Returning to my hometown in Connecticut after many years away! Your videos are so informative and I greatly appreciate your time and talents!

@TomKaszuba

10 күн бұрын

I’m very happy to hear that. Thank you very much for letting me know.

Beautiful clouds. The ocean and sky are beautiful.

@TomKaszuba

7 күн бұрын

@@MariaJolicoeur I agree 100%.

Wow what incredible memories when I lived CT Ty !!!

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

Many, many thanks Kim.

love

@TomKaszuba

3 күн бұрын

@@user-jh5gg1dz8n Thank you very much.

Hi Tom, long time viewer, first-time commenter! I lived in connecticut for the first 40 years of my life, then made the unfortunate decision to move to florida 5 years ago. Want to move back to CT asap, lol. Your videos bring me home. I lived for about 6 months in Norwich when i was a very young kid. I wish you would expand your area, i lived in Salem for about 2 years, and that would be cool to see again! But, i mostly lived in Old Saybrook my whole life. I'd love to see it again! And i know you would do a great job of making my dream come true! 4k Old Saybrook drive! Thank you very much for all you do! And please don't stop anytime soon!

@karenne9608

10 күн бұрын

I told Tom something similar a while back. I too am in Florida and being as obsessed with his videos as I am I have officially made the decision to move back to Connecticut next year!! I’m getting things in motion from now!! Thank you Tom for the providing the motivation I needed 🥹🥹 I too hope that you are able to move back home soon!! ❤❤❤❤

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@karenne9608 You just made my day.

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

I'm am very happy to hear this. I am going to do Old Saybrook soon. A drive through town and around Fenwick. Your comment turn my motivation level up to 11. Thank you VERY much.

@karenne9608

9 күн бұрын

@@TomKaszuba we love you Tom!!! We’re actually watching your recent video to New London as we speak!!!

@karenne9608

9 күн бұрын

If ever I see a GoPro on a car I’ll know it’s you!! 😂😂

Hi Tom, I just watched the video a few minutes ago. I left New London in 1975. I loved seeing New London Lighthouse. That little beach you passed on Pequot Ave. was Butlers Beach when I left. NL has changed so much. I would absolutely get lost if I came back for a visit. When I was 3 we lived on Pequot Ave. the apartment building is gone now! I remember hanging out at Mayberrys. I can’t remember the spelling anymore. Too many years ago. Thank you for the views.

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@kathygadberry6277 Thank you for the comment Kathy. We used to have an absolute blast at Mayberry’s. I so glad you enjoyed this video.

I would walk the whole stretch of pequot from where the overpass is all the way to Ocean Beach carrying my little blow up raft..

Nice to see the beautiful light house.

@TomKaszuba

7 күн бұрын

@@MariaJolicoeur It really is gorgeous.

When I lived in New London back in the early 80s when i was a kid my family met some friends that worked for Amtrak and I would take trains to Boston etc.. we went to Texas one year and had a stop over in Chicago where I met Maureen Stapleton (her sister Jean played on all in the family) and we sat in the train car playing poker with her while she got soused on miniatures. Maureen didnt like flying so she traveled by train....When we moved to New London when my dad joined the Navy it was a BIG eye opener for me at 10 years old. That place actually had a major impact on my life..I just now realized..

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

I always thought Maureen Stapleton was a phenomenal actress. I am very thankful for the comment shark. I appreciate your thoughts very much.

@shark619ify

9 күн бұрын

@@TomKaszuba I appreciate you taking me back there it was a pivotal point in my life that shaped me for years to come...

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@shark619ify I’m gratified that this video did that for you shark.

In the late 1970s I remember going to Rhana Pippins in Groton. It was Disco and disco dancing with a dj and the lights.

@TomKaszuba

7 күн бұрын

@@MariaJolicoeur I’ve been there. They had giant frogs as decorations inside. What a place.

I haven't been to Fred's Shanty in years. Used to love stopping there!

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@silvermine2033 Fred’s Shanty. Love their hotdogs and burgers. Great French fries too. 👍🏻

@silvermine2033

8 күн бұрын

@@TomKaszuba That’s exactly what I would always order when I went there. A hotdog, burger, fries and a milkshake!

@TomKaszuba

7 күн бұрын

@@silvermine2033 It doesn’t get any better.

Tom you would make a great radio personality, especially for WICH. Have you ever met Stu Bryer or Johnny London?. Your knowledge of Norwich and the surrounding towns like New London and Groton, would be most beneficial. When Stu one day retires after over 50+ years of broadcasting, the long time WICH listeners would welcome you. If you have never called up Stu on his 10AM to 2PM show you should call and just say hello to him. After many years, I finally visited the WICH station, and met Stu himselvis last year☺. Bill M, Uncasville, CT☺

@TomKaszuba

5 күн бұрын

Bill......that's a very nice compliment. Those guys are legends in this town. I am very grateful for the kind words.

@discgolfbilly

4 күн бұрын

@@TomKaszuba Tom, I am so happy you finally made it down to Ocean Beach on that beautiful sky day. You went by my recent 2023 employer General Dynamics/Electric Boat offices off of Pequot Avenue. I never visited Fort Trumbull and your video has convinced me to finally check it out. Tom one question for you, did you once work at the Otis Library in Norwich. If you did, do you know how long has the Geneology Dept.. been doing services there, like the microfish viewing room for past Norwich Bulletin newspaper articles. Keep making these wonderfully narrated drive along videos for us. They bring back so many excellent memories and stay cool and safe my friend☺Sincerely, Bill M., Uncasville, CT☺

@TomKaszuba

4 күн бұрын

@@discgolfbilly I have never worked at the Otis library Bill……but……my wife researches genealogy at Otis and she said it’s wonderful and the staff of very helpful.

Oh yeah My parents ended up on some local news channel while visiting Captains Walk being asked about how their first visit was to Captains Walk...lol a lot of stuff happened in just the couple years i was there geesh..

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@shark619ify Captains Walk was a blast back in the day.

There was a channel I followed called "Big Daddy Jack" or "Cooking with the Blues" and he had a restaurant there in New London on Bank street you probably passed it, but yeah sadly he passed away and I learned a lot watching him cook.

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@shark619ify That place was legendary. They had his picture painted on the side of the building.

If you have an action/dash cam with mini USB you can plug in a battery pack...took me a couple of years of filming my kayak fishing adventures to figure that out..lol some cams will not work that way though but yeah the battery life on those cams suck..

@TomKaszuba

9 күн бұрын

@@shark619ify That’s the way I’m doing it now. The external battery last for hours and hours. 👍🏻

My father worked at Pfizer's. Pfizer's is in Groton.