I have vague memories from before I was 3. I remember the layout of the foster-care receiving home my parents ran for a few months, one of those split-level ranch styles. The basement was the living unit for my family. The main floor was where the rooms for the kids in the system. (I think there were 8 rooms total in two separate wings with a living room, dining room, and kitchen in the middle. I do have a fairly vivid memory from when I was a toddler of getting on a step stool and grabbing one of those orange-handled ice cream scoops with the thumb press lever to release the scoop and hitting my sister on the back of the head with it, drawing a bit of blood because she was relentlessly picking on me. (It was her 7th birthday, I was 5 months out from 3 at the time.) It’s genuinely one of the only explicit memories I have from before I was 4.
I would say that Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade made up the time when my memories were being formed on a regular basis. While I have a few memories before Preschool, they are sparse and unclear…and kind of unsure.
I remember being 5 and going to “Sparks”, a little kid thing at church. I remember my Uncle visiting form England in 1983 when I was 4 1/2.
But school brought about regular, consistent memories.
When I opened the page and saw 17 responses in this thread I thought someone major had died. Alas, no. And I’m still not on the board yet.
Yep, we wandered just a bit off-topic. Those 17 responses might be the catalyst for a new thread, however.
So can I. Even the substitutes we had in elementary school. I’m 74.
Just hanging out waiting for someone to die. Nothing weird here.
Paul Ehrlich died on March 13th (I didn’t find it earlier in this thread).
As some WAG onTwitter noted, he is survived by 8,300,678,394 people (134% increase from 1968), who have a daily worldwide average calorie intake of 2,800 kcal (a 22% increase).
Cite:
Prolific “that guy” actor Matt Clark has died.
Kindergarten Mrs Danes
First grade Miss Grother
Second grade Mrs Schrag then Miss Aley when we moved
third grad Mrs Huffman, then she went on maternity leave and it was Mrs Evans
Fourth grade Mrs Volkland
Fifth grade Mrs Gray
Sixth grade Mr Bradbury I liked all my teachers but he was my favorite
Kiki Shepard, apparent heart attack
Japanese voice actress passes away. Apart from lots and lots of animation work, Ikeda had done the Japanese dubs for pretty much all of Audrey Hepburn’s films and assorted others (including, surprisingly, Debbie Reynolds’ role in Singin’ In The Rain).
From her Wiki page:
A familiar name to Chicagoans of a certain age.
Rex Culpepper, ex Syracuse University QB and son of NFL player Brad Culpepper died in a dirtbike accident in Georgia
He was 28 yrs old. Brad and his wife Monica were once Survivor contestants.
Former Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy has announced he has an aggressive form of cancer.
Nobody has him on their list. (He is 100.)
I have him on my Themed list, along with 12 other former NFL head coaches.
Given the Chicago roots of this Board, I’m surprised no one mentioned long-time WGN farm director Orion Samuelson, who finally bought the fam at 91.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-broadcast-legend-orion-samuelson-dies-at/
Famously played George Thomason in A Fish Called Wanda!
Dying at age 88 should not come as a shock.