I remember the red ball on ponds-is that just a NNJ thing? We used to go to Tokaloka Pond off of the Hackensack River in a part that was not yet badly polluted back in the late 50s. 'We'd play hockey all day on the pond. During those years there was always good late March snow often with open water so we'd play in the snow in the woods all day. Kids today don't seem to do that anymore-and they don't realize what they're missing.