LIFE WAS SIMPLE WHEN I WAS A BOY.  ONE OF OUR PLEASURES WAS THE CREEK (PRONOUNCED "CRICK").  THE CREEK RAN FROM 32ND STREET TO 40THE STREET AND BEYOND.  IT WAS FULL OF NATURAL WONDERS LIKE POLLIWOGS, MINOWS FROGS AND AN OCCASIONAL GARTER SNAKE.  ONE LARGE HOLE PROVIDED A SPOT FOR "SKINNY DIPPING."  USUALLY THREE OR FOUR OF US WOULD SPEND AN EDUCATIONAL AFTERNOON, CATCHING WHATEVER WE COULD AND KEEP THEM IN A LARGE STOCK TANK.  I GUESS WE MISSED OUT ON ALL THE TV AND COMPUTER GAMES.  DID YOU ENJOY THOSE SIMPLE PLEASURES WHILE GROWING UP?