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How to feel old in three easy steps

Note that the Monkees played a concert at the Spokane Coliseum 50 years ago this summer.

Fifty.

Then note that 1967 was the celebrated “Summer of Love.”

I was 12. Didn’t really have reasonable access to much Free Love.

Then recall that, in the spring of 1967, the Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup — the final season for the six-team NHL. The league would double in size in the fall.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "The Slice." Read all stories from this blog