{"id":19523,"date":"2018-06-06T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=19523"},"modified":"2018-06-06T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:36:49","slug":"remembering-summers-pasts-as-season-in-full-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=19523","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Summer\u2019s Pasts As Season in Full Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Randy Gardner<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Randy Gardner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is one of fun time of the year to be a sports fan as the Cardinals are in full swing and the Stanley Cup playoffs are very intriguing. Usually if the Blues are not part of the playoffs, I could kind of care less, but since the Las Vegas Golden Knights are in the Finals in a very Cinderella story.<\/p>\n

I am watching very intently. It is so cool to see the underdogs have a chance. If you don\u2019t know the story, the expansion franchise Las Vegas basically got a bunch of average players that were very young and through determination and fight, they have prevailed to make it to the Stanley Cup finals.<\/p>\n

Depending on when you read this column, the series could be tied or one team up by one but either way, its been a lot of fun to watch the Golden Knights destroy all of these other franchises. They have one player that the NHL respects as well as being a former Blue, in Ryan Reaves. He is a big tough guy that occasionally can score a goal. He was a fan favorite here in St. Louis and the Knights fans also love him.<\/p>\n

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Remembering Woodsy\u2019s at Flower Valley<\/span><\/h3>\n

I am going to throw out a place that as a youngster I used to frequent, for some of you, you will have no idea what the heck I am talking about but others will remember it fondly. I am talking about Woodsy’s in the Flower Valley Shopping Center at New Halls Ferry and Lindbergh. For me it was a destination of two things, those candy canes that were root beer flavored and the Donkey Kong machine.<\/p>\n

I would save all week to go up there and play that video game and get a candy cane. I can remember it so vividly, even today as a 49 year old man. Who would have ever thought that those would be the smells and images that would be the Good Ole Days in my mind.<\/p>\n

I bring this all up because for me it was 1 to 5 minutes if I was lucky of playing a video game and then my quarter was gone and I was done. I walked back home and was content to wait till next week. Compare that to now where kids play video games between 2 and 10 hours a day. They have no idea what physical exercise is and have no desire to interact with each other. Who would of thought that you could get a college degree in video gaming and kids are making millions playing video games while other watch them play. What a crazy world we live in.<\/p>\n

What are the images and sights and sounds that our kids will remember 40 years from now. I can\u2019t even start to put a finger on what they will be.<\/p>\n

What will video games be like in the coming years? I think that the kids will actually be physically in the games. I know it is going on now but I think virtual reality will be an everyday occurrence.<\/p>\n

I know it has been a few weeks since I have written a column, It has been a crazy few months, but I want to say Thank you for reading my crazy weekly thoughts. I want to say thanks to Bob Lindsey, editor and publisher of The<\/em> Independent News<\/em> for giving this opportunity over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

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