From blackouts in WWII to rocking out to Bill Haley and the Comets, Ocean City native Jim Jeffries recalls his "bay rat" boyhood on the Jersey Shore with affection, humor, and gratitude. This collection of vignettes from Jim's childhood and teen years is populated by a cast of characters that might just spark your own memories of the people and events that helped form who you are today. So dangle your feet off the dock, dip your toes in the ocean, and journey to the days when the icebox gave way to the refrigerator, the radio to the television, and the town we thought we'd never leave took root in our hearts no matter where our destiny led us.