grab the money off of the blanket.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started playing pool at Ray&#039;s in 1956, but I never remember Fats being there. It wasn&#039;t until Ray moved to his new location to Rockville Pike and named his place &quot;Rack &amp; Cue&quot; that I played Willie Mosconi a series of exhibition matches in 1964.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t remember Charley Lake, but I do remember the Gaithersburg Sheriff (name withheld) who was the father of my best friend. Sometimes, when he caught a kid speeding in his hotrod, he&#039;d challenge the person to a race against his &#039;64 Plymouth Hemi. I also know who had a hand in burning down the &quot;houseboat&quot; at Dickerson, and the MCPD cop who helped us organize our senior skip day at Dickerson (again names withheld).</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I remember Mickey D&#039;s and the 19c burgers. It was on Rockville Pike (Congressional Ave.) just west of Congressional Plaza and the Rockville Hot Shoppes. Mickey D&#039;s didn&#039;t have a drive-thru, but Hot Shoppes had the in-car service with girls on skates, and you could drive around and around all night long when gas was just 25c a gallon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever the &quot;Firemen&#039;s&quot; Carnival came to Rockville Pike near RMHS each July, we used to make our sneaky forays onto the property in the early hours of the morning to swipe packs of cigarettes from the concession game where you tossed a multi-faceted, multi-colored block for a chance to win packs of cigarettes. And, when the carnival finally left, we would search the blue-stone grounds for the change that people would inadvertently lose from their pockets while on the rides.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t recall St. Catherine&#039;s, but I do remember the carnivals at St. Mary&#039;s Church and School. Our house was just two blocks away over the wooden bridge on Stonestreet Avenue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yep, those were the days![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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