BACK TO 1965

AS I SAW THE LINCOLN LOG ,MY MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH OVERWHELMED ME. I'M PROBABLEY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS THAT CAN ACTUALLY REMEMBER THIS TOY AND RECIEVING IT FOR CHRISTMAS AND PLAYING WITH THEM. YOU COULD LOSE YOURSELF FOR HOURS CONSTRUCTING WHATEVER YOUR IMAGINATION COULD DREAM BUT WITH ONLY ONE RULE. THAT LOGS CAN ONLY FORM STRAIGHT LINES AND NOT CIRCLES OR ANY OTHER SHAPES. THAT NEVER LET ME AND MY BROTHER SLOW US DOWN WHEN PLAYING WITH THEM. IT USUALLY ALWAYS TURNED OUT THAT WE HAD CONSTRUCTED SOME SORT OF OLD WESTERN TYPE FORT AND THEN WITH OUR IMAGINATION PROTECT THAT FORT FROM THOSE RAVENOUS ATTACKING INDIANS. YEARS AGO AND I MEAN MANY YEARS AGO WE AS A CULTURE WERE LIMITED BY THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THE YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 1965 SO TRY AND REMEBER WE DIDN'T HAVE 1% OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY. SO WE HAD TO RELY ON OUR IMAGINATION ALOT MORE AND BY DOING SO IT GAVE US A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. THE POSSABILITIES WERE ENDLESS. REMEMBER AT THAT TIME THERE WAS THE VIETNAM WAR, THE PROTESTERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE NATION SAYING MAKE LOVE NOT WAR. THE DRUG CULTURE OF THE SIXTIES WAS IN FULL STEAM. WOODSTOCK, THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON IN 1969, THE PROTEST MARCHES OF WOMEN BURNING THEIRS BRAS IN ORDER FOR THERE ATTEMPT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS ...