Jackums: My Uncle Jack's Recollections of a Bygone Era

"I've reached that age that, when I'm squirted with perfume by a sales girl in a department store, I can go home without fear."

"My first awareness of anything sexual was the Sears Roebuck catalogue. Somewhere in its 1,000 pages were the bra and girdle advertisements."

"My first month's paycheck in the Air Corps was $32.00. The withholding tax was about $4.00 so I had $28.00 a month to splurge. It was a tight squeeze until I learned to play poker."

"Sometimes I wonder if there are any more tears to be shed."

"It was 3:30 in the morning but every one of the 3,000 men on the troopship was on deck to see the Statue of Liberty as we sailed into New York Harbor."

"My clothing comes from other outlets, but I don't mind receiving catalogs from Victoria's Secret."

"Youth will never understand that time passes slowly for them and quickly for us looking back."