Monday, May 7, 2007

Old Warriors Never Die

"No wonder it's broken, it's 41 years old!" Zach said when I picked this old matchbox truck from his toy box. You can always tell which were mine - they were emblazoned with a thick black "D" in magic marker. This was implemented by my mom after the particularly nasty Matchbox turf-wars of 1971, a property dispute between my brother Brian and I.

I played hard with this truck for years, and Zach has carried on the tradition. We refuse to retire it given its history. There are a few more of these old survivors still banging around the house. It's nice to see them still loved after all this time.

1 comment:

jwolf65 said...

The math is not adding up here. Brian is approximately two years younge than you. Assuming he was about 3 ( thus able to tell difference between a B and D), and the truck is 41 y.o. that places you about 46-47. Also if you find my bat mobile you took I want it back