PS. What's "weirder" still..even today about how ALL ...came to BE
       IS I was clearly a "Child of the '60s"  
       got to Santa Clara ( Broken neck and ALL ) in '67"

       "Summer of Love"   I'm age 15

         BUT I DO "arrive" off the plane from "Cle-ve'Land"

         with not ONE...but TWO

         "Battery Operated Record Players"
          ( OK first was older "mono" for backup...
             in case the 2nd ONE...with Stereo FM...evger broke....
             DID I 'mention" batteries...so I could take them ...
             to the BEACH

              forgive ME..."ExQueezxe..ME" ???

               ( Bottome fAMILY "cHIME" in HERE PLEASE AS MY ... )

                Manressa Beach...we had 2 record players with us on the Beach
               ( I took my collar off so I could "Body-Surf" with the Seals )

                Then "Skeet's" told me....

                  "Brian, you know...they can nip your finger off...just in play"....

                  OOPS ?