Hey guys,
Those are awesome stories ! Takes us all back to a simpler time in our lives. Back when our biggest worry was that we still needed 5 hockey cards to complete the set ! Got 'em, need 'em, got 'em, need 'em ! Then your friends knew you only needed a few cards, so they'd rip you off ! Like make you trade 10 cards to one of the cards you needed !
lol Remember the SMELL of the gum in the hockey card packs, and how it would make the cards smell too ? And how HARD was that gum to chew when you were in a freezing cold rink ?
I also liked the stories about how the parents were involved. Oh yes those 7 am Saturday games in another town ! Getting up at 5 am, and putting ALL your hockey gear on BEFORE you got in the car ! You'd be DYING of heat in the car, but your parents would NOT turn the heat down, because they are older, and have poor circulation and are "always cold" ! lol
So then you'd start to get motion sick in the backseat, because of the heat and the bumpy roads due to the frost in the ground. Then you'd have to pull over and puke, trying not to get it on your hockey sweater ! lmao
THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIENDS, THOSE WERE THE DAYS !