You've been around a long time if you remember:

— Joe Palooka and Steven Canyon in the comics. (We still get calls to bring back Dick Tracy.)

— A time before radio stations played oldies. (But I do remember the guys on WLAN-AM in the 1960s reaching back and playing some old rock 'n' roll.)

— The sponsor of Elvis' "comeback TV special" in 1968. The answer later.

—When "drinking the Kool-Aid" had a much different meaning.

— When the Willow Valley Restaurant and Motel opened in the 1960s. Hard to drive by there now and not see it. Even harder not seeing the railroad arch at Quarryville.

—Never getting a day off from school for a forecast of 3-6 inches of snow.

—TV shows "Tales of Wells Fargo," "The Thin Man" and "Surfside 6." Dale Robertson, the star of the Wells Fargo series, died Feb. 26. He was 89.

—The arrival of the mailman was an event if you lived in the country. He always stopped to talk.

—Calling people "squares," or being one yourself.

—Knowing where the pay phones were. Now, try finding one.

—Changing flat tires. Flats were once a common occurrence and nearly everyone — women included — knew how to change a tire. How many people can find their spare tire and jack today?

— Your mother turning the collar on one of your father's workshirts.

—Johnny Horton the singer — "North to Alaska," "Sink the Bismarck," "Battle of New Orleans."

—Getting your first watch. The world today is divided into two groups: those who look at their watches for the time, and those who check their cellphones.

—A fellow named Frenchy announcing Rec League softball games at Conlin Field.

—Givant's Deli on Vine Street.

—Earl Zimmerman at the cash register of Zimmerman's Restaurant at Queen and Orange.

— Telling people they should be sent to Harrisburg. This was not an endorsement to run for the state Legislature. The state established the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital and Union Asylum in 1845 near Harrisburg, its first facility to care for the mentally ill and disabled. The hospital survived under different names until 2006. It was the 1950s, and we were not always a sensitive people.

—The Philadelphia Eagles almost moving to Phoenix in 1984. It's one of those forgotten things in Eagles' history, but owner Leonard Tose needed to pay his gambling debts and almost sold the team to an Arizona buyer.

—When a new home cost $6,515; milk, 43 cents a gallon; gasoline, 10 cents a gallon; a Hershey bar, 4 cents; a man's suit, $4; and a dental filling, $1. I don't. The year was 1932, and the information comes from Frank Wise, of Willow Street.

And some contributions from Dave Jenkins:

— The spring flower show at Watt & Shand.

—Having lunch at the YMCA on West Orange Street ... always a treat.

• Singer, the people who made sewing machines, sponsored the TV special that relaunched the career of Elvis Presley. How square.

Say what?
On Lancaster County's website:

County Morgue Hours:

By appointment

Bad form
I told daughter Abigail that I was going to start running again for exercise.

"Can you do that at 4 a.m.," the 17-year-old said. "I don't want anyone to see you."

Marv Adams can be reached by email at madams@lnpnews.com or mail: Sunday News, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328.