"Lob in a play hand grenade, and finish off the rest with the submachine gun."
Look, I didn't have one of those violin lessons & mufflers childhoods; I played my war in the ditches and woods like the rest of 'em.
But even on a level of bald-faced survival, I cannot see how training a kid in 1964 to go out on bike patrol, and perhaps ambush his dad in the backyard, his dad the Korean War vet with undiagnosed PTSD, could be a good idea.
16-inch Camo Patrol Bike, $19.95, from Sears, c. 1964 [1964.posterous.com via dt reader sara]
