My youth will now officially vanish!

[Spiky Bugger]

Knot’s Berry Farm is closing.

I even went when it was free to enter. Wow!

 

[southernlady]

Never managed that one. Even during the 6 months we lived in the area.

 

[hilary1617]

 

[aaa]

Knot’s Berry Farm is closing.

I even went when it was free to enter. Wow!

Loved it. Went many times.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Okay…only in LA!

I had taken my pain meds. When they start working, I tend to get a bit chatty. We stopped at Trader Joe's after my CT scan. I chatted up an old dude. It went like this:

Me: Excuse me, but you look like you might be ALMOST as old as I am. So are you in mourning, too?
Dude: I’m 75. In mourning for what?
Me: I’m 77. Knott’s Berry Farm is closing.
Dude (startled look, then embarrassed look): Oh! I don’t know if there’s a discrete way to tell this story.
Me: This guy’s my husband. He’ll catch me if I faint.

And then, he explains that 58 years ago, at age 17, he was at Knott’s and hit it off with some fun young woman who escorted him to her car in the Knott’s Berry Farm parking lot, where he promptly lost his virginity.

And that’s how we roll here in LA when we are in mourning.

 

[JackieOnLine]

great story!

I not only never went to Knott's Berry Farm but I'm not sure if it is a place with actual berries or not.

is it a theme park with rides?

 

[navygrrl]

I think it's the first theme park my husband took me to when we flew to Southern California for me to meet his parents for the first time. It was that or DisneyLand. I much preferred Knott's Berry Farm.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

great story!

I not only never went to Knott's Berry Farm but I'm not sure if it is a place with actual berries or not.

is it a theme park with rides?

ACTUALLY, Walter Knott is why we have BOYSENBERRIES!

Boysenberry - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Sandy]

Pardon me as I jump in here, but Knott's isn't closing. Someone put out a poorly worded headline which then took on a life of its own. Knott's even ended up having some social media fun with it as they debunked the rumor.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Pardon me as I jump in here, but Knott's isn't closing. Someone put out a poorly worded headline which then took on a life of its own. Knott's even ended up having some social media fun with it as they debunked the rumor.

Hi! Long time no see. (Lucky for you cuz I’m a mess,)

Wow! Thanks for the good news.

I hope that dude from Trader Joe’s doesn’t take his wife to that parking lot.