Got an email from one of the younger brothers of my old running buddy Greg. Back down home for Mardi Gras earlier this year, he came across a box of old papers, and in it, business cards from 1970. Before there were area codes in common use, you'll notice.
Forty years ago.
I remember the school we had, but didn't recall what we called it. "Throwback" was also the working title of a novel we were going to write, concerning our philosophy of physical training, and referring to a time when people were generally fitter and more capable than they had become by the end of the sixties.
The more things change, the more they stay the same ...
I thought it was "Throwback" because you were one of the teachers, and could explain the technicalities of the cro-magnon combat methods. Seeing as how you were there, and all.
ReplyDeleteOf course. I was there when dirt was invented.
ReplyDeleteThen again, maybe it refers to what I'd do if I caught a little fish like you in my net ...