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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1217670, member: 24633&quot;]I was there, and I remember them well only because I never used drugs like many of my friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in the poolroom (skipping school) when the news came on the B&amp;W TV that Kennedy had been shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bunch of us celebrated Inauguration Day 1965 by getting drunk, riding around in a Land Rover (two wooden bench seats facing one another down the sides in the back), rocking the car back and forth by coordinating our motion, making a wrong turn in DC and being surrounded by Secret Service agents because we ended up in LBJ&#039;s parade.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>1964 World&#039;s Fair in NYC</u></b> (We went in 1965)</p><p>Richard Montgomery High School wouldn&#039;t sponsor this Senior Class trip so we recruited some teachers to accompany us as &quot;chaperones&quot; for our stay at the Astor Hotel in Times Square.......male teachers on the boy&#039;s floor.....female teachers on the girl&#039;s floor.....one of the teachers got pregnant during the trip.....Mr. Beers, Chairman Emeritus of the Astor, and in his 70&#039;s knew every girl on Broadway.....you wanted a date, you asked Mr. Beers.....a little deli on 39th &amp; Broadway served a lunch of two huge slabs of roast beef, mashed potatoes &amp; gravy, green beans, rolls, dessert and drink for $1.19.......and of course, on the fairgrounds, the Brass Rails sold a 32 oz. cup of beer for 25c......every time your cup was empty......there was another Brass Rail!.....the only thing I don&#039;t remember is what the darn World&#039;s Fair was all about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t go to Woodstock because I hated hippie music, but I was in Chicago gambling in a poolroom in 1968, and even though I was a Rebublican, I decided to check out the DNC........I love Chicago&#039;s <b><i>Transit Authority</i></b> Prologue.....<b><i>The whole world is watching!</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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