​When I was six years old, we lived in New York City. On the next street was Mr. Abruzzi’s grocery store where my Mother shopped almost everyday. In the grocery was a small red gumball machine and it was there my life’s work was formulated. If I was good, Mr. Abruzzi would give me a penny to purchase a gumball from the machine and it made me look forward to going to the store everyday. It was a very happy period of time for me.

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Who would have known that 60 years later I would still be involved in the gumball machine business, owning and operating my very own machines. 

 

As the expression goes, “I’m like a kid in a candy store”.

 

The fond memories of those early years led me to believe there were many folks like me who feel nostalgic and have those wonderful simple memories of years gone by.