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he TV Generation, Healthy Snacks and Husky Toughskins

Tom Cramer | Posted 01.16.2013 | Fifty
Read More: The Jackson 5, Zoom, Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Baby Boomers, Wacky Races, Saturday Morning Cartoons, TV Generation, Generation X, Wttw, Fat Albert, Husky, The Osmonds, Toughskins, Nostalgia, Fifty News
Tom Cramer

Recently, I read an article that said many boomers prefer the term "TV generation" over baby boomer, and I strongly identify with that.

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The Mass That Ended Sleepovers As I Knew It

Tom Cramer | Posted 12.14.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Sleepovers, Scolding, Junk Food, Sunday Mass, Wacky-Races, Groovie Goolies, Birthday Parties, Fifty News
Tom Cramer

One of the great things about the middle years of grammar school was the sleepover, usually as part of someone's birthday party. By fourth and fifth grade my friends and I had become more sophisticated. We had outgrown the parties consisting of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crust cut off, Kool-Aid and pin the tail on the donkey. We no longer required naps either before or after such engagements.

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World's Fastest Couch Hits 101 MPH (VIDEO)

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 11.28.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Paul McKinnon, Evolution Motorsport, Video, World's Fastest Couch, Wacky Races, Guinness World Records, Weird Australia, Weird Car, World Records, Weird Sydney, Weird News News

Couches are designed for sitting or, preferably, napping. But a team of speed freaks in Sydney, Australia, who are driven to put a motor to anythin...

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