All Shipments will now be coming out of TN as I have just moved back home to Bartlett. Happy Holidays!

This stuff came out in the mid 70s in green and later in pink with purple worms in it. HA! At my age, it was an immediate bullseye when I saw it at JCPenney. I would just sit and toss it back and forth while I watched TV. It was cold and wet feeling. It's only real purpose was to make your mother nervous whenever she saw you with it. I was always sure to get the passing phrase: "be careful with that mess". After awhile, it would get really dirty and turn dark, you'd have to throw it away. After buying 3 garbage cans of the stuff, my best friend and I decided we could make it last longer if we added some water. So we did.. mixed it up good. Then I slowly poured it into his hand. It ran through his fingers onto his clothes, on the floor, it never stopped. He got so upset he ran home screaming... pulled an eddie hascal on me. It ruined his jeans and my mom never got it out of the carpet. That was the end of my slime days. 

I was born in 1965 so when we moved to Memphis in the 70s, I recall you had to wait for the telephone company to send a man out and install your phone. It usually came in one of those wonderful 70s colors: orange, green, brown, or yellow. And these phones were made to last. I even have one today that works like a charm. No dropped calls, no breakups and always sounds loud and clear. Sure, you have to stand near where it is plugged in but... is that really a bad thing? It forces you to focus on the conversation and then get off the phone to do something else. I don't find multitasking a smart concept or a recipe for accuracy. Things slowly began to change as doctors/attorneys had beepers and the first huge cell phones. This was a great idea, they had jobs that required immediate attention and had real emergencies. the rest of us? not so much. With each new invention, every few months... we run out to buy what we are told we need. Each new device offers more multitasking. I have asked myself and wonder if anyone else has asked: Do I really need all this? Somehow, the human connected to the electronic appendage is always more important than the ones around us. What the hell is being discussed?? What is so important that we need these things 24/7? My least favorite head scratcher is being forced to listen to someone talk out loud to no one! The disrespect of having to hear their opinions, personal business while I am in line at some public place. I realize the generation growing up with all these gadgets doesn't think twice about it but where does this end? I miss a drive in the car where I had silence, time to reflect... listen to the radio or spend time catching up with another human I might be traveling with. In the 70s when you were in the car, away from home or the office, you were UNAVAILABLE.

That's what I miss about the 70s.  

Have to get back to carrying in the boxes and unpacking. 

Rick