Born in Toronto, I finally figured out why I used to get the feeling of being lonely whenever I heard Foster Hewett's voice on the radio. Foster was the hockey announcer for the Maple Leafs, and whenever my parents left me alone as a baby, they hired "Old Tom" who smoked a pipe and loved to listen to the Leafs on the radio.
Another memory as a baby was being wrapped up in a comforter and taken out on the porch of our house when all the lights in Toronto were turned off, and the sound of air rade sirens filled the air. That was during the start of WW II.
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