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An Answer to ConnieB’s Question “What decade did you enjoy the most

​This is in answer to ConnieB’s question “Which decade did I enjoy the most”?      That is a hard question to answer.  Short answer, all of them, they were wonderful times to be alive. I was born in June, 1939 in our house on a farm owned by Mr Tucker located on old route 127 South of St John’s. Dad was working his farm on shares. Two shares for dad doing the work and one share to Mr Tucker, the farm owner. I remember that dad said he liked it there and Mr Tucker was a good fair man to work for and with. I was born in June 1939 and Dad and Mom were preparing to move that summer to a farm that they purchased on Nims Rd at the intersection with Meridian Rd. I could say I helped dad and mom move that summer but I was probably more of a hindrance. Dad told me that after he got everything moved he walked to the back of the farm to look every thing over and thought “what have I done?  Before he moved he came down and planted oats and corn to have feed for the horses a...