"Hey Georgie, ya remember the time you and Eddie got caught smokin' cigarettes just before practice. You know, when we was gettin' ready to play against Columbia High and Coach Riley grabbed the both of youse by the ears and threw you guys off the field?"

"Naw, that wasn't Eddie, that was Frank. He was always gettin' me in trouble."

"Oh yeah, I remember now, it was Frank. He broke up with Shirley didn't he? She was a good lookin' gal, not stuck up or nuthin'. What happened?"

"I dunno, probably 'cause her father didn't like him. He use to sneak over to her house when she was suppose ta be doin' homework and the two of 'em would go behind the house and make out all the time. I guess her father musta caught 'em or somethin'."

"Uhmmmm......"

"How about Billy runnin' his Merc off the road the night Harry and I was helpin' Bernie with his jalopy. I heard he wrecked it good."

"Dropped his transmission tryin' to back outta that ditch is all I know. Man that was some hot rod he had though. Chopped, lowered rear, dechromed and the sweetest soundin' duals you ever heard. Right? Nobody could touch him on the street except when he was racin' that sonofabitch Charlie Rodino, the fat bastard."

"Heard Charlie got it in Korea later. Serves him right too."

"Yeah, he was always a mean bastard. In eighth grade he broke Willie Bronson's arm. Remember that? Right after lunch he comes up to Willie and pushed him down then jumped on top of him. Why'd he have ta pick on that kid for anyway?"

"Jeez, I was just thinkin' the other day about the time we all was over at Burden Lake tryin' to pick up some girls. Freddie, you remember don'tcha, when you snuck out to get a couple of quarts of Doblers beer so maybe we could get 'em drunk or sumthin'."

"Don't remind me will ya? I got the livin' bejezus beat out of me when I got home. Girls wouldn't have none so I drank their share and you kept sayin' leave some for the rest of us then you'd take a swallow and say leave some for the rest of us then do it again. Christ, we was so drunk. Huh? You and I 'specially, we had a snootful alright, I remember that."

"Never even got to cop a feel neither.  Don't remember their names but that one girl with the big knockers, oh man the way she was hangin' all over you Bert, grabbin' your arm and everything. She let you do it? You feel her up?  Betcha did."

"Naw, she was justa tease. Pissed me off when I said I wanna see her again sometime then she tells me she's got a boyfriend in the army. What she doin' with a boyfriend in the army for, he must be too old for her."

"Yeah, Mary Ellen wouldn't date none of us neither 'cause she was goin' steady with somebody in the army too."

"Not the army, I think the guy was a sailor"

"A sailor? Christ, I bet she musta been doin' some heavy make out, huh?"

"Mmmm....."

"Did you know only the reason Tony made it on the varsity team was 'cause his father knew the coach's sister-in-law?"

"Is that why? Could never figure that out 'cause he wasn't as good as Al Denny but Al had to play second string. Poor Al."

"Yeah, it's a shame what happened to him."

"Well boys, I gotta go."

"Where ya goin' Bert? Nothin' on tv this afternoon."

"Gotta pick up my grandson at my daughter's place.  He wants me to take him to his soccer game.  Can you believe it?  Soccer. Whatever happened to baseball, football, stuff like that?"

"Yeah, kids these days.  What do they know.  Not like the old days, huh fellas?"

"Nope, it sure ain't."

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