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PLAYBALL
I believe the first Detroit Tiger baseball game I attended was in the early 1950's. We lived in a flat on Webb in Detroit. I think my...

Ron Turett
Jul 283 min read
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THE SUPER 88
In 1955 my father went shopping for a new family car. I know the plan was another Chevy or Ford maybe a Plymouth. I don't know why this...

Ron Turett
Jul 232 min read
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THE HAMILTON RIVER BUS
We lived in a new neighborhood in the far corner of Northwest Detroit. The new Northland Shopping Center was about one -half mile away in...

Ron Turett
Jul 194 min read
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THE NORTHLAND SHOPPING CENTER
In 1953 we moved to a new neighborhood at the far corner of Northwest Detroit. We lived very close to the intersection of Eight Mile and...

Ron Turett
Jul 172 min read
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THE INDEPENDENT DRUG STORE
Long before we had CVS or Walgreen or any other chain drug store on every corner the Detroit area had many independently owned...

Ron Turett
Jul 153 min read
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I'M THINKING ABOUT TIME
Time seems to move much slower when you are young. School days seemed long. Minutes seemed like hours. Two and half months of summer...

Ron Turett
Jul 112 min read
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THE BIG SNOW
People who lived in the Detroit area in the 1960's and are old enough to remember February of 1965 will probably remember the big...

Ron Turett
Jul 103 min read
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WHO AM I?
Many years ago, I was a financial advisor at a large investment firm. I was asked if I would like to be part of a team of advisors and...

Ron Turett
Jul 103 min read
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WHAT HAPPENED TO NECKTIES?
I am standing in my closet on this cold winter day looking at my neckties. I like to look at my neckties. I find it relaxing. Kind of...

Ron Turett
Jul 72 min read
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SOME MEMORIES ABOUT THE 1950'S
Television was invented well before World War II. Due to the war, it did not become popular in the United States until the very late...

Ron Turett
Jul 63 min read
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THE CYCLE OF LIFE
The phone rings in my office on a cold afternoon in early January about twelve years ago. The call is from the assisted living home we...

Ron Turett
Jul 52 min read
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THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
Many years ago, I interviewed and was hired for a position with a very large financial service firm. The manager who interviewed me was a...

Ron Turett
Jul 42 min read
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All Day News - Have You Heard?
I'm having lunch with an old friend recently. The question of what time do you go to sleep at night came up. My friend says he goes to...

Ron Turett
Jun 252 min read
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The Yellow Pages
One day a number of years ago when I was still working I was trying to locate a company. I went to a receptionist who was a very nice...

Ron Turett
Jun 33 min read
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